How Are Ts16949 and Iso Sections Separated in the Standard?

1. How are Ts16949 and Iso sections separated in the standard?

The ISO Technical Specification, ISO/TS 16949:2002, arranges existing American (QS9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF) and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality control system standards within the multinational automotive industry. The point is to dispose of the need for numerous certifications, as to satisfy the different types of customer demand. This standard gives specific quality system obligations for the design, development, production, installation, and servicing of automotive products that may be related. ISO/TS 16949:2002 were developed by The International Task Force (IATF), in conjunction with the International Standards Organization (ISO). IATF includes Ford, General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler, Fiat, Renault, Peugeot, BMW and Volkswagen.

The key obligations of ISO/TS 16949:2002 is the focus of the ability of an organization to attain its noted goals and objectives, and to accomplish customer satisfaction by distributing compliant parts in a timely manner to customer specification at suitable cost. ISO/TS 16949:2 002 focuses on the proper relation between the organization's business plan, quality guidelines, and quality objectives. Also in this concentration, planning of how to achieve and deploy objectives throughout the organization.

The main sections of ISO/TS16949:2002 are:

-Quality Management System

This segment identifies the necessities for the establishing, documenting, implementing, maintaining, and continuing the improvement of effectiveness of the Management System.

-Management Responsibility

This segment states top management's obligations in developing and maintaining an effective consumer supported quality management system, which includes defining the quality policy, measurable business performance objectives with direct targets against which can be used to review performance.

-Resource Management

This segment contains essentials on how human and physical resources are handled, including being aware of how employees contribute to the achievement of the business objectives, job competencies, training, health, safety and cleanliness of the process.

-Product Realization

This segment contains condition for the effective control of the organization's processes. It is pertinent that the key processes are both defined and put into place.

-Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

This segment contains conditions once processes are defined (Plan), it is essential they are measured (Do), analyzed (Check) and improved (Act) to ensure they are capable of meeting the customer and organization objectives.

Key difference between QS 9000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 is the change in base line standard, from ISO9001:1994 to ISO9001:2000, and the introduction of the process approach. There is decrease in focus on documentation and more focus on how the system is performing in achieving customer satisfaction.

Significant changes to requirements in the ISO/TS 16949:2002 are:

 Obligations clearly state Quality Objectives and Targets.

 Increased obligations for Management Review.

 Determination of employee competence, motivation and empowerment.

 Insertion of requirements for Process Design.

 Enhanced Supplier Development & Monitoring obligations.

 Enhanced Customer Satisfaction requirements.

 Increased requirements for Internal Audits.

Benefits of ISO/TS 16949

 Cultivates an increase in product and process quality.

 Gives added confidence for global sourcing.

 Guarantees a global quality system approach in the supply chain for supplier/subcontractors service consistence.

 Reduces variation, waste and improves the overall efficiency in production levels.

 Lessens the number of second party audits.

 Gets rid of the need for multiple third party registrations.

 Offers a customary platform to address worldwide quality system requirements.

 Formatted to allow easy conversion to ISO 9001/2000.

 Advantageous to the up gradation of existing quality system.

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2. What are the key parts of a control plan?

The Control Plan must possess three separate phases as appropriate.

a) Prototype: A description of the dimensional measurements, material and performance tests that will take place during the building of the prototype.

b) Pre-Launch: A description of the dimensional measurements, material and performance tests that will take place after prototype and before full production. It is defined as a production phase in the product realization process which may be required after prototype build.

c) Production: Documenting the product/process characteristics, process controls, tests and measurement systems that take place during mass production.

Each part must have a Control Plan, but in many cases Control plans may cover a number of similar parts produced using a common process. Control Plans are an output of the quality plan.

Elements of the Control Plan:

A Control Plan requires a minimum of the following information:

a) General Data

* Control Plan number

* Issue date and revision data

* Customer Information

* Organization's name