QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONSULTING, TRAINING & AUDITING

IATF 16949:2016

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The IATF 16949 QMS standard was developed for the automotive industry by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) members. These members include: BMW Group, Chrysler Group, Daimler AG, Fiat Group Automobile, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault SA, Volkswagen AG, AIAG (U.S.), ANFIA (Italy), FIEV (France), SMMT (U.K.), VDA (Germany).

 

IATF 16949 was created to help automotive suppliers and manufacturers identify best practices when designing, manufacturing and assembling automotive products.It is based on the ISO 9001 requirements, but also includes customer specific requirements for the automotive industry. 

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The standard emphasizes the development of a process-oriented quality management system that provides for:

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• continual improvement

• defect prevention

• reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain

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​The goal is to meet customer requirements efficiently and effectively.

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Transition Update

 

All organizations that are certified to ISO/TS 16949 must complete their transition by 14 September 2018. In order to ensure that this timing is met, after 1 October 2017, no audits of any type shall be conducted to ISO/TS 16949:2009. All organizations should transition to the new standard in accordance with their normal audit cycle/allowable timing requirements. Transitioning on a special audit or a transfer audit is not allowed. The duration of the transition audit will be equivalent to a recertification audit. 

**Download the IATF 16949 & ISO 9001:2015 Correlation Matrix**   

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