
8 Quality Assurance
7. The customer will implement the supplier engagement process con-
sistently on a global (if applicable) basis in alignment with the global
makeup (if applicable) of the supply base.
8. Finally, since the timing is a process that is used to optimize the
overall timing for the product/service, it must be applied equally to
every supplier. In other words, it must be the customer’s standard for
any supplier no matter where they are.
Special note: The reader may recognize that some of the points mentioned
here are specically for the automotive industry. However, the principles of
APQP may be applied to any organization and ...