Volume 6 · Issue 8 · August 2001

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Automotive: A Plan for the Transition from QS-9000 to TS 16949:2000

Chad Kymal and Dave Watkins write that they have seen recent drafts of ISO/TS 16949:2002, which indicate that it will fully align with ISO 9001:2000 and that the IATF additions in TS 16949:1999, with only a few minor edits, have been mapped directly to ISO 9001:2000’s structure. They introduce 5 steps your organization can take, plus an alternative approach, to use ISO 9001:2000 and TS 16949:1999 to be ready for the future. They warn that if an automotive supplier does not move toward becoming customer- or process-focused, it could be detrimental in the long-term even if the OEMs it supplies never require TS 16949:2002 registration.