Changes Regarding ISO/TS 16949:2009 come
from Changes in ISO 9001:2008, IATF Rules and “Core Tools” Documents
Two of the core tool manuals (namely FMEA
and APQP) were revised in late 2008 and took effect as of 01.11.2008.
FMEA
Main
changes:
- Identifying the team and assigning responsibilities
- Defining the scope
- Link between existing controls and “occurrence and
detection indices”
- Prioritization of actions
- Severity, occurrence and detection evaluation
criteria
- Sample forms
- Link between DFMEA and PFMEA
- “Process Step/Function – Requirement – Potential
Failure Mode” analysis for PFMEA
- “Item – Function – Requirement – Failure Mode ”analysis
for DFMEA
- Methods to identify the potential effects (for
PFMEA)
APQP
Main changes
:
- Minor changes to inputs and outputs of APQP phases
- “Control plan methodology” fully in-line with ISO/TS
16949 requirements
The changes regarding automotive
certification are not limited to core
tools.
Some of the most significant changes in ISO/TS 16949:2009 derive from changes/clarifications provided in ISO 9001:2008 regarding
the 'intent' of requirements. In a nutshell ... simply following documented procedures is NOT good enough anymore. System processes must 'work' and products must 'perform' based on monitoring and measurement against customer and/or management established criteria. Click on the following link to view our Overview of Changes in ISO
9001:2008.
Additionally, "Rules for Achieving IATF Recognition" was also revised
in late 2008.
Issues clarified and/or revised :
- The types of audits which require Stage 1 visit
- Actions to be taken in case of “major findings” in
surveillance audits
- Deadlines to clear the findings at re-certification
audits
- Audit scope versus “subscriber/non-subscriber” customer
- The cases which require notification of the
organization by the certification body
- Visit deadlines per surveillance visit frequency
- Details regarding on-site visit day calculations
- The rules regarding time and responsibility
assignments for audit teams with more than one auditor
- The shall statement regarding the use of a different
audit team per each audit cycle (should statement in former revision)
- The rules regarding auditing of process performances
and customer specific requirements
- The content of “improvement potential”
- The rules regarding termination of an audit before
completion
- Content and extent of corrective and preventive
actions to clear audit findings
- The types of audits which require an audit plan
- Scope and content of Stage 1 audits
- Rules regarding transfer audits
- Decertification process details
(the word “audit” is used to represent “3rd party audits” in the above
listing)
Organizations must demonstrate compliance
with all of the above changes imposed by ISO/TS 16949:2009 within 120 days of
its release (June 12, 2009).
To accomplish this, organizations will need to update their system to address all of the above mentioned changes
and documents and then conduct a complete system internal audit to assess and assure effective implementation.
That is a lot to do in a very short period of time.
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