IATF & IQA System Awareness Training
IATF & IQA System Awareness Training
DATE – 09.08.2023
QS9000 - was a quality standard initially developed by a joint effort of the "Big Three" American automakers, General
Motors, Chrysler and Ford. It was introduced to the industry in 1994. It has been adopted by several heavy truck
manufacturers in the U.S. as well.
Many suppliers (OEMs) were asked by the car manufacturers to build and certify their quality management system
according to the rules and regulations of their own country organizations, such as: VDA (Germany), AIAG (North
America), AVSQ (Italy), FIEV (France), SMMT (UK)
But due to this regulation a supplier needed to provide two different certificates for Daimler and Chrysler (VDA 6.1 for
Germany and QS 9000 America), even though the supplier delivered only to a single company.
These complexities accelerated the need for harmonization which is resulted into one common standard.
ISO/TS 16949 : 1999 -The standard was prepared by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the "Technical
Committee" of ISO.
‘IATF (International Automotive Task Force) 16949:2016 replaced ISO/TS 16949 in October 2016 with 1st edition’
IATF members include: BMW, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, Ford, GM, PSA Puegeot-Citroen, Renault SA, and Volkswagen.
• QMS is applicable to all the functions (Departments) in company and not only to quality department.
2. IATF 16949 : 2016 – This is applicable to only automotive industries & it’s supply chain. This covers all the
requirements of ISO 9001 + Some specific requirements stated in the standards + customer specific requirements
IATF – International Automotive Task force
Automotive industry – Vehicle (which are running on road) manufacturers & it’s supply chain
Yearly audit is conducted by third party (E.g. Bureau Veritas, TUV SUD, BSI, DNV, DQS, TUV NORD, ) to
verify the conformance against above standards, CSR, core tools & certification is issued.
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL 4 FORWARD
Difference between ISO/TS 16949 & IATF 16949
Clause No. 1 to 3 -
Non auditable
Clauses
&
Clause No. 4 to 10 -
Auditable clauses
Formats
Quality Records
LEVEL 4
IQA audit system requirement as per clause no. 9.2 – (Shall requirement – ‘Shall’ means ‘Mandatory)
• The organization shall have a documented internal audit process. The process shall include the development
and implementation of an internal audit programme that covers the entire quality management system
including quality management system audits, manufacturing process audits, and product audits.
• The audit programme shall be prioritized based upon risk, internal and external performance trends, and
criticality of the process(es).
• The frequency of audits shall be reviewed and, where appropriate, adjusted based on occurrence of process
changes, internal and external nonconformities, and/or customer complaints. The effectiveness of the audit
programme shall be reviewed as a part of management review.
• Certification Audit – Occurs when a company undergoes an audit by an ISO registrar to ensure compliance of all
elements of a specific standard. Certification audits are most often broken into 2 stages.
Stage 1 Audit – To review management system documentation, review of allocation of resources, and details for the next
phase of the audit.
Stage 2 Audit – To evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of organisation’s management system.
The period between stage 1 audit & stage 2 audits of the certification shall not exceed 6 months. If this period is longer,
then the stage 1 audit must be repeated.
The surveillance audit must be carried out preferably 9 months or not later than 12 months after the date of issue of
certificate
• Surveillance Audit 1 & 2 – The surveillance audit conducted to ensure the company is still meeting the key elements
as per the standard or not. However sometimes not every element will be reviewed during surveillance audit.
• Recertification Audit – Occurs every 3 years from when the original certification audit was completed.