VR QUALITY S.a.s. provides a series of courses, individual or for groups of participants, on automotive themes. A few days before the beginning of the course, the file of the course is sent to the customer to be printed and distributed to the participants. Courses can be done in presence or remotely. The company is asked to make available a room of suitable size for the number of participants, equipped with a video projector. Each course ends with a written exam lasting about half an hour. If passed (min. 80% correct answers), the exam leads to the issue of a personal certificate of competence. 

The main training courses in our catalogue are:

IATF 16949:2016: Business management system requirements for series production and spare parts in the automotive sector. Detailed presentation of each regulatory requirement with real application examples. 

D-FMEA and P-FMEA according to the new AIAG/VDA manual: Failure mode and effect analysis. Preventive analysis of potential failure modes of products and production processes. Risk assessment and quantification; identification of actions to mitigate or eliminate risks in the early stages of development of new products and/or production processes

SPC: Statistical Process Control. Training on statistical concepts, process capability analysis, common and special causes, process variability, process performance Pp-Ppk, process capability Cp-Cpk, machine capability, control charts by variables and by attributes.

MSA: Measurement System Analysis. Analysis of measurement systems, study of the effect of interactions between environment, operators, instrument and methods on the result of measurements. Application of statistical techniques to repeatability and reproducibility studies. Studies of measurement systems by variables (automatic and non-automatic) and by attributes. Practical examples of application of MSA on real company cases.

APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning. Structured method that defines the necessary steps to be followed so that the product and the production process under development comply with the client's specifications, are carried out on time and have the required production capacity. Through individual and group activities, the multifunctional project team is called upon to apply a series of tools and methods to facilitate communication within and towards the customer, clearly and effectively determining all customer requirements (Customer Specific) in order to ensure control of the design process through continuous monitoring of costs, timescales and project objectives. Product/Process development planning is a strategic activity for the company: APQP is the method that allows planning and monitoring of all development phases and makes the relationship between customer and supplier transparent. The APQP methodology is at the heart of the cost/feasibility/effectiveness analysis of any new or modified product to be industrialised. This method has very useful results in the technical and economic management of orders.

PPAP: Production Part Approval Process. Methodology for presenting samples in the automotive world. Presentation and discussion of each element making up the PPAP file. Benchmarking with VDA2 requirements.

Course for internal and second party auditors according to ISO 19011: aimed at training and qualifying internal system, process and product auditors as well as supply chain auditors. Auditor behaviour and ethics. How to plan, conduct, report and close audit evidence. At the end of the theoretical course it is possible to plan one or more audits with the trainer to learn auditing techniques in the field. 

VDA 6.5: product audits. Presentation of the VDA methodology for planning, carrying out and recording product audits.

VDA 6.3: Process audits carried out in accordance with VDA standards. The course is aimed at obtaining the internal qualification of VDA 6.3 process auditors and second party (supplier) auditors according to VDA 6.3. Auditor behaviour and ethics. How to plan, conduct, report and close audit evidence. During the course you learn how to use the files for performing Potential audit and Process audit, as well as the application of the Downgrading Rules. At the end of the theoretical course it is possible to plan one or more audits with the teacher to learn the auditing techniques in the field. The course does NOT grant "certification" but a "certificate of qualification", if the final exam is passed.

Problem solving, a course on the main methodologies to be adopted for problem solving to face customer complaints or internal non-conformities. Tools such as PDCA, 5Why, FTA, Ishikawa and 8D can, if correctly used, support and guide the organization in solving its problems.

Formel Q Konkret and Formel Q Capability, Customer Specific Requirement course of the Volkswagen Groupo.

CSR of MAN and SCANIA, course on the specific requirements in the Truck world of the Volkswagen Group.