What is ISO/TS 16949?

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The International Organization of Standards, (ISO) is a worldwide organization that develops many different kinds of standards. One of these standards, ISO 9000 is a series of documents that define the requirements of a Quality Management System Standard. ISO 9001 is one of the documents in this set that defines the actual requirements a company must comply with to become registered to ISO 9001.

ISO/TS 16949:2002 is the current version of the standard that was developed for the Automotive Industry. It contains all of the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 plus several additional requirements specifically for the Automotive Industry.

Why do companies want to Implement ISO/TS 16949?

Registration to ISO/TS 16949 is a requirement for any company wanting to supply its products to the Automotive Industry. Companies registered to this Technical Specification are required to develop their suppliers develop their Quality Management Systems with the goal of the supplier conforming to ISO/TS 16949. The first step in this development is for the supplier to achieve third party registration to ISO 9001:2000.

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