Certification of ISO

The scope of certification shall include all products supplied to customers subscribing to the certification of ISO/TS 16949. A supplier cannot exclude products and services from the audit scope if any such products and services are provided to subscribing members - hence the auditor needs to know who the subscribing members are. 

The movement by industry groups such as the ISO, which attempts to provide recognized standards for many industries, was also grounded in a systems approach with the publication and certification of ISO 9000 series and later with ISO 2000 9004 (www.iso.org), which is based on QMS establishment and eventually continuous improvements once processes become stable. 

Certification of ISO 14001 - In order to comply with the requirements of EMAS, the ISO 14001 certificate must be issued under one of the accreditation procedures recognized by the European Commission. 

In the automotive industry an addition to ISO 9001 exists, called ISO TS 16949 [3]. It describes additions especially to the product development and production, which developed into standards in this industry. Today, in order for a distributor to be able to supply automotive manufacturers, the certification of ISO TS 16949 is an essential basic. Manufacturers from Asia stiU refer to different standards, based on historical reasons. Especially in Japan, quality requirements focus more on the ideals of the six-sigma-philosophy (for example DESS, Design for Six Sigma). In particular the static analysis and trial methods mentioned in Masing s book, in DSFF as well as in functional safety are often based on comparable principles. ISO TS 16949 asks in the following chapters for essential basics for functional safety according to ISO 26262 ... 

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