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Process Approach to Auditing
Published in D. H. Stamatis, Automotive Audits, 2021
Continual improvement is a crucial part of any Quality Management System (QMS), and IATF 16949 brings it to the next level by requiring problem-solving and error proofing processes as part of the requirements for continual improvement. Error proofing represents a structured approach to ensuring the quality of products throughout the entire manufacturing process. It provides organizations with a tool to improve the manufacturing or business processes to prevent specific errors – and, thus, defects – from occurring. Error proofing methods enable organizations to discover sources of errors through fact-based problem-solving. The focus of error proofing is not on identifying and counting defects; rather, it is on the elimination of their cause: one or more errors that occur somewhere in the production process (Stojanovic, 2017).
Risk analysis
Published in D. H. Stamatis, Advanced Product Quality Planning, 2018
As of September 2018, IATF 16949 is the official automotive requirement replacing the ISO 9001/16949:2015. It has become an official standard and not an engineering specification. In the standard, we find that risk is mentioned either directly or indirectly throughout, but specifically in sections (clauses): 4.4.1.2; 6.1.2.1; 6.1.2.2; 6.1.2.3; 7.2.3; 8.1.2; 8.3.2.1; 8.7.1.1; 8.7.1.2; and 8.7.1.6; it is evident that the risk is recognized and addressed.
Checklists
Published in D. H. Stamatis, Automotive Process Audits, 2021
8.4.2.3 Supplier quality management system development Does the organization require their suppliers of automotive products and services to develop, implement, and improve a quality management system certified to ISO 9001, unless otherwise authorized by the customer, with the ultimate objective of becoming certified to this Automotive QMS Standard?Unless otherwise specified by the customer, is the following sequence applied to achieve this requirement: Compliance to ISO 9001 through second-party audits?Certification to ISO 9001 through third-party audits; unless otherwise specified by the customer, do suppliers to the organization demonstrate conformity to ISO 9001 by maintaining a third-party certification issued by a certification body bearing the accreditation mark of a recognized IAF MLA (International Accreditation Forum Multilateral Recognition Arrangement) member and where the accreditation body’s main scope includes management system certification to ISO/IEC 17021?Certification to ISO 9001 with compliance to other customer-defined QMS requirements (such as Minimum Automotive Quality Management System Requirements for Sub-Tier Suppliers [MAQMSR] or equivalent) through second-party audits?Certification to ISO 9001 with compliance to IATF 16949 through second-party audits?Certification to 16949 through third-party audits (valid third-party certification of the supplier to IATF 16949 by an IATF-recognized certification body)?
A novel approach to lean six sigma project management: a conceptual framework and empirical application
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2018
Raja Sreedharan V, Vijaya Sunder M
This case study relates to an auto manufacturer for the steering link mechanism was established in 1997. Manufactures of different steering columns for ‘Off-road’ and ‘On road’ uses. Preferred OE partner to major Passenger Car, Commercial Vehicle, and Multi Utility Vehicle manufacturers. Accredited with IATF 16949:2016. The company follows Automotive Quality Management for achieving excellence in all the activities.