Automotive Core Tools Training (FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP, APQP) Course
The automotive core tools are not five separate subjects. They are one chain: APQP plans the product and process, FMEA finds what can go wrong, SPC and MSA tell you whether you can trust the numbers, the Control Plan turns all of it into instructions on the line, and PPAP proves to the customer that it works. Most core tools problems are breaks in that chain rather than failures of any single tool.
APQP and PPAP are two of the most important core tools, and many organisations do not have enough working knowledge to implement them to their customer's satisfaction. This course gives participants a detailed understanding of Advanced Product Quality Planning and the Production Part Approval Process, so they can support the development of products and processes that increase customer satisfaction, and can develop, review, maintain and revise control plans properly.
The Core Tools
Five Tools, One Chain
APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning: planning and developing the product and the process.
FMEA
Failure mode and effects analysis: identifying potential failures and prioritising the risk.
SPC
Statistical Process Control: whether the process is stable and capable.
MSA
Measurement System Analysis: whether the measurements you are judging it by can be trusted.
PPAP
Production Part Approval Process: proving to the customer that the process can deliver.
Learning Curve
What the Programme Covers in Detail
APQP
PPAP
Control Plan
Also Covered
FMEA, SPC and MSA
Tell us what your team needs: the depth given to each of the five tools can be set against your own requirements, so a team that is already strong on SPC can spend the time where it is short instead.
A Common Question
APQP or PPAP?
APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning focuses on planning and developing products and processes.
PPAP
The Production Part Approval Process verifies that the manufacturing process can consistently produce product meeting customer and engineering requirements.
In sequence: APQP is the work, PPAP is the evidence. A weak APQP shows up as a PPAP submission that keeps coming back, which is why the two are taught together here rather than separately.
Who Should Attend
Is This Training Right for You?
Before You Begin
Prerequisite and Tailoring
Prerequisite
A working knowledge of APQP, PPAP and control plans is an added advantage, but it is not required. The programme starts from an introduction to APQP.
Tailored In-House Delivery
Different topics across the five core tools can be included based on your own requirements, so an in-house programme can be weighted towards the tools your team is weakest on.
Course Details
How It Runs
Duration and Delivery
A four-day programme available as a virtual session, a public classroom batch or an in-house delivery at your own plant.
Best Taken as a Team
Because the core tools hand work to each other, the programme is most useful when design, APQP, quality and production people attend together and leave aligned.
Choosing
The Full Programme or a Single Tool?
This four-day programme
When you need the whole chain, or your team's grounding across the tools is uneven.
AIAG-VDA FMEA
A dedicated course when FMEA, the seven-step method and Action Priority are the gap.
SPC and MSA, or Control Plan
Dedicated courses when one tool is the problem and the rest are already solid.
Not sure? Tell our team which core tools your customers have raised with you and we will tell you honestly whether you need four days or one.
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Quality Austria Central Asia
Automotive Depth
IATF 16949, the core tools and the CQI special process assessments from one partner.
Built Around Your Needs
Topic depth across the five tools set against your own requirements for in-house delivery.
Customer-Facing Focus
Taught around what OEM customers actually ask for in submissions and audits.
Experienced Trainers
Trainers who have sat on both sides of a PPAP submission.
Globally Connected
Part of the Quality Austria group network with international reach.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
The Automotive Core Tools Training Course is designed to help professionals understand and implement the five AIAG automotive core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC and MSA) used to improve product quality, process control and customer satisfaction in automotive manufacturing.
This course is suitable for quality managers, manufacturing engineers, APQP teams, supplier quality professionals, IATF 16949 auditors, process engineers and individuals involved in product design, development, production or automotive quality management systems.
The training covers APQP phases, PPAP submission requirements, AIAG-VDA FMEA methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Control Plans, process capability studies, risk analysis and customer-specific automotive requirements.
Automotive Core Tools help organisations standardise product development, improve process reliability, reduce manufacturing defects, strengthen risk management and meet IATF 16949 and OEM customer quality requirements effectively.
APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) focuses on planning and developing products and processes, while PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) verifies that manufacturing processes can consistently produce products meeting customer and engineering requirements.
AIAG-VDA FMEA introduces a structured seven-step approach that helps organisations identify potential failures, prioritise risks using Action Priority (AP), improve preventive actions and strengthen product and process reliability.
Automotive Core Tools training helps professionals improve problem-solving skills, strengthen process control knowledge, support customer compliance requirements, reduce quality risks and enhance career opportunities in automotive quality and manufacturing operations.
Ready to Strengthen Your Core Tools?
Talk to our team about the next available batch or a tailored in-house delivery at your plant.
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