Dean H. Stamatis is the president of Contemporary Consultants Co., in Southgate, Michigan. He is a specialist in Management Consulting, Organizational Development, and Quality Science. He has taught Project Management, Operations Management, logistics, Mathematical Modeling, Economics, Management and Statistics for both graduate and undergraduate levels at Central Michigan University, University of Michigan, ANHUI University (Bengbu, China), University of Phoenix, and Florida Institute of Technology.

With over 30 years of experience in management, quality training and consulting, Dr. Stamatis has serviced numerous private sector industries including but not limited to: Steel, Automotive, General manufacturing, tooling, electronics, plastics, food, navy, department of defense, pharmaceutical, chemical, printing, healthcare and medical device.

He is a certified Quality Engineer through the American Society of Quality Control, certified Manufacturing Engineer through the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, certified Master Black Belt through IABLS, Inc. and he is a graduate of BSi's ISO 900 Lead Assessor training program.

Dr. Stamatis has written over 70 articles, presented many speeches and has participated in both national and international conferences on quality. He is a contributing author on several books and the sole author of 42 books.

Introduction. Part I: The APQP Process. Chapter 1. Plan and Define. Chapter 2. Product Design and Development/Prototype Build. Chapter 3. Process Design and Development. Chapter 4. Product and Process Validation. Chapter 5. Corrective and Preventive Action Feedback. Chapter 6. Key Elements of APQP. Chapter 7. PPAP with Specific Requirements of GM, FCC and Ford. Part II: Selected Specific Issues Concerning APQP. Chapter 8. Teams. Chapter 9. Risk Analysis. Chapter 10. Warranty Analysis. Chapter 11. GD&T Used in the APQP and PPP Process. Chapter 12. Managing Change. Appendix A: Leadership of Top Management. Appendix B: IATF 16949 Changes. Appendix C: FMEA Forms. Appendix D: Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA).