APQP and control plan
Advanced product quality planning with milestones, deliverables and the control plan as a living process document.
PPAP and customer submission
The production part approval process, with the documentation the customer requires before series production starts.
SPC and process capability
Statistical process control over critical characteristics, with process capability (Cpk) monitored.
What an auditor usually asks for
- An APQP file with milestones and deliverables per project
- PPAP submitted and approved before series production starts
- SPC control charts for critical characteristics
- Process capability (Cpk) above the customer's criterion
How to cover operation in Kimobox
- 1Manage each project's APQP milestones and deliverables on the process map.
- 2Log the PPAP file with its approval before series production starts.
- 3Set up SPC to calculate itself from real shop-floor data.
SPC calculates itself from data the shop floor already logs, no exporting to a separate sheet.
Where each figure comes from
References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.
- IATF 16949:2016 — Quality management system requirements for automotive production IATF · October 2016
- IATF 16949 Sanctioned Interpretations and FAQs IATF Global Oversight · Continuously updated
- AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook AIAG and VDA · First edition, 2019