TS16949汽車行業質量管理體系
    由于QS9000只是北美汽車行業的質量標準，而全球很多國家和地區有不同的標準。汽車供應商通過了QS-9000或VDA6.1質量體系認證后，其證書在全世界范圍內并不能得到所有國家的承認和認可。
    為減少汽車供應商不必要的資源浪費和利于汽車公司全球采購戰略的實施，國際汽車特別工作組(IATF)以及ISO/TC176、質量管理和質量保證委員會及其分委員會的代表在以ISO9001：1994版質量體系的基礎上結合QS-9000、VDA6.1、EAQF（法國）94和AVSQ（意大利）95等質量體系的要求制定了ISO/TS 16949技術規范，并于己于1999年1月1日頒布發行適用。
    ISO/TS16949標準由美、法、德、英5國汽車工業部門聯合起草，由IATF(international Automotive Task Force)下面的各國汽車聯合會(ANFIA，AIAG，CCFA，FIEV，SMMT和VDA)共同制定，在經過GM正式認定后，與各個國家汽車標準(VDA6.1,QS9000,AVSQ 和EAFQ)等同采用。這就是說，擁有TS 16949認證證書的企業，不必再做QS9000或VDA6.1認證。也就是說新的質量管理標準ISO/TS 16949首先將為那些客戶遍布不同國家的汽車供應商提供方便，他們將來不必再做多重認證。
    ISO/TS16949目的是適應汽車工業全球采購的要求，減少汽車零部件及材料供應商為滿足各國質量體系要求而多次認證的負擔，從而降低采購成本。該標準是以國際上普遍接受的ISO/9001標準為基礎，補充進汽車工業的特殊要求而形成。它完整地引用了ISO/9001標準的有關原文，表明國際汽車工業界完成接受ISO9001標準，要想達到ISO/TS16949標準要求的基本條件是先滿足ISO9001標準。ISO/TS16949標準與美國三大汽車公司所制訂的QS9000質量體系內容十分相似，還吸收了德國汽車工業協會VDA編制的汽車工業質量控制標準，以及意大利、潛力汽車工業組織編制的質量體系文年中的主要內容。
    TS16949當前的版本還留有VDA6.1和QS9000的明顯特征。其結構、語言甚至連認證規定也是從QS9000搬來的，但是目前能在VDA6.1內找到的產品安全、員工激勵、環境保護或勞動安全的主要方面在TS 16949內也可以找到。此外還有既不屬于VDA6.1又不屬于QS9000的要求：
1. 更多地考慮顧客滿意。
2. 在質量管理職責中強調更多的管理聯系。
3. 致力于開發綜合的質量管理體系。加強預防與糾正措施、減少精力分散，并去除供應鏈中的浪費環節。

TS16949 automobile industry quality management system

Due to the North American auto industry QS9000 only global quality standards, and many countries and regions have different standard. Auto suppliers through QS - 90 or VDA6.1 quality system authentication, the certificate in worldwide and can't get all the countries of the recognition and recognition.
In order to reduce the waste of resources of unnecessary supplier for global purchasing automobile company, and the implementation of the strategy, the international automobile special group (IATF) and ISO/TC176, quality management and quality assurance committee and the committee on to represent portion of ISO9001:1994 quality system based on combining QS - 90 and VDA6.1, EAQF (France) and AVSQ 94 95 (Italy) and the quality system requirements of the ISO/TS 16949 formulated to regulate, and technology on 1 January 1999. Issued by issuing
ISO/TS16949 standard by the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and automobile industry departments draft, Automotive time by IATF (international) are the national automobile federation (ANFIA AIAG, CCFA, FIEV SMMT, and formulate and VDA), after that, GM formally with various countries auto standard (QS9000 and VDA6.1, AVSQ and EAFQ) equivalent. This means that has TS 16949 certification of enterprise, do not have to QS9000 VDA6.1 or authentication. That new quality management standard ISO/TS 16949 first will provide those customers from different countries, they provide convenient auto suppliers in the future do not have to multiple authentications.
ISO/TS16949 purpose is to adapt the request for global purchasing automobile industry, reduce automobile spare parts and materials suppliers to meet quality system requirements and many countries so as to reduce the burden of authentication, the cost of purchasing. This standard is generally accepted international iso9001 standard ISO/basis, added into the special requirements of automotive industry. It fully cited ISO/ISO9001 standard, the relevant international automobile industry that finish accepted standard of ISO9001, want to achieve ISO/TS16949 standards are the basic conditions of ISO9001 standard is satisfied. ISO/TS16949 automobile company with the three standards stipulated QS9000 content is very similar, and the German automobile industry association of automobile industry VDA quality control standards, and Italy, potential auto industry organization of quality system, the main contents in.
Current versions of TS16949 are obvious characteristics of QS9000 and VDA6.1. Its structure, language, even from QS9000 certification requirements is moved, but it can be found in VDA6.1 product safety, motivational, environmental protection and safety in the main aspects of labor can find TS 16949. And neither does belong to QS9000 VDA6.1 nor belongs to the requirements:
1More to considering satisfaction for customers.
2 In the quality management in more management duties.
3 are devoted to the development of comprehensive quality management system. Strengthening preventive and corrective measures, reduce energy dispersive, and remove waste in supply chain link.