Product Process Change Notification PROCESS Presentation to Suppliers

Product Process Change Notification PROCESS Presentation to Suppliers

WHAT IS IT ABOUT ? Examples: • Current production line (partly or totally) is transferred to an new or existing plant or building, in the same or other country, • Change of a tier n, part of the process such as surface treatment, machining, paint shop, warehousing… • New production layout • Packaging changes or repackaging operations, • Tier 2 change and more generally any tier n change that concerns the product • Renewal of current tooling • Change of raw material or substitute of material and substances according to legal requirements • Outsourcing permanently part of the production to a tier 2 • Request for product design changes such as dimensions, functions, appearance, …. The objective: • Secure that, when YOU, as a supplier, are implementing a modification • Quality and Delivery issues are secured • it also benefits to the Volvo Group (price management, global costs) • Respect the purchasing conditions Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 2

Product and Process Change Notification ? WHAT IS IT ABOUT ? • Both ISO/TS 16949 and PPAP 4 th edition are clear: A supplier is not allowed to make any changes on the product or in the process that can have an effect for the customer without prior approval from the customer. This includes: • • change of sub-suppliers change of machines or way of producing the parts reworking non-conforming parts change to design of the part to name a few examples Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 3

How is this communicated? • • ISO/TS 16949 PPAP 4 th edition Volvo’s General Purchasing Conditions Supplier Quality Assurance Manual Letters from Volvo Purchasing Communication in Purchasing Webcasts Communication from Supplier Quality Engineers THIS IS A BASIC REQUIREMENT THAT MUST BE RESPECTED Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 4

ISO/TS 16949: 2009 ISO/TS 16949 requirements on changes Source: ISO/TS 16949: 2009 Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 5

PPAP 4 th edition Source: PPAP 4 th edition Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 6

PPAP 4 th edition Table 3. 1 (extract) Source: PPAP 4 th edition Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 7

PPAP 4 th edition Source: PPAP 4 th edition Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 8

VOLVO PURCHASING CONDITIONS Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 9

PPCN – Product or Process Change Notification Source: Volvo Supplier Quality Assurance Manual Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 10

HOW SUPPLIER SHALL PROCEED ? 1 Inform Volvo on the FORESEEN modifications PPCN Form 2 3 Inform supplier on approved application date Supplier Get approval from the VOLVO Group on supplier modification: Quality and Delivery risks are solved SQA, PD engineers, Plant supply, Logistic, Buyer "PRODUCT /PROCESS CHANGE NOTIFICATION" form is an international standard form issued from the PPAP. Mandatory use for the supplier according to the PPAP 4 th edition Volvo 3 P, Volvo Bus, Volvo Powertrain Product Process Change Notification – April 2011 11