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Production

07.12.23

QM Knowledge: Production Part Approval Process

Comprehensive understanding and transparency thanks to the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) in the automotive industry: right from the start of series production, the process must be carried out by every supplier across the entire supply chain. Read here to find out exactly what this means. … Read more

A man controls the quality of a product.

Knowledge

Maren Behrendt

23.11.23

QM Knowledge: Statistical Process Control

The quality of the products offered has a considerable influence on the competitiveness of a company. Errors in production are often difficult to trace in retrospect and can result in high costs due to lost working time and wasted materials. Read this article to find out how statistical process control… Read more

A young female engineer checks a machine.

Knowledge

Joséphine Fresen

16.11.23

QM Knowledge: Production Process and Product Approval

Even before series production, every supplier must prove that the production process and the product meet all requirements. A suitable procedure for this is the Production Process and Product Approval (PPA; German: "Produktionsprozess- und Produktfreigabe" or: PPF). Read this article to find out why. … Read more

A worker checks the quality of an initial sample

Knowledge

Maren Behrendt

31.10.23

QM Knowledge: Initial Sample Inspection Report

Correcting manufacturing defects before they happen repeatedly – that doesn't just sound good, it's enormously important for producing companies. Before products are launched on the market or supplier parts are incorporated into a final product, part approval process is therefore the tool of choice. An… Read more

A light bulb in the form of a plant symbolizes sustainable ideas

Quality

Marc Osenberg

09.06.21

The Quality Feature Sustainability

In the digitalized and globalized world, companies are basically required to act pragmatically. New technologies, shorter production cycles and individual customer requirements are already presenting them with major challenges – additional effort and extra costs do not fit in well at all. In the short… Read more

Digitalization

Lutz Krämer

03.02.21

9 Arenas of Digitalization: Complex Products

As end consumers, we want one thing above all: products that fulfill the promised purpose, are of better quality than those of the competition and, ideally, are also inexpensive. To make it easier and easier for the consumer, however, it is becoming more and more difficult for the manufacturing company. In… Read more