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News Release from: TUV Rheinland UK | Subject: ISO/TS16949 certification
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 01 October 2004
Automotive quality standard has global
reach
The ISO/TS16949 standard unites automotive industry quality requirements that exist worldwide, and is therefore recognised by both the American and the European automobile industries.
The automotive industry has become increasingly international, and this has led to the need for a commonly accepted management system The ISO/TS16949 standard has been created by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to satisfy this need
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The document unites the quality requirements that exist worldwide, and is therefore recognised by both the American and the European automobile industries.
ISO/TS16949 is based on ISO9000, EAQF (French), VDA6.1 (German), AVSQ (Italian) and QS9000 (US) automotive catalogues.
ISO/TS16949 is a breakthrough as it combines global quality system requirements in one standard which can be used along the automotive supply chains.
Automobile manufacturers such as GM, Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan, Renault, Peugeot, Citroen and Daimler Chrysler require their suppliers to be ISO/TS16949 certified.
Certification in accordance with ISO/TS16949 has several advantages.
It creates transparency and comprehensibility for all processes.
Thus, it becomes possible to evaluate the profitability of all the divisions of a company.
It is also the door opener to the automotive supply chain.
Instead of fulfilling several national requirements, companies need only to comply with one international standard, reducing the time and the cost of the certification process.
Any company in the automotive supply chain can obtain ISO/TS16949 certification, but the definition of automotive only includes cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles, and not agricultural, industrial or off-highway vehicles.
Moreover, the standard is only applicable to plants where the specific automotive components are manufactured.
Depending on the situation, companies that manufacture products for the automotive industry but are not permanently within the automotive supply chain can obtain the aforementioned certification.
TUV International can provide further individual information for specific companies about applicability and eligibility of requirements.
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