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QS9000
The QS 9000 series of quality management standards was developed
by a joint effort of the "Big Three" auto makers, General Motors,
Chrysler and Ford, and introduced to the industry in 1994. Some
heavy truck makers in the U.S. have also adopted it as well.
The program requirements are divided into three sections with the
first section being an entire ISO 9001 program with some additional
requirements focusing on automotive and truck standards.
The second section is titled "Additional Requirements" and contains
system requirements that all "Big Three" automakers have adopted
and are substantially more rigorous and comprehensive than the ISO
9001 standard.
The third and final section is titled "Customer Specific Section"
and contains the system requirements that are unique to each and
every auto or truck maker that installs this system. It defines
the requirements they have developed that are specific to the needs
of their respective company.
This system is only suited to very large organizations as they are
the only ones that can justify QS 9000's enormous cost and requirements
of time and resources to implement. While this standard is third
party verifiable, only a very few registrars are even allowed to
audit this industry specific quality management standard.
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