IATF 16949 – AQMS
Automotive Quality Management System
What is IATF 16949?
IATF 16949 is an internationally recognized quality management standard for the automotive industry. It utilizes process improvement techniques that significantly enhance the quality of the organization’s mechanism. It is built on the foundation of ISO 9001 which aims to be helpful in doing continuous improvement, avoid defects and help to minimize rework due to product flaws, waste reduction, high tech embedment of software, and ensure product safety.
It is designed to be used in conjunction with ISO 9001:2015 and contains supplemental requirements specific to the automotive industry rather than being a standalone quality management system.
Why is IATF 16949 important?
Why is IATF 16949 important?
Adherence to appropriate automotive quality management principles will aid your organization in achieving business objectives and goals, whereas a poorly designed automotive quality management system might result in a huge overall deterioration of your company’s structure.
What is ISO 16949?
What are the practical steps for ISO IATF Certification?
Stage 1: Discovery
Stage 2: Documentation & Implementation
Documenting Management System procedures and WI based on document structure most suitable and value add to the Organization.
Once documents are drafted, reviewed, and approved, process owners, will implement the documented processes.
Stage 3: Audit (Internal and External)
This entire process can take up to 6-8 months depending on the number of locations, employees, scope, the number of processes, and resource commitment by the organization.
Why do automotive industry quality standards like IATF 16949 including customer requirements while ISO standards do not?
IATF focuses on monitoring the defects rates, reject cost, warranty performance to ensure the feedback loop is converted to feedforward, and improvements are implemented on a consistent basis. The annual review is no longer sufficient for review and management system optimization.
What is the most important reason for you to implement the ISO/IATF 16949 certification?
The automotive industry update requires all the vendors/suppliers in the Supply chain of OEM( Ford, GM, Toyota) to have a Quality Management system with a commitment of compliance to IATF.
What is required to be done from our end?
How much time will my staff be occupied to work on this process?
What is ISO 16949?
What are the practical steps for ISO IATF Certification?
Stage 1: Discovery
Stage 2: Documentation & Implementation
Documenting Management System procedures and WI based on document structure most suitable and value add to the Organization.
Once documents are drafted, reviewed, and approved, process owners, will implement the documented processes.
Stage 3: Audit (Internal and External)
This entire process can take up to 6-8 months depending on the number of locations, employees, scope, the number of processes, and resource commitment by the organization.
Why do automotive industry quality standards like IATF 16949 including customer requirements while ISO standards do not?
IATF focuses on monitoring the defects rates, reject cost, warranty performance to ensure the feedback loop is converted to feedforward, and improvements are implemented on a consistent basis. The annual review is no longer sufficient for review and management system optimization.
What is the most important reason for you to implement the ISO/IATF 16949 certification?
The automotive industry update requires all the vendors/suppliers in the Supply chain of OEM( Ford, GM, Toyota) to have a Quality Management system with a commitment of compliance to IATF.
What is required to be done from our end?
How much time will my staff be occupied to work on this process?
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