Iso/ts 16949
Iso/ts 16949
Iso/ts 16949
ISO/TS 16949 is an ISO technical specification aimed at the development of a quality management system that provides for
continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the automotive industry supply
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chain. It is based on the ISO 9001 standard and the first edition was published in June 1999 as ISO/TS 16949:1999.
It was prepared by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the "Technical Committee" of ISO. It harmonizes the
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country-specific regulations of quality Management systems.
About 30 percent of the more than 100 existing automobile manufacturers affiliate the requirements of the norm but especially the
large Asian manufacturers have differentiated, own requirements for the quality management systems of their corporate group and
their suppliers.
ISO/TS 16949 applies to the design/development, production and, when relevant, installation and servicing of automotive-related
products.
The requirements are intended to be applied throughout the supply chain. For the first time vehicle assembly plants will be
encouraged to seek ISO/TS 16949certification.
Contents
Historical background
Superseded in 2016
Contents of the specification
Certification
References
External links
Historical background
Many suppliers (OEMs) were asked by the car manufacturers to build and certify their quality management system according to the
rules and regulations of their own country organizations, such as:
VDA (Germany)
AIAG (North America)
AVSQ (Italy)
FIEV (France)
SMMT (UK)
But due to this regulation a supplier needed to provide two different certificates for Daimler and Chrysler (VDA 6.1 for Germany and
QS 9000 America), even though the supplier delivered only to a single company. These complexities accelerated the need for
harmonization.
Superseded in 2016
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In 2016, the IATF published the IATF 16949:2016, which superseded and replaced the ISO/TS 16949.
4.1 General
4.2 Documentation Requirements
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Quality Manual
4.2.3 Control of documents
A key requirement of ISO/TS 16949:2009 is the fulfillment of customer-specific requirements, set up by the automotive
manufacturer in addition to the quality management system of their suppliers. This may have decisively contributed to the worldwide
recognition of the TS by many manufacturers.
Certification
The ISO/TS 16949 can be applied throughout the supply chain in the automotive industry. Certification takes place on the basis of the
certification rules issued by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF). The certificate is valid for three years and must be
confirmed annually (as a minimum) by an IATF certified auditor (3rd Party Auditor) of an IATF recognized certification body. Re-
certification is required at the expiry of the three-year period. Certification pursuant to ISO/TS 16949 is intended to build up or
enforce the confidence of a (potential) customer towards the system and process quality of a (potential) supplier. Today, a supplier
without a valid certificate has little chance of supplying a Tier 1 supplier and certainly no chance of supplying a car manufacturer
with standard parts, if indeed that OEM is a participating member of the IATF (most Japan OEM are members of JAMA and not
members of the IATF) .[5]
References
1. [1] (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=30512)
2. Cassel, Michael (2007).ISO/TS 16949 QM in der Automobilindustrie umsetzen
. Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag. p. 1.
3. "IATF 16949:2016" (http://www.aiag.org/quality/iatf16949). AIAG. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
4. Kartha, C.P. (2004). "A comparison of ISO 9000:2000 quality system standards, QS9000, ISO/TS 16949 and
Baldrige criteria". The TQM Magazine Volume 16. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Number 5: 336.
5. <http://www.jama-english.jp/>Daimler (2002). "Global supplier magazine". 4th quarter
. Daimler: 17.
External links
ISO/TS 16949:2009 Quality management systems—Particular requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for
automotive production and relevant service part organizations
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