2022 Top 10 IATF Major and Minor Nonconformities Compared Year-Over-Year
IATF has published their year-end statistics for top 10 major and minor nonconformities raised during CB audits from December 2021 to December 2022. We’re taking a look back at the year-end statistics from 2021 to see how things have changed over the last 12 months. The top 10 major nonconformities from 2021 compared to 2022 […]
GM Releases Updated IATF 16949 Customer Specific Requirements Effective January 1, 2023
On December 22nd, General Motors published their updated IATF 16949 Customer Specific Requirements, with the new CSR taking effect on January 1, 2023. The full table of changes is in the image below. Aside from the replacement of BIQS requirements with GM Quality Performance Requirements, the most noteworthy change is the note: “Throughout the document: […]
IATF Releases Communique Requiring CB Auditors to Complete AIAG/VDA Harmonized FMEA Training by Q1 2023
In December of 2022, IATF published CB Communique 2022-03 – AIAG VDA Harmonized Approach to FMEA to outline details for new IATF ADP mandatory training and quiz requirements for CB auditors. New AIAG/VDA harmonized approach to FMEA training and quiz modules were made available for CB auditors starting on December 7th of this year and […]
What a QMS Isn’t: Two Common Misconceptions When Implementing a QMS
Being in the QMS consulting business, we get to work with all sorts of clients from various industries who want to implement or improve their quality management systems starting from various levels of maturity. Some have systems in place but are looking to make them more robust or more reflective of their processes, eliminating redundancies […]
OEM EV Saturation Forecast for 2023 and Beyond
The OEMs’ drive to convert internal combustion engines to EVs continues to quicken, resulting in a diverse set of new components and materials for the industry, establishing a new and unique supply chain. Many new suppliers bring along new issues as a result of the conversion. Everyone accepts that the conversion must happen, and few […]
What to Expect in the 2023-2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework
The Baldrige Program at NIST has been working diligently on the next revision of the Baldrige Excellence Framework; the 2023-2024 Framework with its Criteria is expected to be published in January 2023. There will be three versions: Business/Nonprofit, Health Care, and Education. In addition, the shorter version of the framework, Baldrige Excellence Builder, will be […]
Knocking Down the Concrete Barriers to Sustainability
Cement Leaves a Huge Carbon Footprint As the most widely used construction material on the planet and with continually high, though volatile demand, especially in rapidly growing economies such as China, some 30 billion tons of concrete are poured each year to build large buildings, roads, bridges, dams, and a slew of other structures – […]