QSYS Professional - APQP

Functional Overview

Advanced Product Quality Planning

APQP Features QSYS - APQP provides a structured methodology that reduces the complexity and
increases the effectiveness of product quality planning. This systematic approach will
• Automatic creation of provide significantly increased customer satisfaction and increased profitability by
Gantt charts from project shortening the time to bring a more reliable product to market. Key quality areas of the
checklists design and development processes are managed in an organized fashion before products
• Integrated Process Flow go into production, enabling users to be proactive about their quality processes and
and Gantt charts prevent potential problems before they occur. A complete approach to product quality
planning helps use resources exactly where they are needed.
• Configurable Gantt charts
i.e. scalable time axis Gantt Chart
• Automated dynamic Checklist
calculation of due dates
based on project
deadlines
• Status tracking of all APQP Actions Overview
projects and action items Item List
with alerts and escalation
(traffic light: green, yellow,
red)
• Ability to create
standardized templates to
develop a corporate FMEA
catalog
• Create new projects and
FMEA’s using existing
information with simple
drag and drop capabilities
FMEA Analysis
• Automated defect analysis
quickly identifies and Process Flow Chart
summarizes all FMEAs
• Create and manage all
checklists online Control Plan
• Linkage and
synchronization of
information from FMEAs ➲ What are the QSYS - APQP Modules?
to Control Plans The FMEA and Control Plan modules This provides support for FMEA planning in
• Graphical overview of support the required merging of product accordance with the TS 16949:2002
relationships between development and process development, standard and guides the FMEA team
products and processes addressing all issues typically found in the through all process steps from the analysis
early planning phase, design phase or of quality risks to the introduction and
• Integration with bills of during process analysis. A variety of implementation of precautionary steps.
material reporting and management tools allow for
• Manage customer easy administration of all related time The integrated Gantt charts support a well-
requirements data and lines, tasks and assignments through organized time schedule and presents
documents online clear easy to use inter faces. This plays a tasks, assignments and other events in a
key role in the early detection and clear, easy to understand format, providing
avoidance of potential failure modes in a predefined and unified framework to
both products and processes. control the progress of the project.
 ➲ How do the QSYS - APQP Modules
APQP Features Work?
• Ability to create unique APQP project checklists automatically avoidance and detection plans. The
releases with revisions of create project management Gantt charts priority of corrective action is supported
control plans for to ensure an integrated and complete by analysis and ranking of the automated
prototype, pre-launch and design to production process. Action RPN calculation to identify areas for
final production phases items allow individual tracking with alerts improvement. Integrated schedule
and escalation reporting. Flow charts are controls can be applied to co-ordinate
• Automatic calculation or automatically created from data as and trace corrective and improvement
RPN system elements within a tree structure. actions.
• Archiving capabilities for The relationship between products,
all projects assemblies and or parts is clearly listed ➲ How Can the QSYS - APQP
by function and process. The entire Modules Help You?
• Customized reporting
interrelationship between components,
capabilities The implementation of the QSYS - APQP
production process and design of tools
system provides companies with an
• Automated FMEA analysis and machinery can be systematically
integrated enterprise-wide framework for
includes: viewed. Part structures can be displayed
the planning process. The information
• RPN Pareto analysis or hidden in order to achieve a better
gained in previous projects can be reused
overview. The system performs an
• Trend analysis for new products contributing to a shorter
analysis of all potential failure causes and
development process, increased customer
• 4 quadrant analysis uses the action catalog to determine
satisfaction and shorter time to market.
• Differential analysis APQP Process
• Supports and integrates
with all of the QSYS
Professional Modules:
• Audit
• Concern Complaint
Management (CARs/
NCMRs)
• Gage Management
System (MSA / R&R)
• Failure Mode &
Effects Analysis
(FMEA)
• Inspection Plan
Management
• Incoming/Outgoing/
In- Process
Inspection
• Production Part
Approval Process
(PPAP)
• Statistical Process
Control (SPC)
• Supplier Assessment

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