PFMEA-Control Plan (Nissan Supplier Training Program)

Do you need to understand the specific Nissan requirements of Process Flow, PFMEA & Control Plan and how they link to Nissan's NPQP requirements?

• Process flow
• Addressing all process steps
• Common activity symbols
• PFMEA
• Identifying all failure modes and causes
• Applying Severity, Occurrence and Detection to understand and correctly determine risks
• Special Characteristics and Key Features Diagram applications
• Use of Poka-yokes for high severity features
• RPN calculations and when to take actions
• Control Plan
• Connecting your Process Flow Chart and PFMEA to the Control Plan
• Applying Special Characteristics and Key Features to the Control Plan
• Identifying Product and Process Characteristics and their controls
• Controls utilized to maintain product and process parameters including maintenance and calibration
• Review of existing Process Flow Chart, PFMEA & Control Plan for Nissan requirements
• Opportunities for improvement of existing documentation and process

• Understanding of AIAG requirements
• Understanding of NPQP requirements
• Basic understanding of Process Flow / PFMEA & Control Plan is helpful but not a requirement

• Business email account
• Hard copy of Process Flow Chart, PFMEA & Control Plan and internal inspection report or access to electronic copies (laptop with Excel suggested)
• Supplier site code or corporate code if corporate employee

Instructor(s): Adam Collins, PE and Montrell Marshall

Please contact Coretta Price at cprice@cavse.msstate.edu or 601-407-2770 if you have any questions.