AIAG Specified APQP

The stages suggested by AIAG are

1. Concept initiation:
2. Plan and Define:
3. Product Design and Development:
4. Process Design and Development:
5. Product and Process Validation:
6. Production:

1. Plan and Define:

Inputs

• Voice of customer
• Market research
• Historical Warrenty and Quality information
• Team Experience
• Business Plan and Marketing Strategy
• Product/ Process Bench mark
• Product / process Assumption
• Product reliability study
• Customer inputs

Outputs

• Design goals
• Reliability and Quality Goals
• preliminary Bill of Material
• Preliminary Process Flow Chart
• Preliminary listing of Special product amd Process charecteristic
• Product Assurance Plan
• Management Support

Stages of APQP

The stages of APQP can be customized according to the needs of different companies.

The framework remains same, just the number of steps in each phase/ Gateway differs. In the first stage "Plan and Define", the companies choose steps depending on the corporate needs. Lets consider a step like a market research in a auto industry like ABC Inc, which manufactures cars.

If you closely look at this industry, you will release there are various divisions based on various sizes of vehicles being manufactured and again on the basis of Sub systems of the vehicle.