ISO/TS 16949 Certification Benefits

•    A commercial advantage during contract negotiations
•    A clear focus on continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and reduction of variation and waste
•    Time and cost savings, by avoiding multiple customer specific certification audits
A certified management system according to ISO/TS 16949:
•    enjoys global acceptance with all major automotive manufacturers,
•    improves your overall competitive ability,
•    ensures uniform performance quality on a global scale,
•    helps to optimize processes and to make them transparent,
•    can be combined with ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 to an integrated management system.
•    Reduced costs - it will lead to improved product and process quality, thus reducing costs.
•    Confidence in bidding - it will give your company more confidence when you bid for global sourcing contracts.
•    Saves time and money - it reduces the need for multiple second and third party audits.
•    Supplier of choice - it helps you to gain work with many of the world's largest automotive manufacturers which include certification to ISO/TS 16949 as a contractual requirement.
•    Easily integrated - it is easy to integrate with standards you're already using because it is based on ISO 9001.
As vehicles become increasingly complex, so too do the automotive development and manufacturing supply chains. If you are a manufacturer or supplier, standards help you guarantee and optimize the quality of your products.
A certified quality management system is much more than a gateway to new markets or customers. It is a blueprint for sustained business success.
The benefits of Oxford Cert Universal providing your organisation with certification services, utilizing skilled auditors who understand the automotive industry, include:
•    Reduction in multiple supplier / third party assessments
•    Increased customer confidence for global sourcing
•    Reduced business risk
•    Improvement of overall quality management system
•    License to trade
For most vehicle manufacturers, certification is a mandatory requirement that is internationally recognized – helping you to do business worldwide.
•    Reduces waste and prevents defects
The specification is based on ISO 9001 and encourages a process approach. Understanding the inter-relationship of processes through the use of the standard can enable improved product and process quality and ultimately avoids variation in the supply chain.
•    Flexible and easy to adopt
ISO /TS 16949 is based on ISO 9001, making the process approach easy to adopt and integrate with other key management systems including ISO 14001 Environment and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety. It also complements many existing business improvement tools, such as FMEA, PPAP and Six Sigma.
•    Brand reputation
Certification can provide additional confidence and consistency to all interested parties in global sourcing, enabling greater business opportunities and attracting more investment prospects.
•    Saves money by avoiding duplication
For suppliers to a number of different vehicle manufacturers, certification to ISO/TS 16949:2002 avoids the need for multiple certificates to VDA6.1, EAQF, QS-9000 and AVSF, thereby eliminating duplication in preparation and documentation as well as second- and third-party audits.
Certification to ISO/TS 16949 from Oxford Cert allows you to:
•    Optimize the quality of your products and processes
•    Obtain a ringing endorsement for your products around the world
•    Bring peace of mind for your customers
•    Earmark the resources that are freed up for other quality initiatives
•    Provide incontrovertible proof of your merit to an international audience

Oxford Cert  Services
•    Certification - Oxford Cert offer assessment and certification against ISO/TS 16949.
•    Internal AuditAssessments - Oxford Cert offer gap analysis, preliminary assessments to prepare you for certification.
•    Training -Oxford Cert offer training which will prepare you and your staff before and after the certification process.
Our experienced Client Managers are the most experienced automotive assessors in the industry and can enable you to achieve continual improvements.