A Transition Guideline (currently revision 1) was also
issued that details the process certification bodies must implement in order to
certify an organization to the new automotive standard. Essentially, the
transition audit will be a recertification audit – using the current employee
level and following the current edition of the IATF rules for ISO/TS 16949
certification. A formal document review is also required. If this activity is
not completed off-site, then the transition document requires the certification
body to add a half day on-site to complete the activity prior to the start of
any audit. he new automotive standard exists in addition to ISO 9001 because of
the need to distinguish universal quality management principles from those that
would be of particular reference for automotive manufacturers and suppliers. It
focuses largely on continuous improvement, particularly decreasing the
frequency of defects and reducing waste in the automotive supply chain. As with
the revised ISO 9001 standard, changes to IATF 16949 are meant to maintain and
enhance the relevance, credibility, and usefulness of the standard, increasing
its value for certified organizations. Through these changes, IATF is seeking
to improve the alignment between supplier certification and performance. The
goal is to introduce processes and requirements that can be adopted to make
certified organizations stronger and smarter. To do this, they look at feedback
from all stakeholders; customers, suppliers, auditors, and others. With
guidance from the IATF, we are raising the bar because the automotive OEMs are
raising their expectations of their suppliers. Continuing to look for ways to
make the IATF 16949 standard more valuable to certified organizations helps
better prepare suppliers for the needs of their OEM customers Risk mitigation
takes center stage in IATF 16949.
It integrates many common industry practices previously
found in customer-specific requirements.
IATF 16949 adds additional requirements for both first and
second-party auditors.
Product safety is an entirely new section in the IATF
standard.
In the new standard, an organization is required to assess
if they are capable of achieving the performance and timing targets specified
by the customer, otherwise known as manufacturing feasibility.
Based on the increasing importance of warranty management, a
new requirement has been added to IATF 16949.
It references embedded software in the requirements for product validation, warranty and troubleshooting of issues in the field.
IATF 16949:2016 follows the high level structure of ISO 9001:2015
IATF 16949:2016 must be used in conjunction with ISO 9001:2015
-2 separate documents must be used to have all requirements
-IATF 16949 cannot be used as a stand-alone requirements document.
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