New IATF 16949 Documented Policies and Documented Processes
UPDATED 2/24/23: IATF has changed in a major way as it responds to the ambiguity of ISO 9001:2015. The requirements for policies have been expanded and the 7 required “documented procedures” has been replaced with 21 “documented processes” with the 2016 release. There are no documented procedure or documented processes required in ISO 9001:2015, which is a major change.
Documented information (policies and documented process) requirements in IATF 16969:2016 and a tool to track their maturity. Click image to download PDF.
3 Documented Policies required by IATF 16949:2016
# Clause Requirement
1 5.1.1.1 Corporate Responsibilities policies, including (minimum)
a. Anti-bribery Policy
b. Employee Code of Conduct Policy
c. Ethics Escalation (“whistle-blowing”) Policy
2 5.2.1 Quality policy
3 7.5.3.2.1 Record Retention policy
21 Documented Processes required by IATF 16949:2016
# Clause Requirement
1 4.4.1.2 Product safety
2 7.1.5.2.1 Calibration/verification records
3 7.2.1 Competence - supplemental
4 7.2.3 Internal auditor competency
5 7.3.2 Employee motivation and empowerment
6 7.5.3.2.2 Engineering specifications
7 8.3.1.1 Design and development of products and services – supplemental
8 8.3.3.3 Special characteristics
9 8.4.1.2 Supplier selection process
10 8.4.2.1 Type and extent of control - supplemental (outsourced processes)
11 8.4.2.2 Statutory & regulatory requirements
12 8.4.2.4 Supplier monitoring
13 8.5.6.1 Control of changes - supplemental
14 8.5.6.1.1 Temporary change of process controls
15 8.7.1.4 Control of reworked product
16 8.7.1.5 Control of repaired product
17 8.7.1.7 Nonconforming product disposition
18 9.2.2.1 Internal audit program
19 10.2.3 Problem solving
20 10.2.4 Error-proofing
21 10.3.1 Continual improvement - supplemental