Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) is the industry standard that ensures engineering design and product specification requirements are met. Through the PPAP guideline, suppliers and customers understand the requirements to obtain part approval of supplier manufactured parts. Applicable to all parts and commodities, application of these principles reduces delays and non-conformances during part approval.

What specific challenge(s) does this address?

• Provides understanding of information required to obtain part approval and standardizes the part approval process
• How to obtain approval of parts/processes after part design changes and/or process changes
• Ensures part submissions are submitted with proper information and enough data to sustain product conformance
• Provides a record of part conformance at launch (allows for measurement of drift from origin)
• Details pertinent design records to ensure traceability of part design status at origin
• Controls product and process change process, providing an approval outlet for all changes to ensure conformance to the next level assembly/process

What are the benefits of PPAP?

• Consistent part approval process
• Assurance parts conform to customer requirements
• Evidence of process stability
• Controls product and process change process, providing an approval outlet for all changes to ensure conformance to the next level assembly/process

PPAP is listed in the following OEM Customer Specific Requirements (and is listed in many of the tiered suppliers' Customer Specific Requirements (CSRs)):

• FCA US
• Ford Motor Company
• General Motors

Whether you are familiar with the production part approval process (PPAP) requirement, need a refresher or are new to PPAP altogether, this overview course is for you. Become versed on the procedures, reporting requirements and activities specified by the PPAP manual.

Through group activities and hands-on coaching, AIAG’s Understanding and Implementing APQP with PPAP training helps you put it all together. To gain the maximum benefit to your quality management system, you must understand how these two Core Tools work in tandem, by developing flow charts, process instructions, and control plans all the way to PPAP submission.

For quality managers, team leaders, or auditors searching for a mastery level understanding of the quality planning process, check out AIAG”s Implementing APQP, Control Plan and PPAP e-learning module.

The PPAP manual provides guidelines to the processes required to produce parts with consistent quality.

Publication Errata Sheets

Service Production Part Approval Process (Service PPAP) is a supplement to Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) 4th edition. This document identifies PPAP requirements for all service parts. These requirements are intended to be clarifications to the PPAP process for service parts and not additional requirements.

Certification by AIAG in APQP/PPAP verifies an individual's proficiency in product quality planning and control plan guidelines, and PPAP submittal requirements as defined in the APQP and PPAP reference manuals.

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