Key elements of the revised CQI 8 guideline: "Integrates LPA with management of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) so that LPAs have a positive impact on business results." Expands ownership beyond the Quality function. "Suggests the role of the LPA Planning Team." Promotes utilization of LPAs in non-manufacturing areas (e.g. Engineering, Purchasing, Program Management, etc.). "Recommends Roles and Responsibilities for LPA (RASIC chart)." Provides expanded guidelines for writing effective LPA checksheet questions. "Explains of the audit process in more detail." Promotes measuring effectiveness of LPA, and then adjusting accordingly. "Clarifies deployment of LPA via process-specific LPA checksheets." Describes conducting the Audits and Recording the Findings. "Makes clear the importance of Top Management Review and LPA metrics." Provides specific suggestions to improve an existing LPA system.

The CQI 9 4th Edition is a comprehensive audit covering the most common heat treat processes employed by the automotive industry. Intended to provide a common approach to a heat treat management system for automotive production and service part organizations. The 4th edition now includes additional best practices, along with new and modified requirements and clarifications for supply organizations to consider in making their own self-assessments.

Learn the process requirements your organization needs to follow to develop a plating management system that provides for continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. Application of this process will allow you to meet regulatory requirements and identify areas of improvement while enhancing customer satisfaction.

The new CQI 12 Special Process: Coating System Assessment was developed to help better evaluate quality systems at coating shops supplying OEM automotive coatings. Now in its third edition, the Coating System Assessment has been updated and revised for greater clarity, and to include the ISO 9001: 2015 and IATF 16949: 2016 Quality Management System concepts, "process approach" and "risk management." Additional improvements include the new Form Builder, requirements for all test equipment associated with each process at the end of each process table, a rewritten and expanded pyrometry section, and more.

Intended to provide a common approach to a welding management system for automotive production and service part organizations, this document specifies process requirements for an organization or its suppliers performing applicable ferrous and non-ferrous metallic welding. Now in its second edition, numerous updates have been made including the addition of job audit questions to the Process Tables to reduce redundancy and simplify the audit flow, and the addition of two additional processes: Fastener Projection Welding and Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt (MIAB) Welding.

The goal of the 2nd edition CQI 17 Special Process: Electronic Assembly Manufacturing - Soldering System Assessment (EAM-SSA) is the development of a soldering management system that provides for continual improvement – emphasizing process control, proactive defect prevention, and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. These soldering requirements are complementary to customer and product standards and intended to provide a common approach to a soldering management system for automotive production and service part organizations.

AIAG's Molding System Assessment is a common process approach to control molding processes and a methodology to evaluate and amend, as needed, current processes. The assessment provides best practices for continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. The CQI-23 includes the assessment as a downloadable Excel file.

The CQI 27 Special Process: Casting System Assessment provides requirements for foundry suppliers of OEM automotive castings. It is a collective effort by OEM and Tier 1 customers to create common process requirements for foundries, requirements which our shared experiences tell us will benefit the foundry industry for their OEM automotive customers. The document comes with an Excel file to complete as part of the assessment.

The new Brazing System Assessment specifies process requirements for an organization or its suppliers performing applicable aluminum and stainless steel brazing. Processes covered are CAB, Vacuum, Flame, and Induction brazing, and contain requirements for part print, control plan, braze quality inspection & reports, parameter documentation, maintenance records, sustainability, process monitoring, fixturing and tooling, and thermal management.

CQI-30 Special Process: Rubber Processing System Assessment - Mixing & Molding 1st Edition. Developed in collaboration with industry experts from OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and molding suppliers, the CQI-30 Special Process: Rubber Processing System Assessment - Mixing & Molding provides a common approach to a rubber mixing and molding management system for automotive production and service part organizations. With eight sections focused on the pre-audit survey, management responsibility and quality planning, job audit, rubber mixing, inspection and testing, facilities and equipment, molding, and substrate preparation, this document includes requirements for organizations of all sizes performing mixing and molding operations. Get your copy today!

This standard, coupled with the applicable customer-specific requirements, defines the quality management system requirements for automotive production, service and/or accessory parts. IATF 16949:2016 is an autonomous QMS standard that is fully aligned with the structure and requirements of ISO 9001:2015. However, it is not a stand-alone document, but is implemented as a supplement to, and in conjunction with, ISO 9001:2015, which must be purchased separately.

This document contains the Rules for achieving and maintaining IATF recognition related to IATF 16949. Now in its 5th Edition, the document is commonly referred to as "Rules 5th". It includes the criteria for certification body recognition, certification body audit process, certification body auditor qualifications, and IATF 16949 certificates. This document replaces "Rules 4th Edition" and encompasses previous Sanctioned Interpretations and Rules related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) issued by the IATF prior to the release of this document.

Continuous improvement is vital to prospering in today's economy. This guide provides several basic and advanced statistical methods that can be used to make your manufacturing improvements more effective, resulting in products and services that improve value to both you and your customer.

Measurement data is used in nearly every manufacturing process. As the quality of the data improves, the quality of decisions improves. This guide will help you assess the quality of your measurement systems, providing a basis for recognizing where improvements can be made. The result is knowledge that can be used to improve your measurement process, in turn improving repeatable product quality.

The AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook is a reference manual to be used by the automotive industry suppliers as a guide to assist them in the development of Design FMEA, Process FMEA, and Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response.

The Handbook does not define requirements; it is intended to clarify the steps, activities, and tools related to the technical development of FMEAs. Efforts were taken to align the AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook with the SAE J1739 standard.

Highlights of the Change Points from the AIAG 4th Edition FMEA Manual and from the VDA Volume 4 Manual are provided in Appendix F.

The benefits of the APQP or Control Plan would be a reduction in the complexity of products quality planning for the customers and organizations, and a means for organizations to easily communicate product quality planning requirements to suppliers.

Ensure your suppliers understand the processes required to produce parts with consistent quality during an actual production run at production rates. PPAP is the industry standard for defining the production part approval process to ensure engineering design record and specification requirements are consistently met.