Who can benefit from the 16949 certification

Recently, the 16949 certification trend in the domestic auto industry has become increasingly hot. Some OEMs have blindly demanded that their associated parts factories do such certification without fully understanding the 16949 certification, as if such an international certification is more than optimal. However, what is the interest of the 16949 standard? Who will bring benefits? Do Chinese auto companies need to obtain this certification? The two articles published in this edition today all express their opinions on the 16949 certification. We hope that these discussions can cool down the 16949 certification and cause the automotive industry to think deeply about international certification.

16949 certification as a higher industry quality standard, it certainly has its advanced features, and the company obtained 16949 certification does help them to go to the international market, supporting large international companies, so the domestic auto companies keen to do 16949 certification is Understandable. However, can domestic automakers really benefit from it? The answer is not certain.
First of all, the IATF (International Automotive Industry Task Force), which represents the 8 largest automobile groups in the world, does not represent domestic OEMs. In 2002, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers had also tried to communicate with the IATF in order to join the IATF on behalf of China's auto industry. However, it was rejected. Therefore, all the rules of the IATF could not reflect the interests of Chinese auto manufacturers. Secondly, the content of the 16949 certification includes the requirements of the 16949 standard itself and the customer's special requirements. The certification body will only conduct audits for the special requirements of the 8 major auto groups, and will not consider the special requirements of domestic auto companies. Therefore, it is also a 16949 certification certificate. Before it can get it to the top 8 groups and get domestic auto companies, the content it can prove is completely different.
Therefore, the first group that can benefit from the 16949 certification is the top eight automotive group that is a member of the IATF. However, if the domestic component factories do not provide them with support, there is no need for 16949 certification.
The next step to gaining interest from the 16949 certification is some automotive agency organizations, including several IATF offices, as well as several auditor training institutions designated by the IATF. First of all, we have to admire the ability of European and American countries to successfully commercialize any thing. In the 16949 certification, the traces of its commercialization become more apparent. The 16949 standard fell into a dispute over property rights from the time it was first released. The 16949 standard was issued through the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). All ISO member states take it for granted that they have the right to convert the standard into local language versions. However, the IATF has always claimed that it is against 16949. Owns copyright. The IATF offices obtain direct and substantial commercial benefits by selling high-priced, monopolized 16949 series brochures. Several major training institutions designated by the IATF have also gained significant commercial interest through their monopoly on the training of certification auditors.
In China, an overseas training organization under the banner of the IATF designated external auditor training organization violates the IATF's objective of providing training to internal auditors and supplier reviewers that can be provided by any commercial training institution without authorization. It is required to pass 16949 certification. 16949 internal auditor qualifications and supplier reviewer qualifications are required for training, and the so-called designated internal auditor training price is up to RMB 10,000 per person. Not to mention that the so-called IATF designated internal auditor and supplier auditor training is nothing. It can only be seen from this example that the above-mentioned intermediary agencies have promoted the 16949 certification to obtain their commercial interests. In addition, IATF's offices can also obtain huge commercial benefits by charging hundreds of dollars in management fees for each certificate.
Also available from the 16949 certification are certification bodies and consulting agencies. This may be another important reason why the current 16949 certification is extremely hot. As early as 1999, when the first edition of the 16949 was launched, major consulting agencies began to speculate on the 16949 certification. For consulting and certification companies, each new certification business is an opportunity for them to expand their business. For the sake of commercial interests, they must be promoted. However, this speculation will inevitably lead to a one-sided understanding of the auto industry's 16949 certification due to its own interests, and the idea that “16949 certification represents the highest level of quality management in the automotive industry” will intensify in the auto industry as the hype rises. Certification has become a kind of slogan and a kind of symbol to a greater extent, and various kinds of interest disputes hidden in it have also been concealed. At the same time, it also conceals people's rational thinking on the true role of 16949.

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