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News Release from: TUV Rheinland UK | Subject: QS9000 standard for the automotive manufactures
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 September 2002
Changes to be made to automotive QS9000
standard
The future of the QS9000 standard for the automotive manufactures, will be changed by various modifications to the referencing of ISO 9001 and 9002.
The future of the QS9000 standard for the automotive manufactures, will be changed by various modifications to the referencing of ISO 9001 and 9002 The QS-9000:1998 standard will continue to exist as an auditable standard until December 15, 2006
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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However, as of December 15, 2003, ISO 9001:1994 and ISO 9002:1994 will no longer be included within the scope of registration for clients that are maintaining QS-9000.
This means that any new or renewed QS-9000 certificate issued after July 1, 2002 shall not reference ISO 9001:1994 or ISO 9002:1994 other than in one of the following statements which must be included on the certificate: "Registered to QS-9000:1998 (based on and including ISO 9001:1994)" or "Registered to QS-9000:1998 (based on and including ISO 9002:1994)." All QS-9000 certificates with dates extending beyond December 15, 2003 shall comply with this wording by December 15, 2003.
[All other aspects of Appendices G.A.13, I.18, and I.23 shall remain in effect.] The registrar may provide a letter to suppliers indicating that the above statement confirms that the supplier is certified to ISO 9001:1994 or ISO 9002:1994 until December 15, 2003.
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Note: QS-9000:1998 certificates shall not reference ISO 9001:2000.
ISO 9001:2000 requires a separate certification.
QS-9000:1998 certificates shall not show an ending date later than December 14, 2006.
Note: the current version of QS-9000 (TE supplement) and the current version of the semi-conductor supplement to QS-9000 shall also remain in effect until December 14, 2006.
ISO/TS 16949 Status Update - the ISO/TS 16949 standard was jointly developed by the IATF (International Automotive Task Force) members and submitted to the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for approval and publication.
The document is a common automotive quality system requirements catalogue based on the Italian AVSQ, French EAQF, American QS-9000 (Quality Systems), German VDA6.1 (Verband der Automobilindustrie) and ISO 9000 automotive catalogues.
This document, coupled with customer-specific requirements, defines quality system requirements for use in the automotive supply chain.
The IATF has developed a common registration scheme for supplier third-party registration to the ISO/TS 16949.
The registration scheme includes third-party auditor qualifications and common rules for consistent global registration.
Some of the benefits of the IATF registration scheme include: improved product and process quality; additional confidence for global sourcing; reassignment of supplier resources to quality improvement; common quality system approach in the supply chain for supplier/subcontractor development and consistency; and reduction in multiple third-party registrations.Currently, two editions of TS 16949 exist.
The first is ISO/TS 16949:1999.
The ISO/TS 16949:1999 standard includes the ISO 9001/2:1994 based requirements.
The recently released ISO/TS 16949:2002 standard has now aligned itself with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000.
Presently, clients that are registered to or are seeking registration to ISO/TS 16949:1999 must pass a successful "upgrade audit" of their Quality Management System to the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002 prior to December 15, 2003.
From December 15, 2003 ISO/TS 16949:1999 will no longer be an auditable standard.
Along with TUV, additional information regarding ISO/TS 16949 is available through the AIAG website at www.aiag.org and IAOB (International Automotive Oversight Bureau) website at www.iaob.org.
ISO 9001 will not be included within QS-9000 as of December 15, 2003 as many of TUV's clients are currently registered to QS-9000 or ISO/TS 16949, the organization feels it is extremely important to inform everyone of some critical news regarding these standards.
At a recent meeting conducted by the AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) with representatives from Daimler-Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, a formal announcement was made concerning the current status of QS-9000 and ISO/TS 16949.
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