National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 9145:2018.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ACE/1, International and European Aerospace Policy and Processes.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2018.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 28 August 2017.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 9145:2018) has been prepared by the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe - Standardization (ASD‑STAN).

After enquiries and votes carried out in accordance with the rules of this Association, this Standard has received the approval of the National Associations and the Official Services of the member countries of ASD, prior to its presentation to CEN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2019.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Rationale

This standard was created to define the aviation, space and defence process requirements for Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). The APQP aspects of this standard define a methodology for ensuring that the product development processes deployed throughout the aviation, space and defence industries are fully integrated phased processes that extend from concept and design through manufacturing process planning and execution and on into product use, service and customer feedback. The PPAP is an output of APQP confirming that the production process has demonstrated the potential to produce products that consistently fulfil all requirements at the customer demand rate.

Foreword

To assure customer satisfaction, the aviation, space and defence industry organizations must produce and continually improve safe, reliable products that equal or exceed customer and regulatory authority requirements. The globalization of the industry and the resulting diversity of regional / national requirements and expectations have complicated this objective. End-product organizations face the challenge of assuring the quality of and integration of product purchased from suppliers throughout the world and at all levels within the supply chain. Industry suppliers face the challenge of delivering product to multiple customers having varying quality expectations and requirements.

The aviation, space, and defence industry established the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) for the purpose of achieving significant improvements in quality, delivery, safety and reductions in cost, throughout the value stream. This organization includes representation from companies in the Americas, Asia / Pacific and Europe.

This document standardizes the requirements for the Product Development Process (PDP) through the use of APQP and PPAP methodologies. The establishment of common requirements, for use at all levels of the supply chain, should result in the elimination or reduction of organization unique requirements and the resulting variation inherent in the multiple expectations.

This document has been developed by IAQG to cover a wide domain of global applicability (Aerospace & Defence); please be informed that some standards have been developed by CEN to cover specifically space systems (e.g. CEN/CENELEC TC5 EN 166XX series). For European space applications these standards may be taken into account.

0 Introduction

0.1 General

This standard specifies requirements in a structured framework to plan and complete actions of the product realization cycle which are necessary to ensure quality product(s) are delivered on time, while satisfying cost performance targets. APQP drives a quality focused approach to product development through the use of a phased planning process within which specific deliverables are established, monitored and tracked to closure, while highlighting and mitigating risks as they are identified. PPAP is an output of APQP confirming that the production process has demonstrated the potential to produce products that consistently fulfil all requirements while operating at the customer demand rate.

Successful implementation of APQP requires: management commitment and support from the beginning of the product development cycle and multidisciplinary project teams integrating all stakeholders and delivering a committed timeline for executing planned activities.

APQP has five phases (conceptually illustrated in Figure 1) starting with conceptual product needs and extending throughout the product life cycle. The actual duration of each phase will differ depending upon the scope and timing of the specific product and/or production development project. These phases are described as follows:

Phase 1 – Planning:
The goal of this phase is to capture customer inputs, benchmark data, lessons learned, regulatory requirements, technical specifications, company know-how and strategy into a product concept and realization plan. This includes identification of the high-level technical, quality and cost targets.
Phase 2 – Product Design and Development:
The goal of this phase is to translate the technical, quality and cost requirements into a controlled, verified and validated product design. Design validation is achieved using prototype, development, or production parts in test environments that can represent the customer’s installation and subject the product to extreme conditions required by contract or regulation.
Phase 3 – Process Design and Development:
The goal of this phase is to design and develop the production processes needed to produce product that consistently fulfil technical, quality and cost requirements while operating at the customer demand rate.
Phase 4 – Product and Process Validation:
The goal of this phase is to validate that product fulfils the design requirements and the production processes have demonstrated the capability to consistently produce conforming product at the customer demand rate. Product validation is achieved using product produced from the defined production processes.
Phase 5 – On-going Production, Use and Post-delivery Service:
The goal of this phase is to ensure customer requirements are continually fulfilled through the use of process control, lessons learned and continuous improvement.

0.2 Application

This standard applies to new product development efforts, but can also be applied to products currently in production where changes are planned. It can be applied to the final product or selected levels of parts (i.e. parts within an assembly as defined by the organization or customer). When this standard is flowed down as a general contractual requirement (i.e. not for a specific program or project), the scope of applicability is established between the organization and the customer.

This standard is generally not applied to standard parts or Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) items. Producers and their suppliers are responsible for flow down of the requirements of this standard, as appropriate, to suppliers who design and/or produce product.

When this standard is invoked, APQP and PPAP shall continue to apply when previously approved products and processes undergo change (e.g. introduction of a new production process, change to existing production process, change of production source, addition to the existing production sources).

1 Scope

This standard establishes requirements for performing and documenting APQP and PPAP. APQP begins with conceptual product needs and extends through product definition, production planning, product and process validation (i.e. PPAP), product use, and post-delivery service. This standard integrates and collaborates with the requirements of the EN 9100, EN 9102, EN 9103 and EN 9110 standards.

The requirements specified in this standard are complementary (not alternative) to contractual and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Should there be a conflict between the requirements of this standard and applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, the latter shall take precedence.

1.1 Purpose

The purpose of this standard is to establish a uniform approach to product realization across the aviation, space and defence industry ensuring that quality products are delivered on time, while satisfying cost performance targets.

1.2 Convention

The following conventions are used in this standard:

the word “shall” indicates a requirement;
the word “should” indicates a recommended action (content or path), but not mandatory application;
words “typical”, “example”, “for reference” or “e.g.” indicate suggestions given for guidance only;
“NOTES” are used for additional clarification;
words or phrases with specific meaning pertaining to this document are defined in 3 (Terms and definitions).

2 References

3 Terms and definitions

4 Advanced product quality planning requirements

4.1 General requirements

4.2 Advanced product quality planning project management

4.3 Phase 1 requirements — planning

4.4 Phase 2 requirements — product design and development

4.5 Phase 3 requirements — process design and development

4.6 Phase 4 requirements — product and process validation

4.7 Phase 5 requirements — on-going production, use and post-delivery service

5 Production part approval process requirements

5.1 Process requirements for production part approval process

5.2 Production part approval process file and submission

5.3 Production part approval process disposition

5.4 Production part approval process resubmission

BS EN 9145:2018

Aerospace series. Requirements for Advanced Product Quality Planning and Production Part Approval Process

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2018