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PRINCIPLES OF CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO ISO/TS 16949

The certificate issued by an independent accredited certification body guarantees that the quality management system has been established, documented and used in accordance with the requirements of ISO/TS 16949. This working group IATF (International Automotive Task Force) consists of car manufacturers and industrial associations. This technical specification ISO/TS 16949 lays down requirements for the quality management system in organizations engaged in series production and production of spare parts in automotive industry.
Considering the specific requirements of car manufacturers in respect of their suppliers’ quality management system and harmonization thereof, the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 standards were supplemented by the international working group for automotive sector (IATF) and issued summarily as a technical specification ISO/TS 16949. This working group IATF (International Automotive Task Force) consists of car manufacturers and industrial associations. This technical specification ISO/TS 16949 lays down requirements for the quality management system in organizations engaged in series production and production of spare parts in automotive industry.

BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

• Possibility to supply products and services to automotive industry;
• Integrated approach to the quality management system – elimination of multiple certification audits (ISO 9001, VDA 6.1, QS 9000);
• Recognition of the certification according to ISO/TS 16949 by foreign customers;
• Preferring prevention of defects and reducing variability and losses in the supply chain;
• Identification, management and continual improvement of processes implemented in the organization (customer-oriented processes, auxiliary processes and management processes);
• Application of modern methods and tools for the organization’s management and quality of supplied services and products;
• Guarantee of production process stability and related quality of products and services supplied to customers;
• Attestation of suitability, efficiency and effectiveness of the established quality management system by an independent third party;
• Enhancing trust of the public and public monitoring bodies;
• Established system responding flexibly to changes in customer requirements, legislative requirements as well as changes within an organization.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Certification is carried out by approved auditors of DQS (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Zertifizierung von Managementsystemen GmbH ) according to DQS procedures. ITC has one trained and approved auditor (Ing. František Mikuláštík), who communicates with clients and conducts certification of the quality management system according to ISO/TS 16949 in co-operation with IQNet and the accredited certification body DQS.
The certification process consists of 3 basic phases:

1) Elaboration of documentation
2) Putting QMS into practice
3) Certification by an accredited certification body
4) Surveillance audit

Certification by the accredited certification body No. 3002
-    Registration of application for certification and its examination;
-    Agreement between the certification body and the organization;
-    Appointing a team of auditors;
-    1st stages audit – examination of preparedness;
-    2nd stages audit – audit of the manufacturing site;
-    Elaboration of the final report;
-    Management of nonconformities;
-    Issuance of the certificate;
-    Record into the IATF database.

RELATED SERVICES

• Certification of Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
• Certification of Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
• Certification of occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001)
• Assessment of conformity of products to the requirements of European directives (CE marking of products)
• Product certification by the Accredited Certification Body for Products No.3020
• Testing of products, ATEST ITC
• Calibration, verification of standards and measuring instruments
  
• Voluntary certification – “ITC – certified quality“ mark
• Technical standardization

CONTACTS

Person	Phone	fax	e-mail
Jaroslav Rapant, Head of Management System Certification Department	+420 577 601 299	+420 577 104 855	qscertitczlin.cz
Frantisek Mikulastik, Certified auditor	+420 572 522 583	+420 577 522 191	audituhitczlin.cz

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Frantisek Mikulastik