Transitioning from ISO/TS 16949 to IATF 16949

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Starting Point: ISO/TS 16949Developed in 1999, by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) alongside ISO’s technical committee for quality management, ISO/TS16949 was integrated with ISO 9001 by including specific requirements from the automotive sector, making this technical specification oneof the most widely used international standards by companies in the auto industry around the world.

But with the ever-changing global scenario, important new challenges have arisen, and in response, the IATF and ISO have agreed todiscontinue their joint development of the technical standard for the quality management system of the automotive sector and release thenew standard: IATF 16949.

Combined with the pertinent customer-specific requirements, the international standard creates a framework of the requirements of qualitymanagement systems for organizations that work with automotive production, accessories, parts and/or industry services.

The new standard, will be implemented in conjunction with and as a supplement to ISO 9001:2015. This means that IATF 16949 will not be astand-alone quality management standard. The goal is to accentuate defect prevention, provide continuous enhancements and decreasewaste and disparity in the supply chain.

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Because the automotive industry produces high-risk and

high-cost products and services, it must have tightly-

controlled industry requirements. Given this, the standard is

being changed to better align the needs of the industry’s

stakeholders.

With some additional enhancements, the operators of this

standard – the IATF – decided to base it on ISO 9001:2015.

This means that companies in the automotive industry that

want to be IATF 16949-certified must also comply with the

ISO 9001:2015 standard.

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Being aligned with the ISO 9001:2015 structure makes it simpler for companies that want or need to implement one or more quality management systems. With proper implementation and management by the IATF, organizations in the automotive industry will:

• Receive recognition from regulatory authorities

• Produce safer and more reliable products

• Meet or exceed customer requirements

• Improve processes and documentation systems

• Comply with requirements for safety-related parts and processes

• Enhance product traceability requirements to support the latest regulatory changes

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• Manage the warranty process, including addressing NTF (no trouble found) and use of automotive industry guidance

• Clarify sub-tier supplier management and development requirements

• Integrate with other management systems

• Provide an integrated approach to organizational management

• Reflect the increasingly complex international environment within which organizations operate in this industry

• Ensure the new standard reflects the needs of all potential user groups

• Enhance an organization’s ability to satisfy its customers and continually improve

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01 | RISK-BASED THINKING

Like ISO 9001:2015, risk mitigation is at the core of IATF 16949. In

order to maximize the potential accomplishment of planned activities

and minimize the chances of failure during the development of new

programs, IATF 16949 adds various specific risk-related

requirements.

These requirements were included as a result of industry best

practices and with the intention of making business safer and more

stable through risk identification and mitigation.

One requirement of IATF 16949 is that all organizations guarantee the

conformance of all products, processes and service parts, including

those outsourced to third parties. In other words, the organization

must have a system in place that will mitigate nonconformance risks

across the supply chain.

In the end, the company is responsible for all conformance and

nonconformance; therefore, it must pass all pertinent requirements

down through the supply chain, all the way to the point of

manufacture.

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02 | CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Various common industry practices that were found on customer-

specific requirements are also incorporated into IATF 16949.

The goal of integrating these common practices as requirements is to

ease demand for broad customer-specific requirements in these

areas.

Its also crucial to clearly distinguish between customer requirements

and customer-specific requirements (CSRs). These two terms are

defined in IATF 16949 as:

Customer Requirements: All requirements specified by the customer

(e.g., technical, commercial, product and manufacturing process-

related requirements, general terms and conditions, customer-

specific requirements, etc.)

Customer-Specific Requirements: Interpretations of or supplemental

requirements linked to a specific clause or clauses of this Automotive

QMS Standard.

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03 | FIRST - AND SECOND-PARTY AUDITOR COMPETENCY

More requirements were added to IATF 16949 for first- and second-

party auditors, including:

• Organizations must have a documented process to verify internal auditorcompetency.

• When training internal auditors, documented information must be retained todemonstrate trainer’s competency in relation to the additional requirements.

• Organizations must show the competency of second-party auditors, and second-party auditors must meet customer-specific requirements for auditor qualification.

Auditors must also have these minimum competencies according to

the standard:

• Automotive process approach for auditing, as well as risk-based thinking

• Appropriate core tools requirements

• Appropriate customer-specific requirements

• If applicable, software development assessment methodologies

• Competence gap analysis along with additional development and training activitiesmay be necessary for first- and second-party auditors.

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04 | PRODUCT SAFETY

The IATF standard has an entirely new section called Product Safety.

This section requires that transitioning organizations have

documented processes for product safety management related to

products and manufacturing processes. Where applicable, these new

requirements related to product safety include:

• FMEAs and special approval for control plans

• Training identified by customers or by the organization for employeesinvolved with products related to product-safety and associatedmanufacturing processes

• Requirement transfer regarding product safety throughout the supplychain as well as customer-designated resources

The focus of this clause is that every product must execute its

designated or intended purpose without causing any unacceptable

harm or damage. Processes must be in place ensuring product safety

throughout the entire product lifecycle in every organization.

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05 | MANUFACTURER FEASIBILITY

In the new IATF 16949, the company must evaluate whether it is

capable of achieving the timing and performance targets stipulated

by customers, which is known as manufacturing feasibility.

ISO/TS 16949 also required the same analysis of this manufacturing

feasibility, yet specific requirements were not established. The

specific requirements in the new standards include:

• Use of a multidisciplinary approach

• Any new product or manufacturing technology, as well as any modified

product design and manufacturing process must be analyzed

• Validation of aptitude to make a product specification at the expected

rate through benchmarking studies, production runs or other

appropriate methods

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06 | WARRANTY MANAGEMENT

A new requirement has been added to IATF 16949 based on the

increasing importance of warranty management, consolidating IATF

OEM customer-specific requirements.

In order to validate No Trouble Found (NTF), the warranty

management process must address and integrate all customer-

specific requirements and the warranty party analysis procedure.

Also, when applicable, decisions should be agreed upon by the

customer.

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IATF 16949 was released in October 2016 and is aligned with the

framework, structure and requirements of the ISO 9001 standard revised

in 2015.

According to the IATF, there will only be one option for transition for

organizations:

The transition must be in line with the organization’s current audit cycle

for the ISO/TS16949; moreover, organizations transitioning must also do

so through a transition audit aligned with the current regularly scheduled

recertification audit, as defined in the IATF Rules, section 5.1.1

Transition

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Organizations that are currently ISO/TS 16949-certified should follow a

transitioning action plan recommended by IATF that includes:

• Getting acquainted with ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949.

• Completing a gap analysis between IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 to learn about andidentify differences and issues that have to be addressed to guarantee that yourorganization meets all of the new requirements

• Developing an implantation plan specific to your organization based on the findings ofyour gap analysis.

• Providing all individuals who will be involved in implementing IATF 16949 and ISO9001:2015 with the appropriate training, materials and resources.

• Updating all of the organization's relevant systems and providing evidence that all newrequirements are met by the organization.

Transition

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The new IATF 16949 was released on October 1, 2016 and all

organizations that are already ISO/TS 16949-certified will need to

undergo a transition audit, including a positive VETO certification

by September 14, 2018.

No initial, surveillance, re-certification or transfer audits will be

conducted for ISO/TS 16949 after October 1, 2017 and every

transition will occur within its current audit cycle (at the next

planned surveillance or re-certification audit)

However, transition audits cannot occur in conjunction with a

transfer audit.

Transition Timeline

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Transition Timeline

• September 2015: ISO 9001:2015 PUBLICATION of ISO’s flagship quality management systems standard, published on

September 23, 2015.

• April 2016: IATF Stakeholder Conference to review draft 16949 standard

• October 2016: IATF 16949 PUBLICATION of IATF 16949:2016, expected publish date in October 2016.

• November 2016: 5TH EDITION RULES PUBLICATION. Rules for Achieving and Maintaining IATF Recognition, 5th Edition,

expected publish date in November 2016.

• June 2017: AUDITOR REGISTRATION COMPLETE By June 30, 2017, all active third-party auditors registered in the IATF

ADP must pass the IATF 16949 and 5th Edition Rules training and quiz modules or they will be subject to deactivation.

• October 2017: FUTURE AUDITS FOR IATF 16949 Beginning October 1, 2017, all audits must be for IATF 16949 using 5th

Edition Rules, and all organizations seeking initial certification can no longer be certified under ISO/TS 16949.

• September 2018: IATF 16949 TRANSITION COMPLETE. Transition to IATF 16949 must be complete by September 14,

2018. All ISO/TS 16949 certificates will no longer be valid

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