Production Part Approval Process

The Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) module helps customers collect and maintain data surrounding the testing of supplied production parts before they are used in manufacturing. When suppliers send sample parts for approval, customers can use the PPAP system to record the quality of the received parts, rating the sample status as fully approved, conditionally approved, or rejected. The PPAP rating measures the ratio of fully or provisionally approved samples divided by the total number of submitted samples in a given time period. The more often a supplier submits an "up-to-specifications" sample on the first try, the higher this rating will be. Customers can manually enter PPAP information through the application or import PPAP files.

The PPAP module is fully integrated into the application. Through the Preferences menu, users can select to receive PPAP alerts and to view PPAP events on the Event Management console. PPAP is included in the Metric module and can optionally be included in metric performance evaluations.