Part Quality Plan Lifecycle

A Part Quality Plan (PQP) is processed by moving it through the states in its lifecycle. For example, in the first state, a draft PQP is created and connected to the appropriate part and supplier. Only Advanced Quality Engineers (AQE) can create and delete PQPs. Other users can view information about PQPs that they have access to.

The following describes the states included in the PQP lifecycle:

Draft

New PQPs are created in the Draft state. A PQP's name can be automatically generated or entered by the owner or co-owner. In either case the Create New Part Quality Plan page is used to generate the PQP and connect it to the appropriate part and supplier objects. Content can be added in the Folders category in support of the PQP.

If the Allow Role Edits option is set, all members of the AQE role can edit the PQP. The owner or co-owner of the PQP then promotes it to the Active state.

As the PQP leaves the Draft state, the following checks are fired:

• The PQP must be connected to a Part.
• The PQP must be connected to a Supplier.

If these checks pass, the PQP will be promoted to the next state.

Active

The PQP can be promoted from the Active state by the originator or, if Allow Role Edits was specified, by other AQEs. A PQP can be associated with a route to allow others to review it, however this will not affect the ability to promote the PQP. A Work Breakdown Structure can also be defined for the PQP. Once the originator/AQE is satisfied that the PQP correctly defines quality plan for the part and supplier, s/he promotes it to the Completed state.

As the PQP leaves the Active state, the following checks are fired:

• All Mandatory WBS Tasks must be completed.

Completed

In the Completed state, you cannot do the following:

• Disconnect a part or supplier from the PQP.
• Edit the attributes of the PQP.
• Remove or add folders to the Folders category.
• Modify the Work Breakdown Structure.

You can do the following:

• Create, modify, or delete content in a folder.