The Quality Core Tools are also known as Automotive Core Tools & IATF Core Tools. These tools are widely applied by automotive and other manufacturing industries for providing high quality products & to meet the customer’s expectations.
The Automotive Core Tools are five quality methodology or techniques that support the expectations/requirements of the IATF 16949 Quality Management System standard for continuous improvement.
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What are the Quality Core Tools?
The Core Tools of Quality are five techniques/method that support the requirements & expectations of IATF 16949:2015 quality management system standard.
The 5 Quality Core Tools are documented separately & the manuals of each core tools are published through the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG).
When designing & developing products or processes, the 5 IATF core tools are used that are listed below in their order of use:
- Advanced Product Quality Planning-APQP
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis-FMEA
- Measurement System Analysis-MSA
- Statistical Process Control-SPC
- Production Part Approval Process-PPAP
Click on the above links to Explore all Automotive Core Tools in details.
Advanced Product Quality Planning | APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning is a structured approach that is used to design and develop the product and process to meet customer needs and expectations.
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis | FMEA
An Failure mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a systemized set of activities that are designed to:
- Recognize and assess a product’s or process’s possible failure and its consequences.
- Determine what activities could be taken to minimize or eliminate the risk of a potential failure
Measurement System Analysis | MSA
MSA helps to understand the sources of variation that influence the measurement result produced by the measurement system.
In the measurement system analysis, the Gage R&R study is conducted to find out the Equipment Variation and Appraiser Variation.
Quality Core Tools–Statistical Process Control
Statistical Process Control is used to measure, record, analyze and control the Process Variability for quality improvement. This technique is used to measure Process Capability and controlling quality during the production process.
Production Part Approval Process | PPAP
Production Part Approval Process is a part of APQP planning. PPAP consists of 18 documents used by the automotive & other manufacturing industries for establishing confidence in product suppliers and their manufacturing processes.
