Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Workshop

8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Thursday, October 10, 2025
Room C406 (Bldg. # 5)

Submission Site: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=6HzYjlI
Registration Site: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=PqTGe3D

This one-day workshop provides participants with an understanding Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and related topics including quality planning, evaluation, requirements, product and process changes in automotive and other manufacturing applications.

Who Should Attend

• Manufacturing Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Product Engineers
• Technicians
• Supply Chain Engineers in OEM and Suppliers
• ISO support members
• Auditors and Inspectors
• Quality Managers

Topics:

• Purpose of PPAP
• PPAP Processes
• PPAP Requirements and AIAG Standards
• Six Elemments of PPAP
• PPAP Progress Check List
• Process Capabilities
• Supplier quality and OEM quality
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Voice of the Customer
• Product Reliability Studies
• DFMEA and PFMEA
• Design/Manufacturing Verification & Validation
• Product/Process Quality System
• Pre-Launch Control Plan
• Reduce Variation
• MSA

8:00 am – 5:00 pm, October 10, 2024

Distinguished Speakers

8:00 – 9:00 am: Speaker I

M Ali Rizwan
Director of Quality Global and Key Account Management: Continental Automotive
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
Certified Lead Supplier Auditor IATF 16949 2016 AIAG
Certified Manager of Organizational Excellence (ASQ)
Diploma in Corporate Sustainability
Certified Executive Leadership Hult Ashbridge University
Steering team member Corporate Social Responsibility (Automotive Inside Action Group)
Core team member American Society of Quality (Detroit Automotive)

M Ali Rizwan is an Director of Quality at Continental Automotive responsible for managing global OEM, with focus on continuous improvements and quality trainings. Presented webinars on APQP and Quality System, problem solving at ASQ and quality forums within the automotive industry. Has audited and coached quality customer specific and regulatory requirements internally and to suppliers around the globe. Contributed to the development of Layered Process Audit with Software Developers. Ali is on the Steering committee for Corporate Social Responsibility which provides valuable input to the regulatory standards for sustainability, human rights and conflict minerals reporting. Core team member at Diversity and Inclusion. Chair for the Automotive Society of Quality (Automotive Detroit) Quality Awards and has been Elected Chairperson at ASQ Automotive Detroit Jan 2025.

Volunteer and Mentor at Winning Futures Detroit Michigan with students for empowering tomorrow’s workforce. Executive Quality Panel member at Nissan Supplier Council Team member at multiple employee resource group (ERG), AAPI, SUSNA, and DEI

9:00 – 10:00 am: Speaker II

Jeremy Hazel
Trainer Management, Technical Expert and Marketing Manager
Plexus International
Detroit, Michigan

Presentation Title: Understanding Supplier PPAP- How to increase the awareness of risk posed by supplier PPAP approval in your manufacturing system

Jeremy is a professional Speaker, Trainer, Author and Leadership Consultant who focuses on the business and financial case for leadership and creativity in systems-based thinking. With a focus on various industry standards, technical topics and leadership, he specializes in plant and operations, risk based thinking and executive development. Jeremy received his B.S. with dual specialization in Organizational Management and Corporate Finance, and further expanded his career with an MBA with a focus in Quality Management where he did his master’s thesis on blending Six Sigma for service with Systems Management. Additionally, he has held numerous ASQ certifications and authored various books relating to the application of systems and tools in the manufacturing space.

Abstract

One of the most important and daunting tasks in launching a new product is the approval of the supplier’s PPAP by the organization. Unfortunately, all too often there is only one question that gets asked “is it done?”, but the real question should be “is it good?”. A supplier’s PPAP submission is a crystal ball into the future performance of the product in your program, and a window into the potential supplier’s risk to your facility, but you must know how to read it … you must learn to look at it differently.

In this seminar we are going to be putting on a new set of lenses, and looking at what a supplier PPAP is telling you about the risk that the supplier poses to your program success, and we are going to teach those reviewing these PPAP submissions how to make associations that answer the questions of management with the intention to predict and prevent supplier issues at their facilities. This is accomplished by understanding the unrelated areas of the PPAP submission and questioning the artifacts provided with a new sense of curiosity, a new context based on impact to the organizational performance, not just a check the box mentality against organizational requirements.

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Speaker III

3:00 – 4:00 pm: Speaker IV

Brian Martensen
Product Manager at Plex, by Rockwell Automation
Troy, Michigan

4:00 – 5:00 pm: Speaker V

Steven Sibrel
Senior Supplier Quality Manager
Harman International, Novi, MI
Past Chair – ASQ Greater Detroit

Steve Sibrel is a business process improvement trainer, coach and auditor with over 35 years of experience in the business and manufacturing world. He is currently working as Senior Supplier Quality Manager at Harman International, a manufacturer of audio and infotainment systems for consumer, professional, and automotive industries, with well-known brands such as JBL, Lexicon, Crown, Infinity, Mark Levinson, Becker and Harman-Kardon. Previously he held a number of engineering and management positions in diverse industries at Applied Materials (Semiconductor), NEC (Telecommunications) and Texas Instruments (Military). He has conducted over 200 supplier audits in North America, Europe, and Asia and is a Lead Auditor for ISO/TS16949, ISO9001, ISO13485, ISO17025, and 21CFR820. He has been the Chair for Professional Development for the ASQ Detroit section since 2008. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and the Leadership Award in 2013 from ASQ.  Current ASQ Certifications held are Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer, Quality Inspector, Quality Auditor, and Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence. He is an adjunct facility member at Macomb Community College. Steve has a BSEE degree from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and an MSEE degree from Southern Methodist University.