50+ Automotive PPAP Packages Approved (IATF 16949 / VDA)
Control plans, PFMEAs, MSA studies and dimensional reports for 50+ automotive projects — remote PPAP and APQP documentation for suppliers who lose contracts over paperwork, not parts.
Suppliers rarely lose an automotive contract because the part is wrong. They lose it because the submission package is late, incomplete, or fails the customer’s review.
The problem
PPAP and APQP are not optional for OEM-tier work, and they are not the kind of paperwork you can improvise near the deadline. A submission needs a control plan that matches the process actually running, a PFMEA that reflects real failure modes, measurement system analysis that holds up, and a dimensional report tied to the right revision of the drawing.
Small and mid-size suppliers usually have the manufacturing capability but not a dedicated quality engineering desk. The result is a capable shop repeatedly blocked at the documentation gate.
The approach
Across 50+ projects in an IATF 16949 / VDA environment I have prepared and carried through:
- Control plans written against the process as it actually runs, not as the flowchart wishes it ran.
- PFMEAs built from real failure history and process knowledge, with actions that a plant will genuinely execute.
- MSA studies — gauge R&R and measurement capability, done before the dimensional report depends on them.
- Dimensional reports and full submission packages, matched to the correct drawing revision and customer-specific requirements.
- Customer audit support through the review itself.
The work translates directly to remote delivery: it is documentation, engineering judgement and process knowledge, none of which require standing in the plant.
The result
Approvals across 50+ projects, and a documentation process the plant could repeat without me. Offered now as a fixed-scope remote package for suppliers facing a submission without a quality engineering department.
Where this applies
If you have won the business and the parts are good but the submission keeps coming back, the gap is process documentation — and it is a solvable, fixed-scope problem.
Certified: IATF 16949, VDA QMC, ISO 9001, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Request a quote or see all services.