What Is PPAP?
The Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) specifies the general requirements for production part approval including production parts and bulk materials. The purpose of PPAP is to determine whether the supplier has correctly understood all the requirements of the customer's engineering design records and specifications, and whether its production process has the potential to meet customer requirements in the actual production process according to the specified production cycle.
It includes:
1,Approved product design record (Drawing and files)
2,Approved engineering change documents
3,DFMEA
4,Process flow diagram
5,PFMEA
6,CP
7,Approved appearance report
8,Gauge and inspection tooling list
9,Size measurement report of part
10,Standard sample
11,material test result report
12,product performance test report
13,qualified laboratory documents
14,Initial process capability research report
15,MSA report
16,Material & Sub-supplier List
17,Special characteristic list
18,Approved packaging plan
19,Volume capacity validation analysis report
20,PSW
21,Facility & equipment list