The global automotive industry requires world-class levels of product quality, productivity and competitiveness, as well as continuous improvement. To achieve this goal many vehicle manufacturers insist that suppliers adopt the strict technical specifications laid down in a standard quality management system for automotive suppliers, known as IATF 16949.
SoftExpert offers the most advanced and comprehensive software solution for compliance management that meets the stringent needs of IATF 16949 standard. SoftExpert Suite helps companies adhere to the standard, while lowering the costs of compliance, maximizing success, increasing productivity and reducing risks.
IATF 16949 Solution
SoftExpert’s solutions enables organizations to easily meet ISO requirements, providing resources to manage processes, audits, non-conformances, quality KPIs, quality records, and reports, boosting organizational efficiency, reducing rework and waste.
With online collaboration capabilities, organizations and managers can communicate and be updated on the continuous improvement initiatives, involving more users, teams, offices and business units with a systematic and unified approach, turning quality guidelines into actions.
Main Benefits
Do business globally: certification is a mandatory and internationally recognized requirement for most vehicle manufacturers.
Reduction of waste and defects: the specification, based on ISO 9001, encourages a process approach that improves product and process quality and prevents variations in the supply chain.
Facilitates understanding of quality requirements along the entire supply chain (suppliers/subcontractors).
Adoption of a flexible and simple process approach: IATF 16949 follows ISO 9001, facilitating integration with other management systems such as ISO 14001 – Environment and ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety.
Use of process improvement tools like FMEA, PPAP and Six Sigma.
Compliance with consistent, standardized international quality system requirements, enhancing company reputation as a global supplier of excellence.
Strengthening of brand reputation: certification generates more confidence and consistency for global supply stakeholders, expanding business opportunities and attracting more investments.
Improvements in the quality of supply chain components and processes.
Reduction of costs by avoiding redundancies: for suppliers of different vehicle manufacturers, IATF 16949 certification eliminates the need for multiple certificates in VDA6.1, EAQF, QS-9000 and AVSF, eliminating redundancies in preparation and documentation, as well as in second and third party audits.
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IATF 16949 – What Changes?
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