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The quality management system standard governing the automotive industry is IATF 16949:2016. It draws its structure and requirements from the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system standard and includes automotive customer-specific requirements that the manufacturers of automotive products must comply with. Established by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), it requires automotive companies to be certified by a 3rd party Certification Body following an audit of the system.
The IATF is a body with automotive manufacturers and relevant trade associations as its members. The standard is applicable in various manufacturing in the automotive industry, including components, assemblies, and parts for the automotive industry. Manufacturing can range from fabricating or making production materials to manufacturing or service parts, assemblies, or finishing activities such as heat treatment, welding, painting, or plating.
It was formed to ensure automotive product quality, safety, and performance and focuses on:
In addition to improving the product and service capabilities, implementing IATF 16949 also leads to process improvement, customer satisfaction, enhanced brand reputation, and competitive advantage.
The IATF 16949 standard addresses the quality requirements for the end-to-end processes involved in manufacturing automotive components. These include:
It provides the industry with a framework to implement a quality management system, or QMS, in the organization to standardize processes and ensure excellence. To help businesses implement the standard in their organization, IATF has two manuals explaining the IATF 16949 requirements and ISO 9001 requirements to companies seeking certification.
Like ISO 9001, IATF 16949 too has a 10-part structure:
IATF compliance provides automotive manufacturers with the following benefits:
Improved Brand Reputation: A certified company demonstrates compliance with the IATF standards, assuring customers of product quality, safety, and performance. It improves the organization’s credibility and the robustness of the processes and services.
Lower Cost of Manufacturing: IATF 16949 compliance leads to continuous improvement of processes, improved resource utilization and reduced errors. This increases cost-effectiveness and ensures timely delivery of products.
Enhanced Risk Management: The IATF 16949 standard draws from ISO and takes a risk-based approach to quality. This helps businesses identify potential risks and implement measures to mitigate them.
Becoming IATF 16949 compliant requires time and effort.
The external auditor will audit the documentation as a Stage 1 audit, as that forms a key for IATF 16949 compliance. Based on the observations, plan and implement CAPA before returning for Stage 2 audit, which involves auditing the QMS to check for compliance with IATF 16949 in practice.
At this stage too, the auditor will share observations and feedback for improvement. In case of major nonconformance, corrective action must be taken immediately. In case of no major issues, any improvements recommended must be made within six months to receive certification.
The certification has to be renewed periodically and audited every time before renewal. Therefore, receiving the certification once is not enough to remain compliant. An annual surveillance audit will be conducted for the partial audit of the QMS when the manufacturer must demonstrate compliance. At the end of three years, the company must pass a recertification audit, or an entire system audit, to renew certification.
A cloud-based quality management system aligned with ISO can help businesses become IATF-16469 compliant quickly and effectively. It also helps with continuous improvement, document management, risk management, and supplier management, which are critical for the certification.
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