What are the key benefits?
A commercial advantage during contract negotiations
A clear focus on continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and reduction of variation and waste
Time and cost savings, by avoiding multiple customer specific certification audits
The international recognition of the ISO/TS 16949:2009 standard increases the credibility of your organisation when bidding for global sourcing contracts or expanding your business locally.
Gaining certification also helps you to reduce production variations and improve your manufacturing efficiency which can positively impact your bottom line.
Furthermore, ISO/TS 16949:2009 helps create a common quality system approach to the entire supply chain (for suppliers/subcontractors) and facilitates access to the industry's best practices
The ISO/TS 16949:2009 Quality Management System certification standard for the automotive industry enables you to demonstrate your commitment to product quality and compliance to customer requirements. In addition, the standard allows you to continuously improve your quality management systems and related processes.
ISO/TS 16949:2009 is based on renowned quality management principles The ISO/TS 16949 standard is a worldwide automotive standard developed by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) – a group of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers (General Motors, Ford, BMW, PSA Citroen, Volkswagen, Renault and Fiat) and their respective trade associations. The ISO/TS 16949 standard brings together the various aspects of ISO 9001:2000, AVSQ (Italian), EAQF (French), VDA6 (German) and QS-9000 (U.S.) into one standard. ISO/TS 16949:2009 can be applied to company sites worldwide, wherever automobiles or their parts and components are manufactured.
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