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AIAG Publications
Explore books, manuals and reference guides covering automotive quality management, core tools, special processes and digital engineering.
66 publications
3D Model Technical Data Package Exchange Guideline
A practical framework for sharing 3D product models and their associated technical files between customers and suppliers. It helps organizations structure technical data packages and coordinate the exchange of design information.
7-Step Problem Solving Process for TH&E Suppliers
A seven-step approach to investigating and resolving problems for tooling and equipment suppliers. Its checklist supports corrective action planning, follow-up and efforts to prevent recurring issues.
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
The third edition of APQP connects product launch activities with structured quality planning. It addresses project reviews, sourcing, change management, risk assessment and traceability throughout product development.
AI Vision Inspection Application and Assessment Guideline
Guidance for assessing AI-based visual inspection in manufacturing. It helps teams examine inspection capability, accuracy, reliability and application risks when introducing artificial intelligence into quality control.
AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook
The joint AIAG and VDA reference for systematic failure analysis. It covers design and process FMEA, as well as monitoring and system response, to help teams evaluate potential failures and prioritize improvement actions.
AIAG & VDA SPC Manual
A harmonized AIAG and VDA reference for statistical process control. It connects statistical concepts with practical manufacturing applications and supports process readiness activities within APQP and PPAP.
AIAG Traceability Guideline
A guide to building and evaluating traceability across the automotive supply chain. Case examples, self-assessment and traceability exercises help organizations improve record accessibility and determine the scope of product recalls.
APQP-3 & CP-1, 2-Pack
A two-publication set combining APQP Third Edition and Control Plan First Edition. These complementary references connect product quality planning with the development and application of effective control plans.
Automotive Warranty Management
A framework for managing automotive warranty processes and assessing their performance. It addresses warranty reduction, customer satisfaction and the investigation of returned products where no fault can be identified.
Bar Steel System Questionnaire
A common questionnaire for selecting and evaluating bar steel suppliers. It supports the assessment of process monitoring, defect prevention, detection and response practices throughout production.
Best Practice: Unified Procedure for App of Rubber & Plastic
A common approval approach for changes to rubber and plastic formulations. It considers ingredient substitutions driven by commercial or regulatory factors and addresses situations where additional PPAP testing is not required.
Best Practices in Supply Chain Product Development
Practices for exchanging product development information across the supply chain. Drawing on AutoSTEP work, it provides examples and business-case guidance for improving data exchange and coordination between organizations.
Control Plan
A reference for creating, applying and maintaining control plans in connection with APQP. It addresses Safe Launch and includes automation and software examples to help teams link production controls with product and process risks.
Core Tool Requirements 6-Pack
A collection of six core tool references: APQP, Control Plan, PPAP, AIAG & VDA FMEA, MSA and AIAG & VDA SPC. The set supports teams applying automotive quality tools as an integrated system.
Cost of Poor Quality Guide
Guidance for identifying and measuring the business impact of poor quality. It helps teams make inefficiencies visible, communicate their costs to management and prioritize improvement opportunities.
Design Review Based on Failure Modes (DRBFM Reference Guide)
A reference for examining risks introduced by design changes using DRBFM. Procedures and examples help engineering teams structure design reviews and develop proficiency in the method.
Design Review Based on Failure Modes and SAE J2886
A set pairing the DRBFM reference guide with SAE J2886. It addresses the method’s application steps, integration into product and process development, benefits and analytical limitations.
ECM Recommendation – Engineering Change Request (ECR)
A reference process for engineering change requests. It outlines the principles and phases of the ECR workflow to help customers and suppliers coordinate the preparation and evaluation of proposed changes.
Effective Error-Proofing
A guide to developing error-proofing practices and a prevention-focused quality culture. It helps organizations move beyond detecting defects by addressing the conditions that allow errors to occur.
Effective Problem Solving Guide
A structured approach to resolving recurring problems and sustaining improvements. It connects problem definition, team responsibilities, prioritization, analysis and review so that essential steps are not overlooked.
Engineering Change Management (ECM) Recommendation
Recommendations for coordinating engineering changes across organizations. The publication supports common change management practices in global product development and supplier collaboration.
Engineering Change Management (ECM) Reference Process
A reference process supporting engineering change management and engineering change requests. It complements D-29 and D-30 by helping organizations apply a consistent workflow across participating teams.
FMEA for Tooling & Equipment (Machinery FMEA)
A focused FMEA reference for machinery, tooling and equipment. It supports the evaluation of potential failures from design and development through acceptance, helping teams improve equipment reliability and production readiness.
Guidance on Statistical Techniques for ISO 9001:2000
Guidance on selecting statistical techniques to support an ISO 9001:2000 quality management system. This technical report helps organizations identify useful applications; it is not a mandatory certification checklist.
Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems
Guidelines for auditing management systems, including audit principles, program management and audit execution. It also supports the evaluation of auditor and audit team competence.
IATF 16949
Quality management system requirements for automotive production and relevant service parts. Used alongside ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949 provides an automotive framework that incorporates sector expectations and customer-specific requirements.
IATF 16949 & Core Tools 7-Pack
A seven-publication collection combining IATF 16949 with the six core tool references. It supports the coordinated application of automotive quality management, planning, risk analysis, measurement, process control and part approval.
IATF 16949 Automotive Certification Scheme – Rules Sixth
The sixth edition of the rules governing the IATF 16949 certification scheme. It addresses certification body activities, audit execution, eligibility and certificate-related processes within the scheme.
IATF 16949:2016 Memory Jogger – Desktop Guide
A desktop reference explaining IATF 16949:2016 requirements in accessible language. It provides quick guidance for teams implementing, maintaining and understanding an automotive quality management system.
IATF 16949:2016 Memory Jogger – Pocket Size
A pocket-sized reference to IATF 16949:2016 requirements. Concise explanations support quick consultation during shop-floor activities and everyday quality management work.
IATF Auditor Guide for IATF 16949
Guidance for planning and performing IATF 16949 audits in alignment with Rules Sixth. It addresses preparation, on-site assessment, nonconformities and the evaluation of management processes.
Intentions, Rationale and Benefits of IATF 16949:2016
An explanation of the purpose, reasoning and expected benefits behind IATF 16949:2016 clauses. It helps organizations understand the intent of requirements when translating them into practical processes.
ISO 9001:2015 QMS – Requirements
The requirements standard for an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system. It provides a framework for consistent products and services, customer satisfaction, applicable requirements and continual improvement.
Layered Process Audit Guideline
Guidance for planning and managing layered process audits. It connects management ownership, responsibilities and performance measures to help extend process verification beyond the quality department.
MBE Wallchart
A visual roadmap for evaluating progress toward a model-based enterprise. The wallchart helps teams compare maturity levels and plan the transition from 2D documentation toward more integrated model-based practices.
MBE White Paper Model Based Enterprise
A technical overview of the model-based enterprise and the use of 3D product information. It examines how model data can connect design, tooling, production and quality activities.
Measurement Systems Analysis
Methods for evaluating the quality of measurement system data. The reference helps teams understand measurement variation, identify improvement opportunities and make more reliable product and process decisions.
Potential Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
The fourth-edition reference for potential failure mode and effects analysis. It covers the evaluation of potential design and process failures and is a separate publication from the joint AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook.
Product Development Metrics
Metrics for examining the efficiency and effectiveness of product development. It helps suppliers monitor development activities and identify improvement opportunities using meaningful performance indicators.
Production Part Approval Process
A reference for demonstrating that production parts meet customer design and specification requirements. PPAP evaluates a supplier’s ability to achieve consistent conformity under actual production conditions and at the intended production rate.
Quality Management – Quality of an Organization
Guidance on achieving sustained organizational success through quality management principles. Its self-assessment approach helps organizations examine maturity and identify areas for long-term development.
Quality Management Systems – Fundamentals and Vocabulary
The foundational concepts, principles and vocabulary of quality management. It establishes a common language for organizations, customers and suppliers when interpreting requirements and communicating about management systems.
Quality Management Systems – Guidelines For Quality Plans
Guidance for preparing, reviewing, applying and revising quality plans. It can support products, services, processes, projects and contracts, and provides recommendations rather than a set of certification requirements.
Quality Measurement Data Specification
A specification for exchanging quality measurement data using XML. It supports consistent transfer of measurement results between software tools, including applications for SPC and measurement systems analysis.
Safety Critical Bulk Material/Catalog Item Management Guide
Guidance for managing safety-critical bulk materials and catalog components. It addresses responsibilities, communication and change management across OEMs and multiple supplier tiers.
SASIG 3D Annotated Model Standard
A standard for presenting manufacturing information within annotated 3D models. It supports the transition from 2D drawings to models that carry both product geometry and the associated technical annotations.
SASIG Digital Engineering Visualization
A reference on digital engineering visualization in global collaboration. It considers the tools and processes used to communicate product information clearly between participating organizations.
SASIG Long Term Archiving & Retrieval of Digital Product
Process recommendations for preserving digital product information and retrieving it over the long term. It examines activities, inputs, outputs and controls alongside format, retention and quality assurance considerations.
SASIG Long Term Archiving and Retrieval (LTAR)
An overview of industry needs for long-term digital archiving and retrieval. It considers current and future practices and outlines tasks, deliverables and timelines for further development.
Service Production Part Approval Process (Service PPAP)
A companion to PPAP Fourth Edition explaining its application to service parts. It clarifies service-specific situations rather than introducing additional PPAP requirements.
Software Assurance Approval Process SwAAP
A structured approval approach for automotive software, drawing on the PPAP model. It supports assurance and approval activities for both standalone software and software delivered within a larger system.
SPC QuickStart Guide
An introductory companion to the SPC manual. Clear graphics and calculation examples help newcomers understand basic statistical process control concepts and begin applying them in practice.
SPC Short Run Supplement
Guidance for statistical control in low-volume and short-run production. It addresses situations where conventional sampling is limited and explains suitable charting approaches for monitoring and evaluating processes.
Special Process: Brazing System Assessment
An assessment framework for brazing operations. It covers management planning, PFMEA and control plans, personnel capability, equipment maintenance, calibration and material management.
Special Process: Casting System Assessment
A common assessment approach for automotive casting operations. It helps foundries review production controls and connect process practices with customer expectations through structured assessment forms.
Special Process: Coating System Assessment 3rd Edition
The third-edition assessment reference for coating processes. It supports the review of management and process controls to prevent defects, reduce variation and waste, and guide continual improvement.
Special Process: Electronic Assembly Manufacturing-Soldering
An assessment reference for soldering in electronic assembly. It complements customer and product standards while helping organizations strengthen process control and reduce defects and variation.
Special Process: Heat Treat System Assessment 4th Edition
The fourth-edition assessment framework for automotive heat treatment. It supports self-assessment and the review of process controls against shared industry expectations and practices.
Special Process: Molding System Assessment
A common approach to evaluating and controlling molding operations. It complements IATF and customer requirements while supporting risk reduction, process consistency and continual improvement.
Special Process: Plating System Assessment
A system assessment reference for metal plating operations. It helps organizations review controls and identify improvements aimed at preventing defects and reducing process variation.
Special Process: Rubber Processing System Assessment
Guidance for assessing rubber mixing and molding in automotive applications. It addresses management, preparation and process controls for production and service parts within a common assessment structure.
Special Process: Welding System Assessment
An assessment reference for welding ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Process tables and job audit questions help organizations examine the management and control of automotive welding operations.
Statistical Process Control
An earlier SPC reference covering fundamental and advanced statistical applications in manufacturing. It supports the study of process variation and improvement and remains a separate catalog entry from the AIAG & VDA SPC Manual.
Sub-Tier Supplier Management Process Guideline
Guidance for managing quality and risk among sub-tier suppliers. It addresses supplier assessment, the communication of quality expectations and the control of pass-through characteristics.
Sub-Tier Supplier Management Process, Readiness Checklist
A readiness checklist supporting the CQI-19 approach to sub-tier supplier management. It helps teams review activities from supplier selection and launch through monitoring, escalation and supplier development.
Supplier Electronic Network Connectivity
A reference on electronic network connectivity between automotive manufacturers and suppliers. It addresses communication needs supporting business processes such as EDI and the exchange of CAD, CAE and CAM information.
Source: AIAG Quality. Descriptions are editorial summaries. Visit the linked AIAG product pages for edition, format and availability information.
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