The objective of the standard is the sustainable improvement of start-up, delivery and field quality of all supplier parts, components and systems through process-accompanying assurance of product maturity at the start of production. By applying a standardised method, projects are segmented, assessed early on and corrected.

This system for maturity level assurance describes a standard concept for cooperation and communication in complex product development projects with many parties involved in the supply chain. Therefore, it provides a standard set of measured values and criteria with the corresponding methodology.

Since planned compre­hensive use of the standard in the automotive and supplier industries requires knowledge and competence in different functions of the organisation, a correspondingly broad scope and a two-day course was designed.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

QA personnel, product managers, project managers in product development, product planners, leaders/spokespersons of cross-functional and cross-organisational development teams, persons responsible for components, the supplier’s customer team and project leaders, key account managers.

CONTENT:

The course imparts knowledge about maturity level methods (assessment, content, control and report sys­tematics) that are necessary in maturity level regulatory processes in the product development process.

• Initial situation and history

• Methods and basic principles of maturity level assurance

• Positive and negative examples from organisations

• Typical conflict of interests

• Role of the participants at the roundtable

• Opportunities for cooperation

• Group work

PREREQUISITES FOR ATTENDANCE:

Experience in project work/product engineering process and/or parts/components qualification

QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE:

At the end, you will receive a VDA certificate of qualification.

LITERATURE:

VDA volume Maturity Level Assurance for New Parts