GeneralMotorsCorporationAdvancedProductQualityPlanningWorldwidePurchasingOctober2002Revision2PrefaceThisReferenceManualrepresentsthecollaborativeeffortsofaGMworldwideteamengagedtodevelopaGMCommonAPQPprocess.Priortothis,eachGeneralMotorsSupplierQualityorganizationfacilitatedtheimplementationoftheAPQPprocessusingdivisionalandregionalspecificmethodologies.TheglobalteamharmonizedandstandardizedthevariousdivisionalandregionalAPQPprocessesanddevelopedthisGMAPQPManual(GM1927).ThismanualdefinesGM’scommonglobalproductqualityplanningrequirementsthatarenecessarytodevelopandimplementanAPQPprocessforaproductorservice.ItisintendedasastandardtoprovidetheSupplierQualityEngineer,andthesupplier,acommonformatfromwhichtoproceedwithallstepsofAPQP.ThisdocumentisthesecondrevisiontotheinitialreleaseandhasbeenupdatedtoreflectthemostrecentrequirementssetbyGeneralMotorsforallGlobalSuppliers.Aspartofthisupdate,aRevisionHistorysectionhasbeenaddedtoprovideabriefdescriptionoftheOctober2002changes.Approvalsforthisrevisionareasfollows:M.WolfM.MorettiWorldwidePurchasingLatinAmericanOperationsSupplierQualitySupplierQualityT.NejmanM.AldeaPowertrainAsianPacificOperationsSupplierQualitySupplierQualityW.KraatzM.SchöenleberNorthAmericanVehicleOperationsEuropeanOperationsSupplierQualitySupplierQualityITableofContentsPreface…………………………………………………………………………..ITableofContents…………………………………………..………..….……..IIManualContentExplanation…………………………………..………..…....IVCustomerMonitored/SupplierMonitoredMatrix………………...……….…..VAPQPProcessModelFlow……………………………………………….…..VIRevisionHistory……………………………………………………………...VIIAPQPTaskDefinitionsTask1:CommoditySourcingStrategyMeeting…………………….………........1Task2:TechnicalReviews……………………………………………….……...3Task3:RiskAssessment&Sourcing…………………………………………….5Task4:SupplierProgramReviews…………………………………….………...7Task5:TimingCharts/OpenIssues…………………………………………….12Task6:Feasibility&ManufacturingAssessmentLetters……………………...13Task7:FlowChart……………………………………………………….……..15Task8:DFMEA………………………………………………………………...16Task9:DesignReviews………………………………………………………..18Task10:Gage,Tool&EquipmentReviews...…………………………………20Task11:GP-11Pre-prototype&PrototypeMaterial...……………………..…..23Task12:PFMEADevelopment………………………………………………....25Task13:ControlPlan…………………………………………………………..27Task14:GP-12EarlyProductionContainment…………………………….....29Task15:PPAP……………………………………………………………….....31Task16:Run@Rate(GP-9)…………………………………………………..33Task17:LessonsLearned………………………………………………….......36AppendicesAppendix1—DocumentUsageGuidelinesbyGlobalRegion…………..…..38GM1927-1APQPProjectPlanGM1927-2APQPTimingChartGM1927-3SupplierQualityStatementofRequirements(SOR)GM1927-4RequiredQualityInformationLetterGM1927-5APQPOpenIssuesFormGM1927-6CommoditySourcingStrategyMeetingChecklistGM1927-7WWPAPQPAssessmentGM1927-10LessonsLearnedProcessOverviewGM1927-12LessonsLearnedCriteriaChecklistGM1927-13TechnicalReviewChecklistIIAppendix1—GM1927Documents(continued)GM1927-14APQPKick-OffMe...