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VisualPPAP                                                        
(Production Part Approval Process)


Production Part Approval Process a solution to integrate your processes Visual PPAP - Production Part Approval Process
 
How it works

Improving your business


VisualPPAP® is a business application designed to save you time and money by effectively managing the Production Part Approval Process. It removes the administrative burden for your Quality professionals, quite simply VisualPPAP® offers

  • Improved quality
  • Eliminates waste
  • Reduces lead time
  • Reduces total cost

VisualPPAP® liberates the business to start the process early, even at the Contract Review stage and by so doing it can enhance the manufacturing process and is no longer seen as an administrative burden.

IPI has over 500 users of VisualPPAP® (our first product) across four continents. It is these users who have inspired the ever growing functionality of this exciting business application. VisualPPAP® is seen as a value adding tool that not only enhances FAI creation but it considered as powerful business application encompassing functionality for managing the complete FAI process including

  • Forms & all documentation
  • Complex 3D parts
  • Assemblies
  • Supplier management
  • Repeat, Partial or Delta FAIs
  • OEM Process & Material database
  • APQP options e.g. Control plans, FMEA’s etc

Mistake Proofing

VisualPPAP® helps to Mistake Proof the process: Tailored to your customers requirements

Customizable options

Optical Character Recognition

(OCR Traffic light status;

red/amber/green

Intelligent data entry interface

Current process status.

VisualPPAP® has many features to help the user to ensure that previously common errors are eradicated. It does this through the use of simple visual traffic light status; red/amber/green. An intelligent data entry interface ensures dimensional engineering principles are adhered to. Further mistake proofing is ensured through a real time process status report highlighting all PPAP/ Customer requirements.




Helping Manufacturing meet TS16949 requirements:

VisualPPAP® populates any form in a precise, controlled and auditable way. By capturing and linking drawing requirements by utilizing Optical Character Recognition (OCR), manual or electronic data input for use within the TS16949 documentation.

With all of the required data being identified within VisualPPAP®, and knowing the exact make-up of the form, VisualPPAP® can auto-populate the your forms, controlling changes for complete audit peace of mind. Of course, the same technique can be employed to populate internal control plans for example an in process verification check sheet or Inspection Method sheets etc, by associating operation and measurement equipment for each dimension. VisualPPAP® is the professional tool that efficiently and effectively manages the entire FAI process. It will enhance your competitiveness whilst providing your customer with the reassurance that their FAI requirements are being exceeded through the delivery of high quality complete documentation in either PDF, WEB or paper format. Reducing the process cost time:

APQP

VisualPPAP® offers yet further added value to the process design and development phase of the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Control Plan.

VisualPPAP® has process flow modules linked to process FMEA and control plan.

Visual links can be made to both product and process characteristics introducing a highly usable Control Plan interface with real time electronic document synchronization.


 
Features
VisualPPAP® can be easily customized by the user to create your your own elements of your PPAP process 
 
Benefits
Used in conjunction with our VisualSCD (Supply Chain Dashboard) you can visualize each of your VisualPPAP® elements throughout your extended suply chain.