Quality Assurance

287Supplier’s Perspective on the PPAP

• Alerts: An interim PSW always needs an alert and vice versa. A

copyof the alert must be attached to the PSW. The alert num-

bermust be entered in the “Additional Engineering Changes”

box and a brief one-line description in the “Explanation/

Comments” box. For capacity issues, write the actual versus the

daily production volume (DPV) needed (taken from the request

for quote [RFQ]).

• Submission results: An interim PSW alwaysmeans the “No” box

is ticked by the supplier on the PSW. The “Yes” box should be

ticked for capacity reasons only because all specications are met.

• Format: An interim PSW must hav ...