PPAP deliverable guide
How to complete Material and Performance Test Results
These reports demonstrate conformance to material, functional, durability, environmental, or other performance requirements in the design record or customer specification.
Complete the fields
- Requirement reference
- State the drawing note, material specification, test specification, revision, and clause or test method.
- Sample identification
- Record part number, lot, heat, batch, cavity, or serial information needed to trace the tested sample.
- Test conditions
- Record equipment, method, conditioning, environmental conditions, load, cycle count, and other required conditions.
- Result and units
- Report measured result, units, acceptance limit, and pass/fail status.
- Laboratory and approval
- Identify the laboratory, report number, date, accreditation or qualification information where required, and authorized signatory.
Step-by-step completion sequence
- Map every applicable material and performance requirement from the current design record.
- Confirm the laboratory and method are acceptable to the customer.
- Test production-representative samples using controlled conditions.
- Review data against the specification and investigate discrepancies.
- Package the signed reports with traceable sample and requirement references.
PPAP control point: The customer’s current submission request, customer-specific requirements, and approved forms control. This guide explains a practical way to prepare the record; it does not authorize a substitute format or acceptance criterion.