What are the benefits of ISO/TS 16949:2002?
Some of the cited benefits of ISO/TS 16949:2002 include: • Global harmonization with other automotive manufacturers to provide improved quality products to automotive customers worldwide • Common IATF third-party registration scheme to ensure consistency worldwide • Improved product and process quality • Additional confidence for global sourcing • Reassignment of supplier resources to quality improvement • Common quality system approach in the supply chain for supplier/subcontractor development and consistency • Reduction in multiple third-party registrations, thereby reducing cost • Reduction of variation and increased efficiency • Reduction in second-party system audits • Common language to improve understanding of quality requirements • One audit to satisfy requirements of previous international standards (e.g., QS-9000, VDA 6.1, AVSQ, EAQF) TL 9000 What is TL 9000? TL 9000 is the telecommunications industry’s set of two handbooks: TL 9000 Quality Management System Requirements and
