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 […]
TC 176 Posts Updated ISO 9000 Terms & Definitions Reflecting eComm and Election Integrity
On November 1st, ISO/TC 176, the committee responsible for the ISO 9000 series of quality management standards, posted a new terms and definitions document to their website that has been significantly updated from the official terms and definitions contained in the current revision of ISO 9000 that was published in 2015. ISO 9000 contains terms […]
IATF Launches New Statistics Feature to Track Nonconformity Data
It was a busy news day at IATF. Aside from the IATF 16949 Value Add Brochure that was published to the site today, the group also published Stakeholder Communique SC-2022-10, which announces a very welcome new feature to the IATF website: a new section called Statistics, which will be updated each month and include the […]
“The Value Add of Successful IATF 16949 Implementation” Published by IATF
The IATF has developed a brochure to highlight “The Value Add of Successful IATF 16949 Implementation” which was published on the IATF Global Oversight web page on October 27th. You can download the brochure from the IATF website or from the download link below. IATF certification of a manufacturing company in the automotive sector adds […]
Paul Simpson Leaving Role as Chair of ISO TC 176 SC 2, the Committee Responsible for ISO 9001
Paul Simpson took to LinkedIn early today to announce to his nearly 4,000 followers that he was stepping down from the role as Chair of ISO TC 176 SC 2, the committee responsible for ISO 9001, ISO 9004, and other supporting quality management standards. Paul was originally nominated for the role by BSI in mid-2018, […]
TC 176/SC 2 Finished Review of ISO 10007:2017; Majority Favor Confirmation
TC 176/SC 2, the group responsible for ISO 9001, has finished its review of ISO 10007:2017, in accordance with the normal 5-year review cycle for ISO standards, with a large majority of SC 2 reportedly being in favor of confirming the standard as-is. ISO 10007:2017 Quality management – Guidelines for configuration management, is a quality […]
The State of Pharmaceutical Quality FY21
Introduction On August 25th, the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), part of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) released its fourth annual Report on the State of Pharmaceutical Quality, covering fiscal year 2021. Generally speaking, the OPQ is tasked with ensuring that legally marketed drugs in the US are safe, effective, and […]