Automotive
New edition of ISO/TS 16949 quality specification for automotive industry supply chain
ISO has just published a new edition of ISO/TS 16949:2009, Quality management systems – Particular requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for automotive production and relevant service part organizations, which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in the automotive sector. It replaces the 2002 edition which has been used by the major automotive manufacturers to approve more than 35 000 organizations worldwide that produce and supply parts for the sector.
Ensuring vehicle performance
Effective supply-chain management is critical in the automotive industry. There are thousands of components in a vehicle’s systems and subsystems. Upon final assembly, the vehicles produced are shipped into a competitive and high-volume global vehicle market.
'ISOmobile!' Eight of every 10 cars to run on ISO 9001:2000 by 2006
For the first time in history, the highly competitive automotive industry has reached consensus through the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) on a common set of supplier quality requirements that were developed and published in March 2002 by ISO as ISO/TS 16949:2002.
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