Advanced Quality Planning: A Commonsense Guide to AQP and APQP - Softcover

Stamatis, D.H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156327258X ISBN 13: 9781563272585

Publisher: Productivity Press, 2001

Synopsis

Advanced Quality Planning: A Commonsense Guide to AQP and APQP is the first book dedicated to explaining with clarity and detail the total advanced quality planning (AQP) process and how to set quality planning in the framework of a business strategy. The book provides a close look at the basic and advanced concepts of AQP so that both the novice and experienced user will be able to apply AQP appropriately and effectively. In addition, you will learn the "Big Three" automotive companies' required use of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), a specialized version of AQP that emphasized the product orientation of quality. A clear itemized list of Chrysler, GM, Ford, and Tier I suppliers requirements is included, illustrating what they would like to see implemented in their suppliers' processes. Written in a practical format, the book takes you step-by-step through the advanced quality planning methodology, providing you with an overview and discussion of the role of teams in AQP, and its key components including: scheduling, creating a product definition, prototype development, manufacturing preparedness, analytical techniques, documentation, reliability and maintainability, and their implementation. Also included are checklists to help plan the actions that will be appropriate for their respective projects, and appendixes containing a sample business plan and a case study of Chrysler's Process Sign-Off, which demonstrates the results of effective AQP implementation.

About this title

About the Author:

D.H. Stamatis, Ph.D., is president of Contemporary Consultants, which specializes in quality issues including standards, management, and deployment. He is an adjunct faculty member at Central Michigan State University and has authored numerous books, including Documenting and Auditing for ISO 9000 and QS-9000 (Irwin, 1996).

Review:

"As a developer of advanced quality planning training materials and a facilitator of the material, I was pleased to review this text and find an exceptionally clear and visionary approach to the subject. Readers will discover a fresh and thoughtful discussion of the disciplines used in advance quality planning." -- Gene Tomlinson, ASQ Fellow, CQA, President, Tomlinson Research, Inc.

"APQP is a systematic way to manage part of the product development process. Dean Stamatis has written a "Common-Sense Guide" to assist those managers wanting to successfully lead their companies into the next century and beyond." -- Peggy Jennings, Vice President, American Supplier Institute

About this edition

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 156327258X
• ISBN 13: 9781563272585
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268