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Five Key Changes in the New ISO 14001:2026 You Need to Know Now

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On 15 April 2026, the world of environmental management officially entered a new era with the publication of ISO 14001:2026. This technical revision marks the most significant update in over a decade, ensuring that the world’s most recognized environmental management system (EMS) standard is equipped to handle the urgent challenges of our changing planet. Five […]

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What’s New in the AIAG-VDA SPC Yellow Volume 2026?

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The release of the AIAG-VDA SPC Yellow Volume in February 2026 represents a significant shift in how SPC is defined, applied, and integrated within quality management systems. Developed jointly by Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), the manual harmonizes North American and European approaches into a unified global framework. The draft

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What are the Key Changes for AIAG APQP 3rd Edition & AIAG Control Plan 1st Edition?

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Industry Update Series Industry Update Seminar – APQP 3rd Edition & Control Plan 1st Edition On 14 June 2024, we held two sessions of our Industry Update Series for the updates on AIAG APQP 3rd edition and the new AIAG Control Plan 1st Edition.  The seminar was held in a virtual webinar format with more

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3 Perspectives: Why is it important to maintain auditor competency?

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For many organizations implementing the IATF 16949 system, qualifying and maintaining auditor is always a process requiring more resources and time consuming. Compared to the typical ISO9001, IATF specifically require a longer and more in-depth list of competencies as stated in the requirements under 7.3.2 Internal auditor competency, as follows: Quality management system auditors shall

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IATF 16949 Sanctioned Interpretations is Updated – August 2020!

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Last week, IATF published additional updates on the Sanctioned Interpretations document. An additional SI #19 on section 8.4.2.4 for Supplier Monitoring is put up. This updates solves a decade-old of an issues related to premium freight for suppliers. For years, many organizations implementing the IATF 16949 scheme has always raise this question: ‘why do i

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AIAG VDA FMEA: Why is the three-tier structure built into the new FMEA?

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In the past, when team convene to perform FMEA, there is a generic intuition that team members would draw on their experience when identifying failure modes. While past experience is a good source of reference, sole dependence on this as a source for identifying failure modes often leads to poor coverage for FMEA scope. This

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Covid-19 Guidance for Certification Added IATF Monitoring Process

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IATF has just updated the Covid-19 measures guidance for certification audit. It’s now at revision 2 dated 27 April 2020 with a new section for IATF16949 monitoring. IATF has clarified that the IATF16949 monitoring is NOT a remote audit like what other ISO-related schemes are performing. Instead, it is a temporary measure for ‘surveillance’ purpose

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for IATF16949 Certification Measures Against Covid-19

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With the Covid-19 lock-down period extended for most countries around the world, some impending questions begin to rise as we work from home. Below we have compiled some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for reference. If you have other situation not addressed here, contact us at contact@leoardent.com. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Q1:         With

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Certification To ISO Schemes Allowed to Defer Due to Covid-19

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As everyone stays at home for respective countries’ lockdown, be it Movement Control Order in Malaysia or Circuit Breaker in Singapore, some of us may find ourselves working from home. The longer the lock down period stretches, the more worries we have over impending deadlines. One of them is next certification audit dates for our

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IATF 16949 Series: What is Customer Specific Requirement?

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Customer Specific Requirement or more commonly known by their acronym, CSR, is often a confusing terminology for many. The term CSR is often incorrectly used interchangeably with the term customer requirements (CR). What is the difference between CSR and CR? In the context of IATF 16949 for automotive industry, the definitions are clearly stated as

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APQP: Structured Approach for Automotive and Aerospace Supply Chain

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Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is structured approach to introduce a new product from conceptual stage to eventual mass production. The term APQP was first used in the automotive industry and later adopted in aerospace supply chain. APQP is not necessarily alien to other industries as the process of introducing a new product or service

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IATF Sanctioned Interpretations Update November 2019 Focus on Cyber Security Threads

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In the latest update from IATF, cyber security is now more prominent. The requirements related to contingency plans and plant, facility and equipment planning are now updated with additional focus give to needs for controls related to cyber security thread. This is where adoption of new technology changes the way the automotive industry operates. With

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