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PRODUCTION PART APPROVAL PROCESS (PPAP)

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) First Edition Issued February 1993 Second Edition, 1st Printing, February 1995; 2nd Printing, July 1995 Third Edition, September 1999; 2nd Printing, August 2000 Fourth Edition, March 2006 Copyright ©1993, ©1995, ©1997, ©1999, ©2000, ©2006 DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors CorporationProduction Part Approval Process (PPAP) First Edition Issued February 1993 Second Edition, 1st Printing, February 1995; 2nd Printing, July 1995 Third Edition, September 1999; 2nd Printing, August 2000 Fourth Edition, March 2006 Copyright ©1993, ©1995, ©1997, ©1999, ©2000, ©2006 DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation Effective June 1, 2006, PPAP FourthEdition replaces PPAP Third Edition unless otherwise specified by your customer.

Further copies are obtainable from AIAG at +1-248-358-3003 or AdareCarwin (UK) in Europe +44-1-708-861333

FOREWORD TO THE FOURTH EDITION
Effective June 1, 2006, PPAP Fourth Edition replaces PPAP Third Edition, unless otherwise specified by your customer. Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) is updated to the 4thedition to incorporate the customer focused process approach associated with ISO/TS 16949:2002 and other changes listed below to update requirements. PPAP’s purpose continues to be to provide the evidence that all customer engineering design record and specification requirements are properly understood by the organization and that the manufacturing process has the potential to produce productconsistently meeting these requirements during an actual production run at the quoted production rate. PPAP 4th Edition includes the following changes: • Alignment of PPAP to the ISO/TS 16949:2002 process approach, including:
Aligning the order of the PPAP requirements with the automotive product development and manufacturing process Inclusion of an example process flow for PPAP

• • •Relocation of Customer Specific Instructions to appropriate websites, (e.g. OEM and IAOB, www.iaob.org) to provide current requirements Update of Truck OEM requirements and moved to Appendix H Revised PSW (Part Submission Warrant) to:
Provide a more logical flow for the part / design description fields Make the supplier address fields applicable to international locations Include IMDS materials reportingto indicate reporting status

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Updated specific PPAP requirements, including:
Materials reporting and polymeric identification requirements in the design record Process capability index usage (Cpk and Ppk) The definition and approval of catalog parts and the definition of black box parts

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Modified customer notification and submission requirements to align with OEM requirements(e.g., I.3.3 from PPAP 3rd removed) Clarified and commonized Appendices C, D, and E to match the PPAP reporting requirements Revised Tire Appendix to allow OEM specification of applicability and to eliminate duplications with allowances already provided in the PPAP requirements
Note: The Tire Appendix is not applicable to organizations supplying tires to Ford Motor Company.

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Reorganized andupdated Appendix F to stress the importance of the Bulk Materials Checklist
Note: Ford Motor Company requires all organizations supplying bulk material to Ford Motor Company to comply with PPAP.

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Revised Glossary to be consistent with the updates in the text

PPAP refers to the following reference manuals: Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plan, Potential Failure Modes andEffects Analysis, Measurement System Analysis, and Statistical Process Control. These manuals are authored by DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation and are available through the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) at www.aiag.org. The Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the many individuals and their...