ISO 9001:2026, the sixth edition of the world’s most widely used quality management system standard, was officially published on 16 September 2026, replacing ISO 9001:2015. For organizations already operating an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (QMS), the new edition is an evolution rather than a complete rewrite. The familiar structure and core principles remain, including
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On July 1, 2026, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) officially published the highly anticipated, final AIAG-VDA SPC Manual. For decades, suppliers manufacturing parts for both American (AIAG) and German (VDA) OEMs had to navigate an exhausting maze of “dual standards”. A process deemed perfectly capable
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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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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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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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VDA 6.3 Process Audit 4th edition Year 2023 is now published
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On 21July 2021, IATF has revised and reissued a number of Sanctioned Interpretations (SIs) related to the IATF 16949 scheme. Two revised SIs on SI 3 and SI 10 Two new SIs numbered SI 21 and SI 22 The revised SI 3 is related to 6.1.2.3 (Contingency Plans) and is effective November 2021 SI 3
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February started with our team kept busy for our Industry Update Seminar series. On 4 February 2021, Our Industry Update Seminar series ran the AIAG VDA FMEA update. This seminar was held due to popular demand as many of our clients feedback that they could not make it to the last one we had in early December 2020.
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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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On 3 Dec 2020, Our Industry Update Seminar series ran the AIAG VDA FMEA update. The seminar was held in virtual mode online, with participation of of close to 100 delegates from more than 50 organizations within the automotive supply chain. It was great to see such enthusiasm despite the country-wide lockdown movement control restriction
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The fifth Revision of the IATF Measures Against Covid-19 document dated 30 October 2020 introduces the option of remote auditing. Remote audit can be applied for Initial, surveillance and re-certification audits. The primary key points are summarized below. IATF requires that audits due from 1 January 2021 onwards be conducted onsite or remotely. This would
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After having delivered close to 20 years of FMEA workshops, one question we have always asked the workshop participants is ” Who is the rightful process owner of FMEA?”. Most of the time the answer we hear from the participants is either Cross functional team or multidisciplinary team. However, when probed for the actual practice,
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In many of FMEA workshops that we have run in the last six months, one acronym which usually raises the curiosity is the ‘FMEA-MSR’. The phrase ‘MSR’ stands for Monitoring and System Response. It is a new, complementary FMEA introduced as an add-on to Design FMEA. Before we get too excited and start cracking our
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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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AIAG hosted an update webinar in end October as a platform to update members on the OEM expectations after five months of launching the new AIAG VDA FMEA manual in June 2019. Below is a summary of key points covered. IATF members/ OEM vehicle makers direction to use the new FMEA: AIAG sought feedback from
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