Seeking Feedback: Frustrated with Manual PPAP and 4M Change Management?

[rickm94]

Hi everyone,

I'm hearing from Tier 2/3 suppliers that manual PPAPs are a huge time sink, sometimes taking a week for just one submission. The biggest headache seems to be keeping the PFMEA, Control Plan, and Process Flow synced after a 4M change, which is a major audit risk.

My questions for you:

• Is this a real problem in your daily work?
• How do you manage this paperwork nightmare now?

I'm exploring a simple, affordable cloud tool to automate these specific PPAP/4M workflows. The goal is to help suppliers who can't afford a massive enterprise QMS.

Would something like that actually help, or am I off base?

Appreciate any thoughts.

 

[AndrewK]

problem- yes, But possible solution is 4m change matrix- depending on change type there is solution which tool should be used. Nt all 4M changes may requiere analysis in PFMEA or process flow impact.
Managing- in excel and local databases. Paperwork still a nightmare -but this is in all living documents i suppose.