What does APQP mean?

APQP is the abbreviation for Advanced Product Quality Planning and means advance product and quality planning and control plan.

APQP is a structured approach to planning product quality in advance and is primarily used to identify necessary changes and avoid errors during the development process, to reliably meet quality targets and to guarantee the customer a high-quality end product. APQP is a continuous development process that uses standardized methods (FMEA, QFD, QM plan) and a uniform documentation structure to create transparency in production and make product control more efficient. The result of APQP is used as the basis for the creation of QM plans.

 

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