Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Can the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) process cause employee turnover?

 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-ppap-process-cause-employee-turnover-john-m-cachat-7aayc

 

Can the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) process cause employee turnover?

 

I was presenting at an ASQ event in Boston about “PPAP Software – What works and does not work and Why?”  One of the participants came up to me to ask more questions.  They said, “If I can’t find a better PPAP solution than spreadsheets, I am going to quit.”

This person was a very intelligent, energetic, and driven individual.  They further explained that they like the intent of the PPAP process and found it very interesting, but using spreadsheets is very unproductive. 

I never thought that companies can lose very qualified employees by asking them to do unproductive PPAP work.

Want to learn more?  Reference - Production Part Approval Process Evaluation, A Case Study at a Large OEM, master’s Thesis in the Master Program Quality and Operations Management, by Albert Rydström Joakim Viström, January 2020. (Source)

 

Want a better solution than spreadsheets?

 

PPAP Document Authoring Software - better than spreadsheets, but not too complex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c75I3ICGNc

 

PPAP Simplified with Foundation, Process Family Strategy for PF, PFMEA, CP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upO5Ai02KWI


John M. Cachat   

Harrington Group International, LLC  

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Recording - Harrington Quality 4.0. Don't Feel Overwhelmed Feel Motivated Conversation

Too many #Quality4.0 efforts focus on the technology – IT can worry about the technology.   Quality 4.0 efforts that are driven by the IT Department buying Technology without input from People about their Processes will fail. Period.  QA needs to focus on the cause-and-effect relationships that help or hurt corporate objectives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdpHtlCb_YY