Career path
Automotive & Manufacturing Quality
The core tools and reliability skills that automotive and manufacturing customers expect from suppliers.

- 1
Foundation
Production and quality staff
- 2
Practitioner
Supplier quality and process engineers
- Automotive Quality Core Tools (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP)5 days
- APQP – Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plan2 days
- Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) – AIAG-VDA Approach2 days
- Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) with Applications2 days
- PPAP – Production Part Approval Process2 days
- Statistical Quality Control (SQC/SPC) Using Minitab5 days
Certification to aim for: IATF 16949 core tools competence
- 3
Expert
Quality and reliability engineers
- Design of Experiments (DOE): Optimization & Response Surface Designs (Minitab)3 days
- Effective Product Quality Planning & Reliability3 days
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)9 days
- ASQ CRE – Certified Reliability Engineer (Exam Preparation)New
Certification to aim for: ASQ CRE
- 4
Leader
Plant and quality managers
Certifications are set and awarded by the bodies named; the Excellence Center provides preparation. Programs can be taken one by one or as a package.
Other career paths
- Operational Excellence & Lean Six Sigma
- Quality Management
- Health, Safety & Environment
- Human Resources
- Supply Chain, Logistics & Procurement
- Project Management
- Pharma, Medical Devices & Food Safety
- Healthcare Quality
- Maintenance, Engineering & Reliability
- Finance, Banking & Risk
- Data Analytics & Digital Tools
- Customer Experience & Sales
- Leadership & Management
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