Duration
VDA 6.3 Process Audit Introduction
2 days
Course aim
The course is designed to:
- Cultivate participants’ understanding of German Automotive's process-audit methodology
- Cultivate participants’ understanding of the relations between product, process and system audit
- Cultivate participants’ ability to apply the VDA 6.3 questionnaire
- Cultivate participants’ ability to apply audit scoring
- Cultivate participants’ ability to plan, conduct and report on an internal audit performed against the requirements of VDA 6.3
- Cultivate participants’ mastery of the Process Audit methodology that is aligned with the German automotive industry's requirements
- Cultivate participants’ capability to meet German automotive customer requirements on auditor competency
- Cultivate participants’ capability to focus on key processes effectiveness and efficiency.
Course description
VDA 6.3 is a guideline established for undertaking effective process audit. VDA 6.3 process audit is required by a large number of OEM customers within the German automotive supply chain. This German originated audit guideline focuses on process audit from the product development phase to the mass production phase.
This course is specially designed for companies looking at process audit aligned with the requirements of VDA 6.3. This course provides delegates with an understanding of the audit requirements, concepts and in-depth understanding of how to use the questionnaire of VDA 6.3.
What will I learn?
- Introduction to VDA quality Standard
- Relationship between product, process and system audit
- VDA Definition for process audit
- Audit Process:
- Audit preparation
- Auditing
- Audit Evaluation
- Scoring method and guidelines
- Corrective action & verification of effectiveness
- Audit report & documentation
- VDA Process Audit Questionnaire
- Application
- Questionnaire Structure P1 to P7
- Process Audit for potential analysis
- Process Audit during the Product Development Phase
- Process Audit during the Mass Production Phase
- VDA Process Audit Forms/ Formats
- Audit plan
- Audit report
- Action plan
Who should attend?
This course is designed for managers, executive and quality professionals who needs to understand and implement the VDA 6.3 process audit requirements. It is suitable for all involved in initial certification, maintenance and upgrading of auditing knowledge.
Introduction
- Course aims, objectives and structure
- Introduction to VDA quality standard
- Relationship between product, process and system audit
- VDA definition for process audit
- Audit process
- Audit preparation
- Auditing
- Audit evaluation
- Scoring method and guidelines
- Corrective action and verification of effectiveness
- Audit report and documentation
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P1 – Potential analysis
- Process audit during product development phase
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P2 and P3
Day 2:
- Review of Day 1
- Process audit during mass production phase
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P4
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P5
- Application case study
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P6
- Application case study
- VDA process audit questionnaire – P7
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.