Specialist support to implement, upgrade or maintain IATF 16949 — built on real experience delivering the standard across turbocharger, precision component and Tier 1/2 automotive supply chains.
IATF 16949 is the global automotive quality management standard, built on top of ISO 9001 with automotive-specific requirements added: customer-specific requirements (CSRs) from OEMs such as Ford, VW, Stellantis and others; the five core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC); and a stronger emphasis on defect prevention, warranty management and supplier development.
If you supply parts, assemblies or services into the automotive sector — directly to an OEM or as a Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 supplier — IATF 16949 is usually a condition of doing business, not an optional extra. Because it's built on ISO 9001, most clients either hold or implement both together; see our ISO 9001 consultancy page if you need the base standard too.
You've won automotive business, or want to, and need IATF 16949 to qualify or retain approved-supplier status.
You're already certified but need help with CSRs, supplier development, core tools discipline or a weak surveillance audit result.
Gap analysis, documentation and process design against the full IATF 16949 requirement set.
Mapping and embedding the CSRs of your specific OEM customers into your management system.
APQP & control plans, PPAP submission packs, FMEA, MSA and SPC — implemented and coached until your team owns them.
Second-party audits of your own sub-tier suppliers, and support developing underperforming ones.
Audit programmes including VDA 6.3 process audits where your customers require them.
Preparation and on-the-day support through your certification body's IATF 16949 assessment.
We benchmark you against IATF 16949, your relevant CSRs and the core tools, and agree scope and price.
We map customer-specific requirements and build documentation that fits your production processes.
We implement and coach APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC until your engineers can run them unsupported.
We support your certification audit and can retain to keep CSR compliance and core tools discipline live.
If your customers are automotive OEMs or their approved supply chain, they will almost always specify IATF 16949 rather than ISO 9001 alone, because it adds CSRs and the core tools that OEMs rely on. See our ISO 9001 page if you're unsure which applies to you.
APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis) and SPC (Statistical Process Control) — the five AIAG/AIAG-VDA tools that underpin IATF 16949.
Yes. Mapping and embedding customer-specific requirements from OEMs such as Ford, Stellantis and VW into your management system is a core part of this service.
Yes — internal auditor training and core tools courses are available separately on our training page, and are often combined with implementation support.
We quote every project on a fixed-scope basis after a free scoping call, tailored to your customer base and current maturity.
Most of our clients need more than one of these — here's what tends to go together.
Quality management certification, gap analysis and 2026 transition support.
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC implemented and coached until your team owns them.
Structured root cause analysis that closes issues out for good — 8D, 5-Why, CAPA.
Internal audit programmes, VDA 6.3 process audits and second-party supplier audits.
Six Sigma and Lean deployment led by a Master Black Belt to cut cost, waste and variation.
Tell us which OEMs you supply and where you are today, and we'll recommend the fastest route to IATF 16949 certification.
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