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Kevin H
ISO/TS 16949:2000, Clause 7.4.1.2 – What are you doing to foster supplier quality man
There have been several discussions on the Cove regarding the requirements for supplier quality management system development to include compliance with ISO/TS 16949 and registration to ISO 9001. I have not noticed one that lets us discuss the actions our organizations are taking to meet that requirement. I don’t mean exempting suppliers from the requirement because they are distributors and don’t add value to the purchased product. Nor do I mean sending a letter to your customers asking them to exempt xyz supplier from the requirement for supplier quality management system development. I’m particularly interested in the response from smaller companies, as we are a tier 2 supplier of bulk materials to the automotive industry with current employment of about 170 people spread over 3 manufacturing locations.
What we’ve done so far is ascertain the quality management system status of our suppliers, and send out a letter to our suppliers indicating that we are ISO/TS registered and requesting that they get registered to ISO 9001, and to let us know what their plans to do so are. I personally do not see that as doing supplier quality management development, but support the company line during our surveillance audits by our registrar. (I’m not the quality department manager.)
What we are receiving from our customers, the tier 1’s, is pretty much the same thing a letter/request to become ISO 9001:2000 registered and TS compliant, which I respond to with copies of our certification to both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949. Some of the larger customers add their supplier quality manual into the mix.
One activity that we haven’t done that comes to mind is to plan and host a seminar for our non-registered suppliers on developing and implementing an ISO 9001:2000 based quality management system. I’m not certain how much buy-in we’d get, but it would be a step in direction of true QMS development.
Are any Cove members doing anything innovative to foster quality management system development in their suppliers, especially smaller suppliers that you’d like to or are willing to tell us about?
There have been several discussions on the Cove regarding the requirements for supplier quality management system development to include compliance with ISO/TS 16949 and registration to ISO 9001. I have not noticed one that lets us discuss the actions our organizations are taking to meet that requirement. I don’t mean exempting suppliers from the requirement because they are distributors and don’t add value to the purchased product. Nor do I mean sending a letter to your customers asking them to exempt xyz supplier from the requirement for supplier quality management system development. I’m particularly interested in the response from smaller companies, as we are a tier 2 supplier of bulk materials to the automotive industry with current employment of about 170 people spread over 3 manufacturing locations.
What we’ve done so far is ascertain the quality management system status of our suppliers, and send out a letter to our suppliers indicating that we are ISO/TS registered and requesting that they get registered to ISO 9001, and to let us know what their plans to do so are. I personally do not see that as doing supplier quality management development, but support the company line during our surveillance audits by our registrar. (I’m not the quality department manager.)
What we are receiving from our customers, the tier 1’s, is pretty much the same thing a letter/request to become ISO 9001:2000 registered and TS compliant, which I respond to with copies of our certification to both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949. Some of the larger customers add their supplier quality manual into the mix.
One activity that we haven’t done that comes to mind is to plan and host a seminar for our non-registered suppliers on developing and implementing an ISO 9001:2000 based quality management system. I’m not certain how much buy-in we’d get, but it would be a step in direction of true QMS development.
Are any Cove members doing anything innovative to foster quality management system development in their suppliers, especially smaller suppliers that you’d like to or are willing to tell us about?