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Customers, Customer Expectations, Processes and Audits - By Chad Kymal 

ISO/TS 16949:2002's three elements of 5.2 Customer Focus, 7.0 Product Realization and 8.2.2 Internal Audits (customer focused process audits) are significant departures from QS-9000. In fact, 5.2 Customer Focus is not an explicit part of QS-9000. more...

This article appeared in a special edition of Action line, published in December 2002

Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for Supplier Development

Many companies are outsourcing processes and even moving entire operations to capitalize on the lower labor costs available in places. Click here

How Can You Move From QS-9000 to TS 16949:2002? What QS-9000 Registered Suppliers Need to Prepare For?

The date by which QS-9000-registered automotive suppliers will need to transition their quality management systems (QMSs) to the ISO 9001.. Click here

Transitioning from QS-9000 to ISO/TS 16949:2002 - The Process Approach

Two things will become clear to you as you become familiar with ISO/TS 16949:2002. Not only does a QMS in conformance with the TS Click here

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Formal publication of ISO/TS 16949:2002!!!

ISO (The International Standards Organization) has published the ISO/TS 16949:2002 (Second Edition), which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in automotive... more 

Rules for Achieving Recognition

Automotive Certification Scheme for ISO/TS 16949:2002 ... Click here to view presentation

Making The Transition from QS-9000 to ISO/TS16949 - By Chad Kymal and Dave Watkins


Printed in Quality Digest December 2001

Ever since the first edition of ISO/TS 16949 was released, automotive suppliers have wondered if it would eventually replace the Big Three's QS-9000 requirement..... More...

Changes in the automotive industry and its affect on part suppliers in Asia - A strategic Perspective - By Sutheep Ratnabhas

There is an old Chinese curse that says, "May you live in interesting times." "Interesting times" for the Asian automotive industry have ..... More...

Taken from Summer 2001 Omnex Navigator

The New Ford Q1:2002 Guidelines

Ford Takes the High Road

The entire automotive industry - the Americans, Europeans and the Asians, have consolidated the quality expectations for their supply base around the TS-16949, Second Edition: Quality Management Standard. And right now, when this feat is almost over, Ford has particularized itself with its own Q1:2002 standards, which include a manufacturing assessment...... More...

* In the Summer 2001 Navigator, we inadvertently said that the Ford Q1:2002 manufacturing assessment would be conducted twice a year. It actually will be conducted for troubled companies

How TS 16949 and ISO 9001:2000 Integrate

How TS 16949 and ISO 9001:2000 Integrate see the presentation for more details.....(More...) 

The Hitachi Cable Story

Enterprise-wide software solutions are just starting to come out on the market. The Omnex Systems EwQMS® Suite may be the answer to .. (More)

Ford Launches Re-vamped Q1 for Service

Citing the $2.5 billion dollar bottom line impact of poor quality in 2000, Ford Global Facilities, Materials and Services .. By Dave Watkins... (More)

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FMEA 4th Edition is Coming! Are You Ready? Omnex Is!
AIAG will be rolling out the 4th Edition FMEA Reference Manual on July 22, 2008. To help you get up-to-date with the changes made in the latest revision, Omnex has scheduled a webinar on August 5, 2008 1pm-4pm EDT. Click here for more information. A recording of this webinar and/or a hardcopy of the presentation material will be available for purchase if you cannot attend this online session.

All our FMEA-related courses such as Manufacturing Process Development using PFMEA, APQP & DFMEA including Robust Design Linkages, FMEA/Control Plan including Robust Design Linkages and Advanced Product Quality Planning also incorporate the FMEA 4th Edition. See our Training Offerings and Training Schedule for more information.

Spring 2008 Navigator Newsletter
With features on QMS conformance vs. sustainability, the new release of OHSAS 18001, using the d-two-star table in statistics, and auditing the process focus.

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