Hello Helpful Ones:
I've been lurking here for years and finally managed to get the software to register me. I hope to give as good as I have received. I was project mgr. and QA mgr. for a successful ISO9001-1994 registration at a 2 site, 250 employee, $50m/year co. in 1998 (we converted from a 10CFR50, Appendix B [nuke] system in 9 months). Much help was received here. I am working on convincing "Top Management" at my current employer that a TS2 registration is worth it. Anyway, I don't have any TS16949 experience other than common sense, so take the following with salt:
Word 97 TS16949 "parrot-back" manual (TS2 requirements in blue text)
Word 97 ISO9k2k "short-as-i-can-make-it" manual (this requires one of the interaction descriptions)
Excel 97 "inputs and outputs by section" that IMO covers the interaction of processes verbage
PDF "process map" of the inputs and outputs by section (note that our customer communication section includes internal customer satisfaction ratings and workplace organization ratings so your results may vary).
I was inspired by damonhill's ideal of a 5 page manual. I carefully considered where the information required by each TS2 section would come from and where the output would go. Also, I pared 4.2.2 down to the bare minimum required in the QAM.
Comments encouraged and appreciated,
I hope Marc doesn't kill me for the massive upload,
John Humphries
Vanner, Inc.