VDA Volume 2 - Appendix 8 Trigger Matrix Rev.

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Trigger Matrix for PPA process at the customer site
1) Is it a change?
2) Does it apply to Special Characteristics towards the customer?
3) Does it apply to the technical interface to the customer? (e.g. connection to customer If customer-specific
component/assembly with respect to geometry, optics, haptics, functionality, software,
etc.)
agreements have been
4) Change type?
made,
they must be complied
5) Does it apply to contract documents (e.g. specification sheet, customer
drawing, records, specifications, ...)?* with!

Line
6) Does it apply to fit, form, function, performance, reliability?

Ch in the Special Characteristics of the product, component (electric/mechanical), production

Y Y/N All Y/N Y/N A 1
process, etc. specified with the customer, ...
Y All Y / N Y / N e.g. attachment to vehicle, electron. connections, electron. components, ... A 2
Electron. components (see ZVEI "Product/Process Change Notifications - Guideline for Automotive Electronic Components")
e.g. Ch in design, tools, ... A 3
Y
e.g. Ch in product software through (changed) functional software requirements A 4
Y
e.g. Ch in product software through (changed) non-functional software requirements I 5
Design Ch *

N e.g. Ch in sealing material, Ch in an EMC capacitor, ... A 6

e.g. Ch of dimension not contained in the customer drawing A 7
Y
Ch of substance / material A 8
Ch in requirements of internal specs or tolerance change, outside of customer spec A 9
N
Ch in requirements of internal specs or tolerance change, still within customer spec - 10
N
Ch of name / designation of parts / materials with same composition - 11
Ch in roughing levels (e.g. pre-roughing dimension of a shaft, reception of wafers, ...) - 12
e.g. Ch in the process chain (including supplier, duplication of production lines, ...) A 13
Y Y/N
e.g. Ch of test, test flow or other reasons, ... A 14
e.g. Ch in curing parameters, injection temperature, ... A 15
Y
e.g. Ch in the process chain (including supplier, duplication of production lines, ...) A 16
Ch in number of cavities in tool, follow-on/enhancement tools I 17
Duplication of production and test equipment within an existing line I 18
Y Manufactu
Procurement and use of a new machine type I 19
N ring /
Ch to existing tool, new device, new poka-yoke - 20
Process Ch

N Assembly
Ch to process including roughing levels (as in no.12) - 21
Ch of setting parameters, operating equipment, injection temperature, ... - 22
N Ch in test method, risk higher NA
N Ch in test method, risk unchanged / lower, same process sequence I 24
Testing
Expansion of testing without method change (e.g. increase in samples) - 25
Reduction / elimination of test not relevant to customer (e.g. sampling) - 26
Tools from line to line, equivalent lines - 27
Relocation of facilities with mobile design within a production plant without changing
Production - 28
process chain
relocation
Location Ch: relocation of facilities, parallel production (not for roughing levels as in
A 29
no.12)
Y Y / N Ch of supplier, new second supplier, supplier changes sub-supplier A 30
Doc. Ch Logistics

Y / N New forwarder or ESP, SLC I 31

N Y / N Packaging towards the customer, shipping, invoicing A 32
Y / N Internal packaging (e.g. plant-plant, in-house, ...) and sub-suppliers - 33
Y Y / N Document adaptation to condition of approved product A 34
Y / N Document adaptation to condition of approved product or correction of formal errors - 35
N
Ch in non-product-related documents (e.g. work instructions, ...) - 36
Reuse of lines, facilities, machines, tools, cavities, and molds after a standstill of 12 months or more** A 37
N Maintenance / servicing of existing tools, tools subject to rapid wear (e.g. lathe tools, honing mandrels) - 38
Replacement of identical or functionally equivalent machine, replacement of identical test equipment - 39
The table must be edited in the direction of the arrow
Y Yes
N No
NA Not allowed
- Customer involvement not required (Note: PPA documentation must be internally archived)
I Customer must be informed. In accordance with IATF 16949, the customer must be granted a term of 2 weeks to provide a statement.
A Customer agreement required, execution of PPA procedure
Ch Change
ESP External service provider
SLC Supplier logistics center (also applies to warehousing)
* or other authorized series production documents made available to the customer (e.g. proposal drawing, control plan)
** No consent of the customer is required for recommissioning; all PPA-relevant activities must be carried out according to an A

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