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Automotive

IATF 16949:2016 Quality Management

Plexus helps the Automotive Industry supply chain achieve compliance and obtain real benefit in a variety of quality and business management standards and disciplines including IATF 16949:2016.Our long-time working relationships with industry leaders and oversight bodies include the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), the International Automotive Oversight Bureau (IAOB), and the International Automotive Task Force (IATF).
All IATF 16949 & Core Tools (APQP/PPAP, FMEA, MSA & SPC) training courses delivered by Plexus are AIAG affiliated progams. Plexus is the Certified Global Provider for AIAG Products and Services.

IATF 16949 Training Programs

AIAG Core Tools

The Automotive Quality Core Tools are the building blocks of an effective quality management system. They include Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plan (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Measurement System Analysis (MSA).

Automotive Industry Consulting Services

Our mission is to develop a deep understanding of your organization’s internal processes and business needs, and adapt the scope of our consulting efforts to meet your desired business outcomes. The first step is connecting with a Plexus representative and we’ll carefully assess your unique needs.
QMS Implementation & Integration
Outsourced Auditing & Gap Analysis
Auditor Qualification
New Product Introduction (NPI)
Customer Specific Requirements
Specialized Training Development

Helpful Resources and Tools

Understand the key changes of ISO 19011:2018 in the context of the automotive industry perspective and grow your management system audit tool kit.
Audit Customer Specific Requirements more efficiently using editable IATF 16949 audit matrices that place CSRs from Ford, GM, and FCA next to their applicable IATF 16949 clause number.
Core Tools expert, Jeremy Hazel, and AIAG CEO, Scot Sharland, discuss how to look holistically at your processess, weaponize your quality team, and leverage the AIAG Quality Core Tools to support a sustainable operating cost reduction initiative.
Connect real data form your Process FMEAs and assess the effectiveness of your Control Plan in terms of what your prevention and appraisal activities are really costing your organization.

Management Systems Integration

Save time and resources and reduce costs by combining your organization’s systems into one. Integrating systems makes them more manageable and allows you to be audited to more than one standard at the same time.

The ISO 14001 standard is recognized internationally as a proven methodology for reducing environmental hazards, improving environmental performance, reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and lowering operational costs. Learn more about ISO 14001.
ISO 45001 provides the framework for maintaining safe and healthy workplaces by preventing injury and ill health, and proactively improving Occupational Health and Safety Management System performance while mitigating risk. Learn more about ISO 45001.
We’ll help you integrate the Customer Specific Requirements (CSRs) of your many customers into your existing systems. This includes CSRs for your AS9100 quality management system, your environmental management system, your health and safety management system and more. Talk to us to get started.