Quality Engineering

Quality Planning & Engineering

Advanced Product Quality Planning

Overview

Whether you are planning to launch a new product or looking to bring order to a chaotic supply chain situation, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is the way to bring order and structure. Developed over many decades, APQP involves organizing quality planning activities in a sequenced manner.

Our team will collaborate with you to develop a quality plan that ensures the smooth launch of new products, the stable production of existing products, and support in driving continuous improvement and product innovation based on customer feedback.

Example Deliverables.

Design Review

Establish Design Goals
Reliability and Quality Goals
Preliminary Bill of Material (BOM)
Preliminary Process Flow

Design Iteration/Engineering Validation Testing

Design FMEA (DFMEA)
Design for Manufacturing, Inspection, and Assembly (DFM/A)
Prototyping
Engineering Change Procedures
Equipment, Tooling and Facilities Requirements
Special Product and Process Characteristics
Gauges /Testing Equipment Requirements

Production Validation Preparation

Packaging Standards and Specifications
Quality System Review
Process Flow Chart
Floor Plan Layout
Process FMEA (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) Plan
Preliminary Process Capability Plan

Production Validation Testing

Significant Production Run
MSA Results
Process Capability Studies
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
Packaging Evaluation
Production Control Plan
Quality Planning Sign-Off and Gateway approval

Production Ramp

Continuous Improvement

Overview

At any stage of your product life, we can bring in quality engineers with extensive experience. Our quality engineering services can ensure your product is designed, manufactured, and inspected following best practices. We can also help diagnose quality problems. Our engineers work on site or remotely, depending on the scope of work required.

Example Deliverables

Develop comprehensive process control plans, ensuring your product is thoroughly inspected during every step of the manufacturing process.

Manufacturing troubleshooting, problem diagnosis, and solution development

Assembly Tolerance Stack Analysis

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) drawing analysis, inspector and line worker training

Gage R&R Training and Support

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis workshops

Statistical Process Control (SPC) / Process Capability Studies

Visual Quality Standards and inspection procedures

Develop measurement processes for product measurement, including specification of equipment.

Design and produce test rigs, jigs, and fixtures