Supplier audits must be part of the supplier management approach (Section 8.4.2.4.1)
Supplier audits must be a part of an organization’s supplier development process –
8.4.2.5 Supplier Development. The organization shall determine the priority, type, extent, and timing of required supplier development actions for its active suppliers. Determination inputs shall include but are not limited to the following (8.4.2.5 b) - second-party audit findings (see Section 8.4.2.4.1);
Supplier selection shall be based on ”An evaluation of the supplier’s quality management system” (8.4.1.2) – audit is not explicitly required, but could meet this requirement.
Supplier auditors must be training and qualified to very specific requirements (7.2.4) (Essentially the same as internal auditors with the additional requirement of understanding the applicable manufacturing processes to be audited)
These qualifications must be maintained, including changes to any of the core tools
This short lesson covers the the published Sanctioned Interpretations for the IATF 16949:2016 Standard.
As more are published, please login and review the latest.
We are going to review each of the current 15 sanctioned interpretations and discuss what they will mean to your QMS. There may be items you have already addressed, there also may be items that you have not formally addressed, but there are standard practices that are done in your organization that address these.
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This is an excerpt from the Online IATF 16949 Internal Auditor Training Course. Listen to Brandon Kerkstra describe this extensive online course.
Module 1 – Introduction and the Automotive Process Approach with Risk Based Thinking
Module 2 – IATF 16949: 2016 Requirements and Objective Evidence (Including Process Design)
Module 3 – Product Design Requirements (Will Not be applicable to all facilities and organizations)
Module 4 – Auditing the Core Tools
Module 5 – Auditing Customer Specifics
Module 6 – Auditing Basics – ISO 19011, including: understanding how to plan, conduct, report, and close out audit findings, sampling, interviewing etc…
Written by Rocky Kimball and Brandon Kerkstra. Posted in IATF 16949
Revised manuals have been released. Both manuals become effective November 1, 2008. They should be implemented on new programs and programs that are in early development.
While the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary, it would be a great time to train newer quality, engineering and production staff and / or hold a refresher course.
TS 16949 Background:
IATF 16949, PPAP, and Customer Requirements state that you must perform APQP & FMEA, but since they are reference documents you have more discretion as to “How” you implement the processes. The requirement is that APQP & FMEA processes are effectively implemented – Customer and Company metrics can provide information of Customer Satisfaction, efficiency and effectiveness.
IATF 16949: 2016 requires that Engineering and Quality staff be competent within their areas of responsibility. Additionally the Internal auditors that audit the core tools must also be competent. This may be a good time to refresh or train your staff.
IATF Requirements:
