qalsang
21st October 2008, 06:39 AM
We are currently ISO and TS certified. The main reason that the company went for TS certification about 3 years ago was bacause we were having
a new business with a subcontactor supplying assembly modules for automotives. We list the subcon as our automotive customer.
We have stopped producing the component for the subcons since beginning
this year due to the business being awarded to another subcontactor.
We do not have other automotive customers.
Our TS certificates valid till March 2009. What will happen to our TS certification?
Stijloor
21st October 2008, 06:24 PM
We are currently ISO and TS certified. The main reason that the company went for TS certification about 3 years ago was bacause we were having a new business with a subcontractor supplying assembly modules for automotives. We list the subcon as our automotive customer.
We have stopped producing the component for the subcons since beginning
this year due to the business being awarded to another subcontractor.
We do not have other automotive customers.
Our TS certificates valid till March 2009. What will happen to our TS certification?
An interesting situation indeed. The "safest" way to make absolutely sure what to do is to contact your registrar/certification body.
Stijloor.
howste
21st October 2008, 08:46 PM
What do you want to happen? Are you trying to get more automotive business? If not, there's no point in maintaining the certification anyway, and you should probably just go to ISO 9001. If you want to stay in the automotive business, you may have to find another customer quickly.
If you don't supply automotive products, then your company is no longer eligible for certification to TS 16949. I agree with Stijloor - contact your registrar to discuss your options
Murphy's Law
22nd October 2008, 01:54 AM
If you have no more automotive business, then let it expire. IMO, It is an unecessary expense.
On otherhand you could maintain the TS certification but difficulty will be validating future products for the design process.
If you have adopted a TS design process as the default to include APQP process,(ie catalog part but no active customers where you do FMEAs, control plans, MSAs etc) then you can still be audited against TS16949.
