Volume 9 · Issue 3 · March 2004

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TE Suppliers Begin to Prepare for Post-QS-9000 World

SRI has suspended its NAP accreditation for the TE Supplement to QS-9000 for lack of customers keeping their TE registrations. There are also reports that at least one automotive OEM has begun to contact its key TE suppliers to inform them that it will accept registration to either the TE Supplement or ISO 9001:2000, although there may be some provisions to be met for ISO 9001 registrations to be accepted. This report examines three possible reasons why some TE suppliers are transitioning to ISO 9001:2000.