IATF:16949 Common Quality Manual - Company is in Country A and Country B

[mohamedhrr]

Our Company is in Country A and country B.
Some of the Departments in country B are remote functions for Plant in Country A.(product design, process design and purchasing).
Plant in Country B has its Quality manual and procedures and is certified for ISO/TS 16949.
While going for certification of Plant A, do we need to follow the Quality manual and procedures of Plant B or we need to prepare our own Quality manual and Procedures.

 

[AMIT BALLAL]

Hi!

Standard doesn't mandate whether you should follow a corporate Quality manual or not. Its upto you about what you want to follow.

You'll need to have some common procedures/ procedures should be readily available for support processes (If A is supporting B or B is supporting A for any process), product design, process design and purchasing in your case.


Thanks,
Amit

 

[mohamedhrr]

 

[cantucb]

Hi!

Standard doesn't mandate whether you should follow a corporate Quality manual or not. Its upto you about what you want to follow.

You'll need to have some common procedures/ procedures should be readily available for support processes (If A is supporting B or B is supporting A for any process), product design, process design and purchasing in your case.


Thanks,
Amit

Hi!

These remote functions do we need to specify them in the quality manual as a justification of exclusions? Or is not necessary? IATF16949:2016 need it in the quality manual?

Thank you in advance.
Carlos

 

[mohamedhrr]

Our remote locations are supporting us for Product design, Process Design and Purchasing activities, hence we need to mention it in our Quality manual.

 

[AMIT BALLAL]

Hi!

These remote functions do we need to specify them in the quality manual as a justification of exclusions? Or is not necessary? IATF16949:2016 need it in the quality manual?

Thank you in advance.
Carlos

You need to specify in your quality manual about which are support / remote location processes. This will come under support processes section, not exclusion since only permitted exclusion is product design.

Though only the remote / supporting location will be audited for those supporting processes.


Thanks,
Amit