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About
The client is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, plus related power systems and locomotives, with a very large global footprint. They required a modern APQP Process Validation App to bring consistency and speed to their Advanced Product Quality Planning validation workflows across product lines and geographies.
Business Challenges
The client’s APQP validation workflow was entirely manual.
Key challenges included:
- Difficulty locating and consolidating notes from concept approval through production for APQP validation.
- Slow, error-prone calculation of validation scores because data lived in disparate formats and paper notes.
- Delays in escalating issues to management, slowing decisions to move new products into the production bay.
- Need for a reliable APQP Process Validation App that could be used on shop-floor tablets to standardize and accelerate validation tasks.
Solution
We recommended and delivered a hybrid application, an APQP Process Validation App optimized for tablets.
Main features implemented (as described in your brief) include:
- Structured APQP workflows so users navigate process steps, parts, and issue notes with minimal clicks.
- Top-down part image capture and annotation to precisely pin-point and describe issues.
- Issue sorting and auto-calculation of APQP validation scores to remove manual arithmetic and reduce human error.
- Real-time score and issue reporting to management and stakeholders so remediation and approvals happen faster.
This APQP Process Validation App was purpose-built to integrate with the client’s existing review processes while offering a consistent, mobile-first experience on the shop floor.
Our Approach
Our Steps
Outcome
Using the APQP Process Validation App the client moved from a fragmented, manual process to a streamlined digital workflow. The app enabled faster identification of quality issues, consistent validation scoring, and immediate visibility for decision-makers, helping accelerate product development cycles and reduce approval friction.
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