APQP Checklist

Planning and Management

Are there personnel defined with the responsibility of APQP planning and management?

Is adequate training or skill available to the APQP cross-functional team?

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Project Management Techniques
Timing/Critical Path Planning
Team Building
Budgeting
Other

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Select the needed training/s or skill/s

Project Management Techniques
Timing/Critical Path Planning
Team Building
Budgeting
Other

Specify

Are System Level Project Plans utilized?

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Team identification for major product systems
Definition of major milestone timing
Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules
Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing
Training Plans
Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix)
Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix)
System Level Design Verification Plans
Include a feedback and Corrective Action

Select the System Level Project Plans to be utilized

Team identification for major product systems
Definition of major milestone timing
Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules
Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing
Training Plans
Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix)
Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix)
System Level Design Verification Plans
Include a feedback and Corrective Action

Are risk and opportunity lists maintained?

Does the cross-functional team maintain an Open Issues Record which identifies item description, actions, status, priority, required and actual completion dates, and responsibilities?

Communication and Collaboration

Are Manufacturing Engineering personnel involved in all phases of the design development, management design reviews and risk assessments sign-offs?

Does the marketing and sales department participate in the pre-planning phases to support cost assumptions associated with quality, warranty, and customer satisfaction?

Are suppliers included in cross-functional team meetings?

Does the cross-functional team meet on a regular basis to review project timing, targets/objectives versus status, risks and opportunities, roadblocks, and open design and manufacturing issues?

Does the cross-functional team utilize metrics to monitor its performance?

Is the Project Manager accountable for communication between the product and manufacturing team members?

Does the management provide visible leadership of the Advanced Product Quality Planning?

Product and Process Design, Development and Validation

Is there a documented Product Development Process?

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Regular design reviews
Reliability reviews
Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans
Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones
Manufacturing Feasibility
Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics
Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time
Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables
Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans
Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

Select the needed PDP documentation

Regular design reviews
Reliability reviews
Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans
Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones
Manufacturing Feasibility
Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics
Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time
Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables
Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans
Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

Is the process complete and methodical?

Does the process continue through launch, including Product Development Launch support?

Are Design and Process FMEA development and application a documented part of the Product Development process?

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Sign-off approval from Product Development
Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system
Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

Select the needed DFMEA & PFMEA development and application documentation

Sign-off approval from Product Development
Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system
Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

Do all high-risk failure modes identified on the FMEAs have prevention methods designed into the respective processes?

Are test plans developed for each design level and formalized in a Design Verification Plan?

Are test plans reviewed and updated to meet all customer expectations as part of the Product Development Process?

Are control plans utilized for Prototype, Pre-Launch (Pilot), and Production?

Completion

Additional Recommendations

Name & Signature of Project Manager

Cross-functional Team

Name & Signature

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