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When the PFMEA for a steering bracket at an automotive parts factory was submitted to the client, the severity and occur…
When a new project is launched, the client demands the PFMEA to be submitted within two weeks. Quality engineers typical…
During a customer audit at an automotive parts factory, the auditor pointed to a control plan for a welding process and …
A certain automotive parts company received a new project. The status column of the PSW read "Temporary Approval Interim…
A hardware supplier provides 23 different specifications of pins to the same customer, with varying hole diameters and l…
A plastic injection molding workshop produces an automotive interior component. The control plan CP is well written: a c…
An auditor from a customer of an automotive parts company stood for five minutes at a welding station and asked two ques…
After a car parts factory updated its FMEA, it changed the "RPN" column to the "AP" column. The first cross functional r…
A certain automotive parts company submitted a PPAP, and the file package passed on the first attempt: 18 items were com…
A machining company submitted its PPAP, which was returned the next day with the client's sole reason: "The sampling for…
1. The Cost of Blind Signing: A Smooth Approval Followed by a Major Failure An electronics company supplies components t…
1. A PPAP Approved for Three Years, Revealing Eleven Issues During Customer Audit A Tier 1 automotive interior functiona…