【正文】 certification body. 42 ISO/TS 16949 ? Audit Activities cont’d ? The certification body shall record this fact in its data base. ? The initial audit shall be pleted within a 3 month period from the document review. Multiple visits for initial audit are not permitted. ? Team of 2 auditors minimum if auditordays requirements exceed 4. 43 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Mandays for certification to ISO/TS 16949 Au d ite d En tity: Nu mb er of Emp loyee s In iti al Au d it (On site man d ays ) S u rve il lance Au d its [years 1 and 2]: (On site man d ays with in e ach 12 Month Pe ri od ) Re ce rti fic ation Au d it [year 3]: (On site man d ays ) 1 15 2 2 2 16 30 4 2 2 31 60 5 3 3 61 100 6 3 4 101 250 8 4 5 251 500 10 5 7 501 1000 12 6 8 1001 2023 15 7 10 2023 4000 18 9 12 4001 21 11 14 44 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities Requirements on audit mandays ? Initial Audit (Onsite Mandays) cannot include preaudit and/or document review. ? Onsite review of corrective actions arising from the initial audit will be additional to the specified audit mandays. ? The only deviations permitted from this chart is an upgrade from the current third party certifications to AVSQ, EAQF, QS9000 or . 45 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont?d Each audit shall include auditing on all shifts. If weekend crews are dedicated and nonrotating, then auditing of the weekend shifts is also required. ? Non design capable suppliers may reduce onsite audit mandays by 15%. ? The certification body shall prepare monthly audit schedule (to forward to A/B and IATF mon database). ? Site audit + reports ? 46 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d ? Initial certification audit activities shall be conducted according to the following rules: – Use of the “Checklist to ISO/TS 16949” – Check list to be covered in each site included in certification scope (no site sampling allowed) – Review effectiveness of the implementation of the ISO/TS 16949 requirements and for effectiveness in practice, related to planned and achieved quality performance. 47 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d – Major nonconformities may provide a basis for termination of the audit by the supplier in consultation with the audit team leader. In this case audit team leader will stop the certification process immediately: a report will be prepared for the certification body (copy for the Supplier) ? The certification body will record the reasons for termination in their database and report to IATF. When this occurs, any reaudit shall mence from the beginning of the process. 48 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d ? At the end of the site visit, the Lead auditor conducts the final presentation and releases a draft report including: – description of all nonconformities – opportunities for improvement – audit team remendations to certification mittee ? Under no circumstances can a nonconformity be identified as an opportunity for improvement. 49 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d ? Audit team leader within 15 working days after the end of the site visit will send to the supplier and the certification body the final report: – Scope products customer specific requirements with issue level – Summary of audited elements and related results – Nonconformities as evidenced during the audit process – Opportunities for improvement 50 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d – Audit team (plus additional technical experts if any) – Crossreferences to supplier quality system documentation ? Nonconformities shall be acknowledged by the supplier. ? The auditor shall record all nonconformities identified on the audit report even if the corrective action is implemented immediately. 51 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d ? For each nonconformity the Supplier shall perform corrective action within three months from the end of the site visit. The supplier will inform the audit team of corrective actions and target date for implementation. ? Upon verification of corrective action, a supplementary report shall be issued by the audit team to acpany the final audit report. 52 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Activities cont’d ? The audit team may propose to the certification body a followup visit in order to verify the implementation of corrective actions. ? Certificates will be issued only if there is 100% pliance to requirements which means that nonconformities found during the audit are 100% resolved within three months of the start of the onsite audit. 53 ISO/TS 16949 Audit Team ? The audit team shall provide a full report on the operations audited to the supplier within 15 working days of each initial and surveillance audit unless otherwise agreed by the supplier. Auditors shall identify opportunities for improvement without remending specific solutions. These opportunities shall be included in the report to the supplier. ? Authorization to provide the final report shall be specified in the certification contract between the certification body and the supplier. 54 ISO/TS 16949 Other Requirements ? Consultants to the supplier cannot participate in the audit. ? Certification bodies shall notify the IATF of all scheduled audits including witness audits and shall allow IATF members, or their designates, to attend. ? Certificates to ISO/TS 16949 shall only be issued by IATF contracted certification body offices for a maximum validity of three years. 55 ISO/TS 16949 Other Requirements cont’d ? Upgrading of a current automotive certificate, AVSQ, EAQF, QS9000, VDA , by one of the IATF contracted certification bodies will be taken into account prior to the initial as