With QS 9000 just a bad memory, ISO/TS 16949 offers a more flexible, performance-based approach to compliance in the automotive supply chain. McAllister can help the QS survivors to jettison the excess documentation, and can assist those just embarking on TS to achieve a leaner, more focused quality management system.

Our ISO-SIZE^sm process is specifically designed to unclog the documentation drain so that the worthwhile, value-added procedures and work instructions are retained and the rest hit the circular file. Many former QS 9000 companies find this helpful.

ISO/TS 16949, like its’ parent ISO 9001, is process-based. As with ISO 9001, McAllister helps our clients define their processes and performance metrics so that the “critical few” drive quality system activities. Our ISO/TS internal audit approach then aligns ISO/TS requirements with the relevant process(es). The net effect is process based internal auditing that pays serious attention to performance metrics like scrap and rework costs, along with the customer line-of-sight indicators like on-time delivery and order cycle time.

Please also visit our ISO 9001 page for additional details on the many customized ways in which McAllister can help your organization achieve and maintain ISO/TS 16949 compliance.