IATF 16949
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ISO/TS 16949 is a technical specification for the development of a quality management system for use in supply and delivery chain of the automotive industry.
History
The specification is based on ISO 9001. The first edition was published in June 1999.[1]
It was constructed by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the Technical Committee of ISO. It harmonised the country-specific regulations of quality management systems.[2]
About a third of automotive anufacturers 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.[citation needed]
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 16949 certification.
The major automotive manufacturers told their third-party suppliers (Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEMs) to ensure and prove that their quality control met the regulations of the national standards, such as:
One perverse result of this was that suppliers to both North America and Europe needed to be get two certificates, even though they were making the same parts and delivering to the same company: an OEM would need to provide Daimler or Chrysler witha A VDA to supply to Germany but a QS 9000 to supply to the United States. This helped the move towards more global harmonization.
In 2016, the IATF published a new standard as IATF 16949:2016, which superseded and replaced ISO/TS 16949:2009.[3]
Structure
The standard specifies methods that companies may use to:
- Improve system and process quality
- Increase customer satisfaction
- Identify problems and risks in the production process
- Identify risks in the supply chain
- Eliminate risks, take corrective action, and preventative measures.[4]
The standard focuses not on finding faults, but stopping them occuring in the first place.
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.[who?]
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]
Certification bodies include:
- TÜV Rheinland (Germany)
- BSI Group (UK)
- Bureau Veritas (France)
- DNV GL (Norway)
- DQS (Germany)
- EAGLE Certification Group (USA)
- IFCE (NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Indian Register Quality Systems
- LRQA (UK)
- SAI Global (Australia)
- SGS S.A. (Switzerland)
- TÜV NORD (Germany)
- TÜV SÜD (Germany)
- United Registrar of Systems (UK)
References
- ^ "Iso/Ts 16949:1999".
- ^ Cassel, Michael (2007). ISO/TS 16949 QM in der Automobilindustrie umsetzen (in German). Carl Hanser Verlag. p. 1.
- ^ "IATF 16949:2016". AIAG. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ Kartha, C.P. (2004). "A comparison of ISO 9000:2000 quality system standards, QS9000, ISO/TS 16949 and Baldrige criteria". The TQM Magazine. 16 (5): 336.
- ^ <http://www.jama-english.jp/>Daimler (2002). "Global supplier magazine". 4th quarter. Daimler: 17.
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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
