VDA Volume 2 Quality Assurance for Supplies Production process and product approval PPA 5th revised edition, November 2012

Annotation of standard text:

With the publication of this 5th edition the PPA Process has been completely restructured in order to describe the requirements relating to new or modified deliveries from external sources and those produced within the company.
The area of application is defined more clearly, taking into consideration existing VDA publications and terms. As an aid in implementing the stipulations in this present publication a sequence diagram for PPA is included, as well as the "trigger matrix" for changes which must be declared.
To improve understanding, the requirements relating to submission levelhave been stated more precisely. A significant up-date covering process validation has also been introduced, together with submission level"0". All the changes which have been made are taken into account in the completely revised form for production process and product approvalin accordance with VDA volume 2.
Contents
Preamble
1 Introduction
1.1 Production process and product approval (PPA) – process
1.2 Production process and product approval (PPA) – objective
2 Range of Application
3 Initiation for a PPA Process
4 The PPA Process in principle (sampling)
5 Planning and agreeing the PPA Process
6 Selecting submission level
6.1 PPA Process
6.2 Performance test / process validation
6.3 PPA documentation
6.4 Sample submission and customers decision on approval
for production shipment authorization
6.5 Special procedures
7 Archiving periods
8 Declaration of constituent materials
9 Technical terms and abbreviations
10 Appendix documents
10.1 Downloads

Appendix 1: How to use the trigger matrixAppendix 2: Trigger matrixAppendix 3: Form for a PPA Process planningAppendix 4: Matrix for assessing the serial production maturity of product and processAppendix 5: PPA formAppendix 6: Software test reportAppendix 7: Comparison between PPA and PPAP