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Top 10 Majors and Minors – IATF 16949:2016

Courtesy – IAOB (International Automotive Oversight Bureau)

Through August 2017, IAOB has released to IATF registrars a complete list of the top 10 IATF 16949 major and minor findings by third-party auditors:

IATF 16949 Common Findings - by the IAOB

October 2017

IATF 16949:2016's top 10 major and minor nonconformance's have been released by IAOB as auditing of the revised standard is underway by third-party auditors. What's interesting - 3 of the 10 NCs have been written in both categories.

Shared Common Findings

Risk Analysis - Section 6.1.2.1 (new IATF 16949 standard)

Here is some useful information about Risk Analysis in the new IATF 16949 standard. Click Play to listen to Brandon Kerkstra explain.

IATF 16949 Required Documentation

Karl Dorr, ASR Quality Manager

Included with this note is a table (see page 2 / 3) that lists the documentation that is required for the implementation of a conforming system under the IATF 16949 Standard.

In the IATF Standard there needs to be evidence that documentation requirements have been met. The table is divided into three sections.

Comparing the Context of the Organization in IATF 16949

Comparing the new IATF 16949 and the ISO 9001:2015 Standard with the old ISO/TS 16949:2009 Standard

Context of the Organization in IATF 16949 - Determining the Scope

DETERMINING THE SCOPE: Comparing the IATF 16949 and the ISO 9001:2015 Standard

ASR's 2nd Party Auditing Service

Did you know that ASR provides second-party auditing services?

Audit services include internal auditing, gap analysis, pre-assessments, IATF 16949
supplier audits, and the CQI customer specific audit series including 8, 9, 11, and 12. Click here for a complete list of the special process assessments.

IATF 16949 2016 Revision Update

The IATF 16949:2016 issued a supplemental bulletin on August 9th informing the community that the new revision "Rules for achieving and maintaining IATF recognition" is scheduled for releas in November of 2016.

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Click here to read and download the bulletin.

The ISO has also sent a press release about this with more information.

Their press release titled, "A New Evolution for Quality Management in the Automotive Industry" can be read or downloaded - by clicking this link.

IATF 16949 Rule Changes

Here are some important rule changes:

The Pre-Assessment auditors are not able to perform the registration audits
Pre-Assessment on-site time is limited to 80% of Stage 2 on-site time
Corporate quoting methodologies are permitted for manufacturing or value added organizations. Corporate refers to the quoting scheme only. Each value added site must have a separate audit report and a separate certificate

ASR Has Been Selected...

ASR was invited to participate in a special meeting with the IAOB to review the draft 4th edition TS 16949 rules document and offer suggested revisions.

There are only a handful of other invitees to this special meeting. We are grateful to have been selected and honored to be respected by the members of this committee.

AS9100 Audit Findings in 2020

It has always been ASR’s belief that clients can benefit from the sharing of auditor findings. This article reviews some of the top AS9100 findings written this year by ASR’s aerospace quality management system auditors and ASR’s environmental management system auditors.

The AS9100 nonconformances highlighted below account for 28% of the total AS9100 findings written this year by ASR aerospace auditors:

10.2.1 & 10.2.2 Corrective action – 10 NC’s written that included lack of verification; root cause analysis not identified; lack of document sign-off/acceptance.

AS9100D First Quarter 2019 Nonconformance Review

ASR is continuing its practice of sharing with clients the most frequent sections of the following standards found to be nonconforming by ASR auditors.

AS9100D - Most Frequent Nonconformance’s:

7.1.5.1 Monitoring and Measurement

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