Will TS16949 supersede QS-9000? Is QS-9000 Dead Meat?

[KHAN786]

With referance to TS 16949:
1)Will it supersede QS-9000?
2)Can a company be registered to ISO/TS 16949?
3)How does the revision of the ISO 9001: 2000 standard influence the automotive industry?

The answers will be highly appreciated!

 

[Don Watt]

Good questions,
I'd be very interested to see the answer to these, particularly what effect the Y2K version of ISO 9000 will have on QS9000 / TS16949.

 

[Marc]

Originally posted by KHAN786:

With referance to TS 16949:
1)Will it supersede QS-9000?

See Elsmar.com/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000014.html and Elsmar.com/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000009.html I think it's pretty obvious QS-9000 is for all intents and purposes dead. I'll bet you money it will not be revised again. I'll give it 3 years but its importance has already been seriously diminished.

2)Can a company be registered to ISO/TS 16949?

Read Elsmar.com/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000036.html - a company just went through it. I asked the person who the registrar was in the thread and the person replied that he would not reveal the registrar's name. This leads me to wonder whether it was a real registration. I cannot for the life of me understand why a registrar would care if their name was mentioned. Most registrars like to 'advertise' their clients and how many companies they have registered.

You might also want to read Elsmar.com/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000019.html

3)How does the revision of the ISO 9001: 2000 standard influence the automotive industry?

It affects ISO as it evolves (consider the 'new' Customer Satisfaction focus).

[This message has been edited by Marc Smith (edited 22 April 2000).]