VDA 6.8 – Supply Chain Process Audit
How to effectively manage a supply chain?
Learn to assess risks and improve supplier collaboration in the automotive industry.
The “VDA 6.8 – Supply Chain Process Audit” training provides knowledge and practical skills to evaluate and improve processes throughout the automotive supply chain. VDA 6.8 is a recognized guideline for conducting systematic audits at suppliers and subcontractors, enabling the identification of risks, nonconformities, and improvement potentials. The VDA 6.8 standard represents an evolution in auditing within the automotive industry, shifting the focus from traditional production processes to comprehensive supply chain management.
Training Program Highlights
- Introduction to process audits in the automotive industry.
- Links between VDA 6.8, VDA 6.3, IATF 16949, and OEM requirements.
- Definitions, sources of requirements, objectives
- Placing the supply chain process audit in the automotive industry quality standard
- Scope of application
- Identification of supply chain process risks – the turtle model
- Auditor qualifications
- Auditor code
- Guidelines for conducting remote and hybrid audits
- Potential analysis: definition, process, assessment
- Implementation: discussion of the catalog of questions L1 – L7:
- L1 – Project management / strategy
- L2 – Logistics process planning
- L3 – Supplier and service provider management
- L4 – Supply logistics
- L5 – Transport logistics
- L6 – Internal logisticsL
- 7 – Customer management
12. Supply chain process audit assessment
12.1 Assessment of individual questions
12.2 Demotion rules
12.3 Overall assessment
12.4 Presentation of results: discussion of the VDA Analysis Tools
Practical exercises – case studies, example audit reports.
Training objectives
Familiarize participants with the requirements of VDA 6.8.
Gain skills to plan and conduct supply chain process audits.
Understand the role of audits in ensuring supply chain stability and transparency.
Prepare participants for practical application of VDA guidelines in daily work.
Target Audience
Internal and supplier auditors.
Quality, purchasing, and logistics professionals.
Supply chain managers and coordinators.
Supplier development engineers and specialists.
Participant Benefits
Ability to plan and perform process audits according to VDA 6.8.
Deeper understanding of OEM and Tier-1 requirements in supply chain management.
Skills to assess supplier risks and improvement opportunities.
Practical tools and checklists ready to use in audits.
Organizational Benefits
Stronger control over the supply chain.
Reduced risks related to quality issues and delivery delays.
Building transparent, partnership-based relationships with suppliers.
Increased compliance with OEM and industry requirements.
Qualification confirmation
E-certificate
Training duration
2 days x 8 hours
Training price
In order to get an offer please send a request to: contact@qualitywise.pl.
Documents
Terms and conditions you will find here.
Contact
For additional questions, other training dates or a dedicated training offer for your company, please contact Qualitywise®!
