Stellantis & Trigo APQP PPAP Study Notes 2022

• STELLANTIS and TRIGO Global Quality Solutions present harmonized APQP PPAP study notes for the 2022 version.

Basic General Knowledge Rules

• During the session, it is imperative to turn off mobile phones to maintain focus.
• Refrain from reading emails
• Turn on video for remote sessions.
• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude, listening attentively to others.
• Encourage involvement, concentration, and interactivity.
• Share viewpoints and ask questions freely.
• Make sure to stay in quiet environment

TRIGO Global Quality Solutions

• TRIGO provides global quality solutions that spans from correctives to preventives across the product lifecycle in automotive, aerospace, and heavy transport industries.
• The services range from consulting, auditing, training, resident quality, technical assistance, alterations, and control/inspection.
• These services touch each stage of the product lifecycle from sourcing and development to distribution and post-production, throughout the supply chain.
• TRIGO has been designated by STELLANTIS as a Master Trainer and global training services provider for STELLANTIS APQP PPAP.
• TRIGO has over 25 years of experience, operating in 28 countries with local teams and over 500 industrial locations including on OEM sites.
• Boasts a workforce of over 10,000 professionals, including 2,500 engineers and technicians, supported by a network of 250 expert consultants, auditors, and trainers.

Training Objectives

• Learners will be able to comprehend the requirements of APQP PPAP STELLANTIS.
• Comprehend the rules for qualifying deliverables in the Grid APQP, understand the roles and responsibilities between suppliers, STLA and among STLA teams.
• Get introduced to IT applications of APQP (PLM, AUROS) in a guided tour.
• Create an action plan for implementing STELLANTIS needs before receiving APQP PPAP certification.

Training Program

• Contains Elearning pre-session and an introduction.
• Includes ice-breaker transition from e-learning, with APQP PPAP Planning covering development management, qualification, scale-up.
• Comprises of Gate activities introduced in Phases 1 - 4.
• Touches upon areas like Implementation of PPAP, Change management during mass production, and a guide to APQP IT applications.
• Ends with a conclusion, quiz, training evaluation and examination sessions.
• E-learning is available after the session

Agenda Structure

• Day 1 consists of formation, with day two containing an exam
• On both days formation will happen between 9am-10:45 and 11:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:00
• A break is given between 10:45 - 11:00 and 16:00 - 16:15.
• 13:00 to 14:00 is lunch break

Examination Rules

• You will be given a multiple response question exam and an application exam.
• There will be 15 questions for 30 minutes and 3 case studies each with 15 questions for 60 minutes
• You need a minimum response of 60% on average to pass both exams

Day 1 Formation program

• Consists of an introduction, with an ice-breaker transitioning participants from e-learning to APQP PPAP planning, with the grid management of the management scaling and gate one activities
• Also includes Gate 2 and is subsequent activities that come with those

Quality Requirements for Suppliers (QRS)

• Quality Requirements for Suppliers (QRS) describes all quality requirements from STELLANTIS for suppliers.
• Suppliers are required to apply these requirements, QRS supplements the IATF 16949 standard.
• It is usually part of a package of offer documents as APQP and PPAP processes are detailed inside the QRS

APQP of Stellantis Process - the need

• Used to monitor and control component suppliers for the sake of obtaining good parts at the right time.
• Happens from project development and the acceptance of PPAP, during mass production and management components
• Is useful define an exhaustive range of requirements to Suppliers and structure exchanges between them to STELLANTIS
• Acts as the common tool to align with deliverables including PPAP files
• Involve reporting to management to maintain standards.

PPAP of Stellantis Process - the need

• Used to define requirements for approving production parts for the sake of determining the specification requirements, allowing possible manufacturing product.
• APQP process allows building and progressively monitoring the PPAP procedure

APQP PPAP milestones

• Traces its roots to Chrysler in the 1990's, FCA in 2014, PSA in 2015.
• 2022 version is a harmonized version of existing ex-PSA and ex-FCA methodologies.
• Allows the launch for new STELLANTIS programs since 2022.
• This new standard will be implemented progressively for all programs that have their CM (contract milestone) after June 2022.

The 5 APQP phases

• Includes RFQ plan
• Programs should be well defined
• Products and processes well designed
• Parts should be tooled and well fabricated
• Products should be signed off an RAMP up
• With mass production occurring at the end
• These phases are all validated by STELLANTIS

Steps of Stellantis APQP

• Ends in Gate reviews that are based on phases to validate APQP requirements.
• Summary meetings provide monthly project advances to resolve points.
• Technical progress reviews are for resolving specific issues, involving regular or on-demand meetings.

APQP activities

• The APQP process divides the project into specific, manageable activities.
• Aids planning through responsibilities and progress along 5 phases and rates.

APQP requirements

• Success depends on activities being associated key requirements.
• Requirements are in phases, growing in detail and rigor through Gates.
• STELLANTIS process contains 27 activities shared by 77 requirements divided in 5 Gates

Deliverables

• Tangible outcomes must result for activities in order to be eligible for each Door
• One or several must be available as evidence for each
• Are essential for approval as project advances to the next stage for confirmation

Deliverables Evaluation - the guide

• It is imperative to have deliveries aligned with the requirement, as they will be submitted on time, with plans that allow a robust return to normal Compatible
• It is impossible to accept deliverables, as they will not align with results required if action planes are not robust.

Rating Guidelines Directrices

• STELLANTIS defines guidelines evaluating APQP responses via deliverables with an Excel file document and directly in the PLM or AUROS application
• You can download the file from DocInfo: (01276_22_00038) and BeStandard (SD.00301)

APQP Grid

• Contains all requirements that the provider must meet for one or more components.
• Mandates upload of deliverables to The Grid is vital, including PPAP items.
• Facilitates communication between suppliers and Stellantis progress through responsibility and approval plans with action.

Training plan on this course

• Is an introduction is ice-breaker, PPAP plan
• There is support with both the grid or the grid management
• There is the APQP process and scaling the Gate activities

APQP Creations

• The grid is to be created in a maximum delay of 3 weeks, otherwise the provider will be affected.
• PREA to be introduced and is given by the purchasing so that the engineering will be the great APQP
• The design of the development, assuring data that there are several dates involved.
• Deliverable should be followed with correct files, but in all gradual manner

Management of APQP

• Management is responsible for quality as the key. Aim is to use PPAP to manage the relevant stakeholders
• Design engineer to lead grids and approves deliverables, the subsystem managers will review gate
• At a project level project Quality Manager will responsible, to review process.

Management by SQ and plants

• Ensure SQCC is the coordinator, ensure those APQP milestone, SQ to lead supplier.
• Approve parts at plant as a Quality Plant engineer.

Evaluate the evaluations

• Evaluate is guaranteed at 560 level. The grid facilitates some interchange that exists in the project to achieve approval.

Superar el Gate

• Gates can only be surpassed green

Styles of Management

• A style of monitor can be conducted by STLA, the other a style of supply, a team, an organizations with a complete series of metrics
• All APQP and PPAP must be applied regardless.
• But it supplier is the responsible to develop an alert is the one who has to alert STELA.

Management review

• Management reviews exist in APQP Gate Reviews and also summary meetings to be used for technical purposes, especially if issues emerge

Grid application

• Must be one for everyone, if the pieces are several that needs to correspond with the STLA projects
• It must refer the the plan and have a single source from launch to development

Creating The Grid

• Has to happen soon to improve and prepare parts
• The grid itself is to be designed to help all sides