MFG504 - Certified Lead Auditor with Emphasis on IATF 16949:2016


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This training option allows you to take 5 full days of classes and achieve a certificate stating that you have successfully completed the Exemplar Global Certified Quality Management System Lead Auditor Course with emphasis on IATF 16949:2016 (Pillar Management Associates is the certified course provider and the instructor is Kay Keeney). The course is a comprehensive training in lead auditor techniques, methodology, practices and skills. It was designed and developed by a team who created and managed an accredited Certification Body.




Quality Management Systems with emphasis on IATF 16949:2016 Overview:

Highlights of the session include:

  • • Hands-on training with over 15 class exercises
  • • Quality management systems as required by ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016
  • • The process approach and the alignment of business strategies to operational performance indicators
  • • How to address and understand various methods for risk-based thinking
  • • Business leadership requirements
  • • ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 requirements and interpretation
  • • QMS historical perspective and regulations
  • • Understanding documentation requirements
  • • QMS audit programs (planning, scheduling, documenting, & reporting)
  • • Evaluating system effectiveness
  • • Evaluation of conformance and performance indicators of management systems
  • • Audit reporting
  • • Lead Auditor responsibilities, methods, & techniques
  • • Activities of corrective action, customer complaint handling, and continual improvement
  • • Overview of Core Tools: PPAP, SPC, APQP, FMEA, MSA


    Competency Units Attained:

    • QM: Quality management systems
    • AU: Management systems auditing
    • TL: Leading management system audit teams

    Who Should Attend:

  • • 3rd party auditors
  • • Internal Audit Managers and Internal Auditors
  • • Consultants
  • • Quality Managers
  • • Management Representatives

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