VDA 4 Section 1: 2020

General, Methods Overview, Elementary Aids, Development Processes

Volume 4 - Quality assurance in the process landscape. Bundle of sections 1-4: General, risk analyzes, methods and procedural models.

3rd. completely revised and expanded edition, August 2020 (English June 2021)
The advancing developments in quality management in the automotive industry have required a complete editorial revision of the content of VDA Volume 4.

Changes in content were mainly made in the following areas:

Integration of a chapter on the 5 Why-method

Integration of the method selection model from the former VDA volume 14

Summaries of the FMEA and 8D methods due to their transfer as detailed, independent VDA volumes

Integration of further developments and new findings in various method descriptions

Dissolving the ring band structure: This work is now available as a monograph in four sections, which contributes to an improvement in clarity and easy referencing.

In the course of the editorial revision, references, sources and standard references were updated, spelling, grammar and consistency in terms were checked and illustrations were revised.

Overview of the sections of VDA Volume 4 - Quality assurance in the process landscape:

Section 1: General. Methods Overview, Elementary Aids, Development Processes

Section 2: Risk Analyses. Fault Tree Analysis – FTA, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), SWOT Analysis (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats)

Section 3: Methods. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Digital Mock-Up (DMU), Design of Experiments (DoE) – Trial Methodology, Manufacturing Feasibility Analysis, POKA YOKE, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), TRIZ, Economical Process Design and Process Control, 8D Method, 5 Why Method, Selection of Preventive Quality Management Methods

Section 4: Process Models. Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Industrial Tolerance Process

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