IATF stands for International Automotive Task Force. IATF 16949 is an Automotive Quality Management System Standard, and is also referred to as Automotive QMS standard. This IATF 16949:2016 standard consist of 10 clauses. Clause 1 to 3Â provides a background to the standard, and clause 4 to 10Â provides the automotive Quality Management System requirements.
IATF16949 standard cannot be considered a standalone quality management system standard but has to be comprehended as a supplement to and used in conjunction with ISO 9001:2015.
Table of Contents
IATF 16949 CLAUSES
IATF Clause 1: Scope
- 1.1 Scope-automotive supplemental to ISO 9001:2015
IATF Clause 2: Normative References
IATF Clause 3: Terms and Definitions (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 3.1 Terms & definitions for the automotive industries.
CLAUSES OF IATF 16949 | QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The seven mandatory IATF 16949 standard clauses are: clauses 4 to 10. All these clauses are arranged according to PDCA model.
IATF Clause 4: Context of the Organization
- 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context.
- 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties.
- 4.3 Determining the scope of the quality management system.
- 4.3.1 Determining the scope of the quality management system-supplemental.
- 4.3.2 Customer-specific-requirements.
- 4.4 Quality management system & its processes.
- 4.4.1 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 4.4.1.1 Conformance of products & processes
- 4.4.1.2 Product safety
- 4.4.2 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
IATF Clause 5: Leadership
- 5.1 Leadership and commitment
- 5.1.1 General
- 5.1.1.1 Corporate responsibility
- 5.1.1.2 Process effectiveness & efficiency.
- 5.1.1.3 Process owners
- 5.1.2 Customer focus
- 5.2 Policy
- 5.2.1 Establishing the Quality Policy.
- 5.2.2 Communicating the Quality Policy.
- 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities.
- 5.3.1 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities-supplemental.
- 5.3.2 Responsibilities and authorities for product requirements and corrective actions.
IATF Clause 6: Planning
- 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities Â
- 6.1.1 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 6.1.2 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 6.1.2.1 Risk analysis
- 6.1.2.2 Preventive actions
- 6.1.2.3 Contingency plans
- 6.2 Quality objectives and planning to achieve them
- 6.2.1 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 6.2.2 Â (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 6.2.2.1 Quality objectives and planning to achieve them – supplemental.
- 6.3 Planning of changes
IATF Clause 7: Support
- 7.1 Resources
- 7.1.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.2 People (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.3 Infrastructure (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.3.1 Plant, facility, & equipment planning
- 7.1.4 Environment for the operation of processes (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.4.1 Environment for the operation of processes-supplemental
- 7.1.5 Monitoring & measuring resources
- 7.1.5.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.5.1.1 Measurement system analysis
- 7.1.5.2 Measurement traceability (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.1.5.2.1 Calibration/verification records
- 7.1.5.3 Laboratory requirements
- 7.1.5.3.1 Internal laboratory
- 7.1.5.3.2 External laboratory
- 7.1.6 Organizational knowledge (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.2 Competence (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.2.1 Competence – supplemental
- 7.2.2 Competence – on the job training (OJT)
- 7.2.3 Internal auditor competency
- 7.2.4 Second party auditor competency
- 7.3 Awareness (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.3.1 Awareness – supplemental
- 7.3.2 Employee motivation & empowerment
- 7.4 Communication (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.5 Documented information
- 7.5.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.5.1.1 Quality management system documentation
- 7.5.2 Creating & updating (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.5.3 Control of documented information
- 7.5.3.1 & 7.5.3.2 (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 7.5.3.2.1 Record retention
- 7.5.3.2.2 Engineering specifications
IATF Clause 8: Operation
- 8.1 Operational planning and control (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.1.1 Operational planning and control – supplemental
- 8.1.2 Confidentiality
- 8.2 Requirements for products & services
- 8.2.1 Customer communication (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.2.1.1 Customer communication – Supplemental
- 8.2.2 Determine the requirements for products & services (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.2.2.1 Determine the requirements for products & services – Supplemental
- 8.2.3 Review of the requirements for products & services
- 8.2.3.1 (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.2.3.1.1 Review of the requirements for products & services – Supplemental
- 8.2.3.1.2 Customer-designated special characteristics
- 8.2.3.1.3 Organization manufacturing feasibility
- 8.2.3.2 (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.2.4 Changes to requirements for products & services
- 8.3 Design & development of products & services
- 8.3.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.1.1 Design & development of products & services – supplemental
- 8.3.2 Design & development planning (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.2.1 Design & development planning – supplemental
- 8.3.2.2 Product design skills
- 8.3.2.3 Development of products with embedded software
- 8.3.3 Design & development Inputs (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.3.1 Product design input
- 8.3.3.2 Manufacturing process design input
- 8.3.3.3 Special characteristics
- 8.3.4 Design & development Control (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.4.1 Monitoring
- 8.3.4.2 Design & development validation
- 8.3.4.3 Prototype programme (see also ISO 9001:2015, clause section 8.4)
- 8.3.4.4 Product approval process
- 8.3.5 Design & development Outputs (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.5.1 Design & development outputs – supplemental
- 8.3.5.2 Manufacturing process design output
- 8.3.6 Design & development Changes (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.3.6.1 Design & development changes – supplemental
- 8.4 Control of externally provided processes, products and services
- 8.4.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.4.1.1 General – supplemental
- 8.4.1.2 Supplier selection process
- 8.4.1.3 Customer-directed sources (also known as “Directed-Buy”)
- 8.4.2 Type & extent of control (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.4.2.1 Type & extent of control-supplemental
- 8.4.2.2 Statutory and regulatory requirements
- 8.4.2.3 Supplier quality management system development
- 8.4.2.3.1 Automotive product related software or automotive products with embedded software
- 8.4.2.4 Supplier monitoring
- 8.4.2.4.1 Secondary-party audits
- 8.4.2.5 Supplier development
- 8.4.3 Information for external providers (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.4.3.1 Information for external providers – supplemental
- 8.5 Production and service provision
- 8.5.1 Control of production and service provision(See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.1.1 Control Plan
- 8.5.1.2 Standardized work – operator instructions and visual standards
- 8.5.1.3 Verification of job set-ups
- 8.5.1.4 Verification after shutdown
- 8.5.1.5 Total productive maintenance
- 8.5.1.6 Management of production tooling and manufacturing test, inspection and equipment 8.5.1.7 Production scheduling
- 8.5.2 Identification and traceability (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.2.1 Identification and traceability – supplemental
- 8.5.3 Property belonging to customer or external providers (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.4 Preservation (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.5 Post-delivery activities(See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.5.1 Feedback of information from service
- 8.5.5.2 Service agreement with customer
- 8.5.6 Control of changes (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.5.6.1 Control of changes – supplemental
- 8.5.6.1.1 Temporary change of process controls
- 8.6 Release of products and services (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.6.1 Release of products and services – supplemental
- 8.6.2 Layout inspection and functional testing
- 8.6.3 Appearance items
- 8.6.4 Verification and acceptance of conformity of externally provided products and services
- 8.6.5 Statutory and regulatory conformity
- 8.6.6 Acceptance criteria (refer section 9.1.1.1 also)
- 8.7 Control of nonconforming outputsÂ
- 8.7.1 (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 8.7.1.1 Customer authorization for concession
- 8.7.1.2 Control of nonconformity products – customer specific process
- 8.7.1.3 Control of suspect product
- 8.7.1.4 Control of reworked product
- 8.7.1.5 Control of repaired product
- 8.7.1.6 Customer notification
- 8.7.1.7 Nonconforming product disposition
- 8.7.2 See ISO 9001:2015 requirement
IATF Clause 9: Performance Evaluation
- 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
- 9.1.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 9.1.1.1 Monitoring & measurement of manufacturing processes
- 9.1.1.2 Identification of statistical tools
- 9.1.1.3 Application of statistical concepts
- 9.1.2 Customer satisfaction (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 9.1.2.1 Customer satisfaction- supplemental
- 9.2 Internal audit
- 9.2.1 & 9.2.2 See ISO 9001:2015 requirements
- 9.2.2.1 Internal audit programme
- 9.2.2.2 Quality management system audit
- 9.2.2.3 Manufacturing process audit
- 9.3 Management review
- 9.3.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 9.3.1.1 Management review – supplemental
- 9.3.2 Management review inputs
- 9.3.2.1 Management review inputs – supplemental
- 9.3.3 Management review outputs (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 9.3.3.1 Management review outputs -supplemental
IATF Clause 10: Improvement
- 10.1 General (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action
- 10.2.1 & 10.2.2 See ISO 9001:2015 requirements
- 10.2.3 Problem solving
- 10.2.4 Error-proofing
- 10.2.5 Warranty management systems
- 10.2.6 Customer complaints and field failure test analysis
- 10.3 Continual improvement (See ISO 9001:2015 requirements)
- 10.3.1 Continual improvement – supplemental
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