Quality Management System Planning for the New Year
Quality Management System Planning in a new year is a natural milestone for most organizations. On the one hand, it is a time to close…
Recruitment For the Quality Department
Recruitment for the quality department has always required precision. Yet today, in an era shaped by artificial intelligence, data-driven decision-making and automation, it…
VDA Field Failure Analysis – How to Analyze Defective Parts from the Market?
VDA Field Failure Analysis is a solution for: when a “broken” part turns out to be fine.Every driver knows this scenario: something rattles,…
Homologation in Automotive – A Complete Guide for Suppliers
In the past, suppliers often saw homologation as the final administrative step before product launch – a box to tick once design and…
Cybersecurity in the Automotive Industry According to TISAX (VDA ISA)
TISAX is a result of why cybersecurity in automotive is no longer optional. Why? The automotive industry is in the midst of a…
Competencies in Quality Management System
Competencies and Quality Management System (QMS) – is there a connection?In the automotive industry, QMS ensures high product quality and compliance with standards….
ISO/DIS 9001 Is Out: What’s Really Changing—and What You Should Do Now
On 27 August 2025 the Draft International Standard (DIS) for ISO 9001 (ISO/DIS 9001)was published, opening a formal 12-week ballot and comment period…
Cost of Poor Quality – How to Reduce it?
In a competitive manufacturing environment, understanding the true cost of poor quality (COPQ) is important for any organization striving for long-term success. The…
Training Within Industry
How do you effectively get a person to understand and execute a task? In Automotive Manufacturing, many OEM’s use a method called Training…
Warranty management – Legal Requirements
Warranty management – its essence, process in the organization and requirements of a quality management system certified for compliance with IATF 16949 were…
Warranty management – the idea, process and QMS requirements
Warranty… how many of us have needed to return an item which didn’t work the way we expected or was defective after a…
Problem Solving Methods – Review of 8D, QRQC and A3
In 2024, the automotive industry’s #1 nonconformity (due to its frequency) in third-party IATF 16949 audits was problem solving. It can therefore be…