During this 4-day training course, participants will learn the necessary skills to conduct high quality internal audits to improve performance on registration and surveillance results. This exclusive AIAG training program is the supplier version of the official IATF 16949:2016 third-party auditor certification course. The course focuses on the requirements of IATF 16949:2016, linkages to North American Automotive Core Tools and customer requirements, and the automotive process approach to auditing. A final examination is included at the end of the course.

Improve your understanding of the integration of statistical process control (SPC) and measurement systems analysis (MSA) into IATF 16949 and discover how to develop a higher quality process control system by selecting and applying the appropriate statistical tools. Through a combination of instructor-led training and team exercises, you learn how SPC and MSA can be applied to a manufacturing environment. The goal is to illustrate how these techniques can be incorporated into a system to provide for not only process improvement, but also product improvement. Important: The course requires you to come with a laptop loaded with Excel. It is also recommended that you download the following demos: Q-1 Macros and Minitab (latest version) before arriving to the class.

AIAG has developed a free online survey to test basic competency in the automotive quality Core Tools, e.g. APQP/PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC, which you can use to baseline your organization's and/or your suppliers' competency. The questions reflect information that everyone in automotive quality today should know and was developed with the required knowledge for third-party IATF 16949 auditors as an input. Results can be used 1) to verify the effectiveness of your quality Core Tools training, 2) for supplier development, e.g. Tier 2, and 3) to develop individual or group improvement plans. This is not a certification program.