QS 9000 or TS 16949

[Alpacs - 2004]

Hi all,

At this moment we are being audited by TUV on our QS 9000.

We are gearing up to start with TS 16949.

The auditors informed us that we did not need to go for the TS 16949, but could continue with our QS 9000 and add on VDA, SSMT etc

I am now confused as as far as I know the QS 9000 will be obselete after December 14 2006!

Does anyone have any information on what they are talking about?

Thanks
Ove

[D.Scott]

Ask your registrar.

It sounds like the auditor is saying you don't need to transition RIGHT NOW. In my opinion the rest of the statement would have to be - but you will need 16949 by 2006. Maybe the auditor is telling you that you still need the VDA, SSMT etc. until 2006.

In any event, QS9000 and 16949 are very different in their approach. You will not get by with QS9000 after 2006. If you do any direct work for Daimler/Chrysler, they have already mandated a transition to 16949.

Hope this helps.

Dave

[remsqa]

hai

Pl note as known by you the QS 9000 is out dated by 2006.But i could not able to understand that why AUDITOR is requesting you to go for VDA etc.

But From the launch of TS 16949 it replaces all QS 9000,VDA 6.1

Better get more clarity to work ahead.But pl plan for ISO TS 16949


REGARDS

R.L.SATTHISH KUMAR

[Alpacs - 2004]

Thanks guys,

Had a little deaper discussion with the auditors. They agreed that what I said was right, but if we continued with QS 9000 until 2006 and added VDA 6.1 etc it would work as well for our German customers and so on.

I figure they would make more revenue in that way.

We are a manufacturer in China and here it is sometimes difficult to get the right answer the first time.

Have now purchased ISO TS16949 2002 and will start the "little" project .