Automotive Quality Systems Handbook

* The only complete ISO/TS 16949:2002 (TS2) reference: essential for understanding both TS2 and ISO 9001:2000
* TS2 becomes mandatory for all auto manufacturers and their many thousands of suppliers in 2006
* Includes details of the certification scheme, the differences with previous standards, check lists, questionnaires, tips for implementers, flow charts and a glossary of terms
* David Hoyle is one of the world's leading quality management authors

ISO/TS 16949:2002 (TS2) will have a huge impact on the whole of the automobile industry as it formalises, under a single world-wide standard, the quality system that must be met by vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers. This handbook is the only comprehensive guide to understanding and satisfying the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002. Written by best-selling quality author David Hoyle (ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook) this new book is ideal for those new to the standard or establishing a single management system for the first time, as well as those migrating from existing quality management systems. It will suit quality system managers and quality professionals across the automotive industry, managers and executive level readers, consultants, auditors, trainers and students of management and quality.The only complete ISO/TS 16949:2002 (TS2) reference: essential for understanding both TS2 and ISO 9001:2000

ISO/TS 16949:2002 (TS2) certification is mandatory for thousands of suppliers to major automobile manufacturers. It has had a huge impact on the automobile industry as it formalises, under a single global standard, the quality management system requirements that must be satisfied by those that trade in this multi-billion dollar industry. This handbook is the only comprehensive guide to understanding and fulfilling the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002. Written by best-selling author on quality management David Hoyle, this book is ideal for anyone new to the standard or establishing a quality management system for the first time, as well as those migrating from existing quality management systems.

• The only complete guide to understanding and applying the requirements of the international specification ISO/TS 16949:2002
• Explains each of the 400 requirements and how they are implemented in the context of a process-based management system
• Includes the basic concepts of the certification scheme, comparison with previous standards, check lists, questionnaires, tips for users, flow charts and a glossary of terms
• Crucial for positioning the quality management system at the heart of management strategies and objectives throughout the automotive industry

The Automotive Quality Systems Handbook enables organizations to understand and fulfil the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002, as well as ISO 9000:2000. Comprehensive and easy-to-follow, it suits managers, quality professionals, consultants, auditors, trainers and students of management and quality across the automotive industry.

David Hoyle is an international management consultant with over 30 years' experience in quality management. He has held senior positions in quality management with British Aerospace and Ferranti International and worked with such companies as General Motors, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Bell Atlantic on their quality improvement programmes. As well as delivering quality management and auditor training courses throughout the world, he has participated in various industry councils and committees, including the Institute of Quality Assurance.