Saturday, December 11, 2010

ISO/TS 16949: Analysis of the Diffusion and Current Trends



The automotive industry has always shown a particular interest toward quality management systems, which resulted in the development of several different specific standards. As a result of this, by the mid-1980s, automotive suppliers were subject to numerous national and customer specific regulations. The proliferation of these standards and the need to create a single reference model led to Technical Specification (TS) 16949, an ISO technical specification aimed at representing a comprehensive  quality management system for the global automotive industry. Since its early introduction, TS 16949 has encountered a certain success thanks to its feature of unifying and harmonizing the already existing standards.The enclosed paper studies the global evolution and diffusion of this technical specification, observing its impact on the local economies. The argument is supported by many empirical data.

Therefore, I'm inviting you to "see" how ISO/TS 16949 has been binding itself on the automotive world

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