Map IATF 16949 clause requirements against current site practice to identify implementation gaps.
Quality & Productivity
IATF 16949 Automotive Quality Management System Implementation
Implement an IATF 16949 quality management system for automotive suppliers, covering APQP, PPAP submissions, AIAG-VDA FMEA, control plans and the internal audit programme needed for certification.
🗓️Duration5 training days
📚Content4 modules · 8 sessions
🎓On completionAccredited attendance certificate
About the programme
Course Overview
IATF 16949 sets the quality management system requirements that automotive manufacturers impose on every tier of their supply chain, built on ISO 9001 but adding automotive-specific requirements for product safety, error-proofing, control plans and the core tools that run through the whole product life cycle. This course takes participants through the standard clause by clause, then into the five core tools that IATF 16949 assumes are already in use: advanced product quality planning to sequence development gates, potential failure mode and effects analysis under the current AIAG-VDA methodology to identify and control risk, measurement system analysis to confirm gauges are fit for purpose, statistical process control to monitor stability, and production part approval process submissions that prove a part is ready for volume production. Sessions cover building a control plan that ties directly back to the FMEA, preparing a PPAP submission package at the correct level for a given customer, and running the internal audit and management review cycle that IATF 16949 certification bodies expect to see operating, not just documented. Participants leave with a gap assessment template and a core tools implementation roadmap for their own site.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Sequence advanced product quality planning gates for a new automotive part introduction.
Build a potential failure mode and effects analysis using the current AIAG-VDA methodology.
Develop a control plan that links directly to FMEA controls and reaction plans.
Assemble a production part approval process submission package at the required level.
Verify measurement systems and process capability meet automotive customer requirements.
Run an internal audit and management review programme that satisfies certification auditors.
Who Should Attend
Quality managers preparing an automotive site for IATF 16949 certification or recertification.
Engineers responsible for APQP, PPAP and FMEA submissions to automotive customers.
Supplier quality staff auditing tier two and tier three automotive suppliers.
Process and product engineers building control plans for new automotive programmes.
Internal auditors assigned to the IATF 16949 internal audit programme.
Quality managers transitioning a site from ISO 9001 to IATF 16949 requirements.
Course Modules
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01Understanding IATF 16949 requirements and gap assessment
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Structure of the standard and automotive-specific clauses
- Compare IATF 16949 clause structure with ISO 9001 to identify the automotive-specific additions.
- Interpret requirements for product safety, error-proofing and embedded software where applicable.
- Apply customer-specific requirements alongside the base IATF 16949 clause requirements.
- Identify certification body expectations for scope, sites and process exclusions.
Session 2Conducting a readiness and gap assessment
- Run a clause-by-clause gap assessment against current documented and actual practice.
- Prioritise gaps by risk to certification timing and to customer delivery commitments.
- Build an implementation roadmap sequencing core tools work ahead of the certification audit.
- Assign process owners accountable for closing each identified gap with a target date.
02Advanced product quality planning and FMEA
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Sequencing APQP through the product life cycle
- Sequence APQP gates from concept approval through to production and feedback phases.
- Define entry and exit criteria for each APQP phase with the cross-functional team.
- Build a design and process FMEA timeline aligned to the APQP gate schedule.
- Coordinate APQP deliverables with customer programme timing and milestone reviews.
Session 2Building FMEA under the AIAG-VDA methodology
- Apply the seven-step AIAG-VDA FMEA process to identify failure modes and effects.
- Rate severity, occurrence and detection using the current AIAG-VDA action priority tables.
- Link FMEA special characteristics through to the control plan and inspection instructions.
- Review and update FMEA documents when a process, design or field failure changes.
03Control plans, measurement systems and PPAP
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Developing control plans linked to FMEA
- Translate FMEA controls into a control plan specifying method, frequency and reaction plan.
- Identify special characteristics requiring statistical process control on the control plan.
- Verify control plan consistency with work instructions and inspection standards on the floor.
- Update control plans following engineering changes, process changes or customer complaints.
Session 2Measurement system analysis and PPAP submission
- Run gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies to qualify measurement systems.
- Assess process capability indices required before a PPAP submission can proceed.
- Assemble a PPAP submission package at the level requested by the customer.
- Respond to PPAP rejection or interim approval requests with corrective evidence.
04Internal audits, management review and sustaining certification
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Running the internal audit programme
- Plan an internal audit schedule covering process, product and system audits over the year.
- Train internal auditors to audit against IATF 16949 clauses and customer-specific requirements.
- Record findings, root causes and corrective actions from internal audits with evidence.
- Prepare objective evidence packages ahead of third-party surveillance and recertification audits.
Session 2Management review and continual improvement
- Structure a management review covering audit results, customer feedback and quality objectives.
- Track warranty, field return and customer scorecard data as management review inputs.
- Set quality objectives that cascade from management review into departmental action plans.
- Sustain certification readiness between audits through ongoing internal audit evidence.
What the participant receives
4 course modules
A structured syllabus
8 training sessions
across 5 days
32 detailed points
Applied, detailed content
Accredited attendance certificate
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