Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) - A Big Three automotive process that defines the generic requirements for approval of production parts, including production and bulk materials. Its purpose is to determine during an actual production run at the quoted production rates whether all customer engineering design record and specification requirements are properly understood by the supplier and that the process has the potential to produce product consistently meeting these requirements.

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Source: American Society for Quality, 14 October 2010 08:56:05, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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PPAP - Production Part Approval Process:

The Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) outlines the methods used for approval of production and service commodities, including bulk materials, up to and including part submission warrant in the Advanced Quality Planning process. The purpose of the PPAP process is to ensure that suppliers of components comply with the design specification and can run consistently without affecting the customer line and improving the quality systems. PPAP ensures that you will achieve the first time quality and will lower down the cost of quality.

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Source: iSixSigma, 11 February 2011 10:56:02, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary