APQP is one of the most fundamental Core Tools in automotive quality. It is well known, widely required, and heavily audited – yet in many organisations, it exists mainly as a project file that is closed once SOP is achieved.

In this episode of Specifically About Quality, Agata Lewkowska Ph.D. and Christopher Scott focus on what APQP looks like in real life, beyond templates, gates, and formal reviews.

From the customer’s perspective, weak APQP means unstable launches, late surprises, and recurring problems that should have been prevented long before production started. When APQP is treated as a one-time project instead of a structured way of thinking, risks are identified too late, and lessons are not carried forward.

This episode is not about filling in APQP templates.
It’s about using APQP to build stable processes before the customer is exposed to risk.

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Requalification and revalidation are requirements every automotive organisation knows.
In this episode of Specifically About Quality, Agata Lewkowska Ph.D. and Christopher Scott take a practical look at how requalification and revalidation are really managed in organisations – and why they so often fail to protect the customer.

From the customer’s perspective, weak requalification processes mean hidden risk. Changes in materials, equipment, measurement systems, or suppliers quietly accumulate, while assumptions remain unchanged. The result is false confidence, late detection of issues, and unpleasant surprises during audits or customer escalations.

In this episode, we explore what effective requalification and revalidation should actually look like. Agata and Christopher discuss how to move away from calendar-driven, checkbox-based approaches and instead link requalification to real triggers such as process changes, performance trends, nonconformities, and customer feedback.

They share practical examples from automotive organizations where revalidation was either ignored or misunderstood – and how this led to unstable processes, repeated problems, and audit findings. You’ll also hear how mature organizations embed requalification into daily quality management instead of treating it as a separate, periodic exercise.

This episode is not about doing more tests.
It’s about knowing when requalification is really needed – and acting before the customer feels the impact.

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Core Tools are everywhere in automotive quality.
APQP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC, PPAP – every organization knows them, every auditor expects them, and yet in many companies they still don’t work together.

In the first episode of Season 2 of Specifically About Quality, Agata Lewkowska Ph.D. and Christopher Scott tackle one of the most common frustrations in quality management: Core Tools exist, but they fail to function as one coherent system.

From the customer’s perspective, this lack of integration has real consequences. Problems are detected too late, teams react instead of prevent, and quality becomes documentation-driven rather than risk-driven.

In this episode, we explore why Core Tools lose their power. Agata and Christopher share practical insights from real automotive organizations, showing how these gaps appear in daily work and how they silently increase customer risk, internal firefighting, and frustration across teams.

This episode is not about adding more tools.
It’s about making the existing ones finally work together.

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