Terms
Activities
What are timed events representing the start and completion of significant deliverables, key decision points, and/or the start of the next sub-phase?
Architecture Development, Program Development, and Program Execution
What are the three phases of the GVDP?
Sending copies of the GVDP template and build charts via email.
What action is not allowed concerning suppliers and/or competitors?
Program Development
What precedes Program Execution to ensure the program, based off a given architecture, is well defined and directionally correct, prior to Senior Management approval to proceed?
PLOM
What is the Plant Launch Operations Manager?
Manufacturing Confirmation Build
What prepares the plant for the on-line builds and trains the plant personnel?
A roadmap for execution and decision making, a closed loop measurement system, visibility and understanding throughout the organization.
What does a successful product development organization include?
Mules and Integration Vehicles (IVs)
Which physical builds involve the electrical team?
GVDP Activity Timing
What is based on functional agreements and collectively integrated into a timing network?
PQRRs
What do we call the series of high level reviews throughout the GVDP that focus on program quality and readiness?
Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP)
What is the documented process GM uses to manage vehicle development from identification to market introduction?
Launch Electrical Process and In-Process Tester, Launch Electrical Diagnostician, Launch Electrical Wiring, Lead Launch Electrical Coordinator
Which Electrical Team member should be able to use the ECM when necessary?
To enable consistent performance of the system.
What is the goal of the vehicle development process?
Start of Regular Production (SORP)
The Program Execution ramp-up of significant functional resources to complete activities leads up to what?
MIM
What is the Manufacturing Integration Manager?
Program Execution Team (PET)
Whose members are assigned activities by function for developing the product and meeting all program objectives, including on-time delivery with quality?
Styling Development & Release, Virtual and Physical Validation, Manufacturing Tooling & Launch, Powertrain and Calibration Development
What do functional work streams include?
DVT Booth
The End of Line test where the vehicle’s systems are exercised in a prescribed order takes place where?
Vehicle Program Plan
What is established by the carefully developed GVDP templates?
ECM
What is the Engineering Change Management system that is used to submit and track changes necessary to correct problems?
Functional deliverables
What supports the design, development, validation, and manufacture of the vehicle?
Identifying harness build issues, Wire Harness Assessment 1, Identifying connector build issues, Wire Harness Assessment 2
What are the purposes for the electrical team to use virtual builds?
People Involvement, Continuous Improvement, Standardization, Short Lead Time, and Built-In Quality
What areas are vital to achieving and maintaining the BIQ4 quality standard?
Manufacturing Vehicle Build Plan
What provides a new vehicle launch timeline?
GBFTT
What tool interfaces to the vehicle to load software into the vehicle’s control modules and perform diagnostics during, or upon the completion of vehicle assembly?