®REVISION3―Dated19June2017InternationalAutomotiveTaskForceTRANSITIONSTRATEGYISO/TS16949›IATF16949―www.iatfglobaloversight.orgwww.iatfglobaloversight.orgIATF-InternationalAutomotiveTaskForceTRANSITIONSTRATEGYISO/TS16949›IATF16949—REVISION32®CONTENTSForeword3Revision1–dated3October20164Revision2–dated21November20164Revision3–dated19June20174TransitionTimingRequirements5TransitionAuditRequirements6TransitionAuditTeamRequirements8forCertificationBodiesTransitionAuditNonconformityManagement9IATF16949CertificateIssuance9InitialCertificationtoIATF1694910TransitionFAQs12Contacts17www.iatfglobaloversight.orgIATF-InternationalAutomotiveTaskForceTRANSITIONSTRATEGYISO/TS16949›IATF16949—REVISION33®FOREWORDTheFirstEditionofIATF16949hereinreferredtoas“IATF16949”representstherevisedautomotivequalitymanagementsystemstandarddevelopedbytheInternationalAutomotiveTaskForce(IATF).ThisrevisedstandardcancelsandreplacesISO/TS16949:2009.CertificatestoISO/TS16949:2009willnolongerbevalidafter14thSeptember2018.ThisdocumentprovidesguidanceforthetransitionfromISO/TS16949:2009toIATF16949andhasbeenapprovedbytheIATF.Thisdocumentisapplicabletoallrelevantparties(e.g.organizationscertifiedand/orusingISO/TS16949,certificationbodiesandauditors)andsupersedesthepreviouslycommunicatedIATFtransitionplanpostedontheIATFGlobalOversightwebsiteinApril2016.Additionalclarificationstothisstrategycanbeexpectedinfuturerevisionsofthisdocument.www.iatfglobaloversight.orgIATF-InternationalAutomotiveTaskForceTRANSITIONSTRATEGYISO/TS16949›IATF16949—REVISION34®REVISION1–DATED3OCTOBER2016ThisrevisedTransitionStrategydocumentincorporatesFrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)thatwereapprovedbytheIATF.Additionallyminorgrammaticalerrorswerecorrectedand—aharmonizationoftwomisleadingtimingrequirementsonpage4andpage10(concerningthefailuretoconductatransitionaudittoIATF16949in-time)wasintroduced—themisunderstandingofthelastbulletpointonpage4(concerningthequestionatwhatauditsatransitionauditispermitted)waseliminated—...