When will registrars begin audits for IATF 16949:2016?

[julsbear]

Has anyone heard when audits to IATF 16949:2016 will begin? Or do we need to wait for the guidance to be published in November?

 

[LUV-d-4UM]

Not that I know of.

 

[Golfman25]

You kind of need the standard first.

 

[Lieven]

Hello,

Latest news and timing:
Standard published October 1st
New Rules published November 1st
The earliest the external audits can start is January 1st 2017, if the auditors are already qualified of course.

 

[Stijloor]

Thank you for responding. For the benefit of our Members, can you cite the source of this information?

 

[Sidney Vianna]

Good question. Until further notice, I would only trust what comes from official sources.

 

[bpritts]

The dates posted by Lieven are consistent with what I have reviewed on the IATF website.

To add my interpretation/ opinion, previous new TS releases have required quite a bit of elapsed time for the majority of auditors to get fully through the training/testing loop, so I would predict a similar auditor supply shortage early in 2017. In addition to the needed time to take the courses and qualification test, invariably a few "seasoned" (at 61 myself I'm not going to call them "old"!!!) auditors to retire from TS practice.

Brad

 

[Helmut Jilling]

Has anyone heard when audits to IATF 16949:2016 will begin? Or do we need to wait for the guidance to be published in November?

that will depend a lot on when your registrar is ready, and when your system is stable and ready....but what is the rush?

 

[julsbear]

I have just joined a young firm with no registration. We are looking to be registered late in the second quarter of 2017. I am exploring our options:


A) Register as planned to TS 16949 on this time frame and have to re-register to IATF in 2018.

B) Register a little later to IATF 16949 and be an early adopter with a possible competitive advantage.


I am unsure how patient our customers will be and how a new system and a newly trained auditor force will work out.

 

[Helmut Jilling]

I have just joined a young firm with no registration. We are looking to be registered late in the second quarter of 2017. I am exploring our options:


A) Register as planned to TS 16949 on this time frame and have to re-register to IATF in 2018.

B) Register a little later to IATF 16949 and be an early adopter with a possible competitive advantage.


I am unsure how patient our customers will be and how a new system and a newly trained auditor force will work out.

You can safely base your implementation efforts on the new ISO 9001:2015, and the requirements in the current TS-16949.

The new structure will be followed in the new IATF 16949, and the current TS requirements will largely remain in place. Then, in a few weeks, when the new IATF 16949 comes out, you can fill in the remaining pieces. If done right, you will not have to undo anything, but I would base it on the new 10-clause structure and not the old 8 clause structure. Of course, the whole thing should be process based in the first place.

Good luck...