| Two of the core tool manuals (namely FMEA and | | | | - The types of audits which require Stage 1 visit |
| APQP) were revised in late 2008 and took effect as | | | | - Actions to be taken in case of “major findings” |
| of 01.11.2008. | | | | in surveillance audits |
| FMEA | | | | - Deadlines to clear the findings at re-certification audits |
| Main changes: | | | | - Audit scope versus “subscriber |
| - Identifying the team and assigning responsibilities | | | | non-subscriber” customer |
| - Defining the scope | | | | - The cases which require notification of the |
| - Link between existing controls and “occurance | | | | organization by the certification body |
| and detection indices” | | | | - Visit deadlines per surveillance visit frequency |
| - Prioritisation of actions | | | | - Details regarding on-site visit day calculations |
| - Severity, occurance and detection evaluation criteria | | | | - The rules regarding time and responsibility |
| - Sample forms | | | | assignments for audit teams with more than one |
| - Link between DFMEA and PFMEA | | | | auditor |
| - “Process Step/Function – Requirement – | | | | - The shall statement regarding the use of a different |
| Potential Failure Mode” analysis for PFMEA | | | | audit team per each audit cycle (should statement in |
| - “Item – Function – Requirement – Failure | | | | former revision) |
| Mode”analysis for DFMEA | | | | - The rules regarding auditing of process |
| - Methods to identify the potential effects (for PFMEA) | | | | performances and customer specific requirements |
| APQP | | | | - The content of “improvement potential” |
| Main changes : | | | | - The rules regarding termination of an audit before |
| - Minor changes to inputs and outputs of APQP | | | | completion |
| phases | | | | - Content and extent of corrective and preventive |
| - “Control plan methodology” fully in-line with ISO | | | | actions to clear audit findings |
| TS 16949 requirements | | | | - The types of audits which require an audit plan |
| The changes regarding automotive certification are not | | | | - Scope and content of Stage 1 audits |
| limited to core tools. | | | | - Rules regarding transfer audits |
| Upon the release of ISO 9001:2008 in November 2008, | | | | - Decertification process details |
| ISO/TS 16949:2002 is subject to revision once again. | | | | (the word “audit” is used to represent “3rd |
| The proposed specification is called ISO/TS | | | | party audits” in the above listing) |
| 16949:2009 and is expected to be released in the first | | | | These and more can be found in respective issues of |
| quarter of 2009. | | | | OdakInfo newsletter (an electronic newsletter |
| Additionally, "Rules for Achieving IATF Recognition" | | | | regarding automotive certification) released by Odak |
| was also revised in late 2008. | | | | Consulting - Savas Kutdemir. |
| Issues clarified and/or revised : | | | | |