Automotive Courses

Global Automotive Quality System: ISO/TS 16949

Course Description

This course explains the requirements of the global automotive quality system ISO/TS 16949 and offers guidance as to how these requirements may be satisfied.

Duration/Delivery Mode

System development course: Typically 2 to 3 days.

Awareness/Overview: Typically 1 day; Workforce briefings: Typically 1 to 2 hrs.

Target Audience

System development course: Managers, and process owners who are responsible for implementing the ISO/TS 16949 system.

Awareness/Overview: Senior Managers who will be supporting and overseeing the ISO/TS 16949 implementation process.

Workforce briefings: All personnel whose work activities are within the scope of the ISO/TS 16949 system.

Benefits

• Helps your organisation to understand and implement a quality system which has global recognition.
• Understand how ISO/TS 16949 can be used to improve your business processes and satisfy the requirements of your customers.
• Gain an awareness of the rules which apply to registration and maintenance of the ISO/TS 16949 system.

Course Summary

• ISO/TS 16949 requirements
  • Section 4: Quality Management System
  • Section 5: Management Responsibility
  • Section 6: Resource Management
  • Section 7: Product Realisation
  • Section 8: Measurement, Analysis & Improvement
• The core tools
• Implementation & registration process for ISO/TS 16949

Related Courses

• ISO/TS 16949 Audit
• Problem Solving (8D)
• APQP
• PPAP
• FMEA
• SPC Foundation
• Core Tools

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Course Description

This course is designed to meet the needs of organisations involved with automotive quality systems such as ISO/TS 16949; however the principles are applicable to a variety of business situations where adequate planning of products and processes is key to success.

Duration/Delivery Mode

Typically 1 to 2 days.

Target Audience

Multi-disciplinary: Managers, process owners, engineers and other personnel who are involved in the introduction of new products and contribute to the APQP process.

Benefits

• Helps your organisation to supply quality products/services, on-time and at acceptable cost.
• Demystifies the APQP process.
• Enables the key contributors to understand the importance of their timely input.
• Avoid costly errors.
• Reduce time required for new product introduction.

Course Summary

• Project timing plan and critical path
• Plan and define the programme
• Product design and development
• Process design and development
• Product and process validation
• Feedback and corrective action assessment
• Management of APQP activities
• Use of Minitab® software (Please see Minitab® page)

Related Courses

• PPAP
• FMEA
• SPC Foundation
• MSA
• Core Tools
• Minitab®

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

Course Description

This course is designed to meet the needs of organisations involved with automotive quality systems such as ISO/TS 16949; however the principles are applicable to a variety of business situations where adequate planning of products and processes is key to success.

Duration/Delivery Mode

Typically 1 day.

Target Audience

Multi-disciplinary: Managers, process owners, engineers and other personnel who are involved in the introduction of new products and contribute to the APQP/PPAP process.

Benefits

• Focuses attention on meeting customer requirements.
• Enables the key contributors to understand the importance of their timely input.
• Avoid costly errors.

Course Summary

• Role of PPAP within advanced product quality planning (APQP) and ISO/TS 16949
• PPAP process requirements
• Customer notification and submission requirements
• Submission levels
• Relevant tools and techniques
• Use of Minitab® software (Please see Minitab® page)

Related Courses

• APQP
• FMEA
• SPC Foundation
• MSA
• Core Tools
• Minitab®

Combined APQP Core Tools Programme

Course Description

This training programme offers a convenient format for developing personnel as Core Tools practitioners. The individual core tools subjects are consolidated into a single programme and presented in the context of APQP and PPAP.

Duration/Delivery Mode

Typically a single block of 5 consecutive days. (This programme can be customised if required.)

Target Audience

Multi-disciplinary: Managers, process owners, engineers, and other personnel who are involved in the introduction of new products and contribute to APQP and PPAP activities.

Benefits

• Demystifies APQP and Core Tools activities.
• Helps your organisation to satisfy customer and quality system requirements for use of the Core Tools.
• Helps your organisation to supply quality products, on-time and at acceptable cost.

Course Summary

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Control Plan Methodology
• Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Use of Minitab® software (Please see Minitab® page)

Related Courses

• APQP
• PPAP
• FMEA
• SPC Foundation
• MSA
• Minitab®