Originally posted by SniperMan
What's the deal with TS 16949 Marc, when I took this job the company is in the middle of QS 9000 preparation? What will I say to convince then in getting this new standard.
Tell them you researched the situation (and please - do some research beyond what you read here - we've already had a thread on the issue of someone 'abusing' the Cove Forums by using it as a 'sole source' of information...) and that Ford, GM and Chrysler are now mandating a change to TS 16949. Tell them it's about the same thing. Your fight will be with ignorance. I say this because if you're doing QS-9000 in this day and age you're probably pretty far down the supply chain and a customer is exercising their requirement to Supplier Development and the expectation from QS-9000 that you work with your suppliers to develop a quality system based upon QS-9000. In fact,
read this thread and you will see that this has carried over to TS 16949 but instead of developing suppliers to QS it's to ISO 9K2K and it's no longer compliance, but rather registration to.
It will probably not just be a management issue you have to deal with, it will also be an issue with the customer who is requiring QS registration. My first reaction to a customer requiring QS at this point is they're either really ignorant or - well, something's not being communicated. You may have to present the arguement to your customer that Ford-GM-Chrysler have all sent letters which in no uncertain terms say Tier I's shall switch to TS 16949. I think some may be posted around here somewhere. Ford's 'new' Q1 program requires 16949 - not a word about QS.
I do suggest you take some time and browse the threads in the TS forum and the QS forum for some more in depth info (I can't do ALL yur research for you

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Tell them you've seen the future - and it's not QS. It's TS. Most people don't know it but TS 16949 has been the direction since 1998. :thedeal: And good luck!