Quality Planning for a Completely Leather-Covered Passenger Vehicle Instrument Panel with an Airbag for the Chinese Premium Market

  • Continuous project management for the product and quality planning and for all phases of the product-creation process in accordance with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning)
  • Conducting FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and drafting the control plan
  • Supporting the prototype phase through serial production including all validations
  • Drafting work and testing instructions in cooperation with the Chinese partners
  • Installation and initial validation of the serial production facilities
  • Training the quality assurance division employees from China on preliminary serial production in Germany and in China on-site
  • Capability tests
  • Transfer of serial production facilities from Germany to China
  • Supporting the commissioning of the serial production in China through the successful SOP (Start of Production)
  • Conducting audits in accordance with German automotive industry association standard 6.3
  • Successful release after the PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)