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Ford has updated the customer-specific requirements for both IATF 16949 and PPAP.

The IATF has completed the draft sixth edition of the Rules - a major revision of the current fifth edition of the Rules - and is ready to engage stakeholders to provide feedback on the changes before the final draft is approved and released later this year.

In the automotive industry, identifying and resolving non-conformities is key to ensuring product quality and reliability. According to the latest statistics from the International Automotive Task Force (IAFT), the top ten largest non-conformities concern areas such as problem solving (9.43%), non-conformity and corrective action management (7.42%), manufacturing process output design (4.21%) and measurement system analysis (MSA, 3.30%). Other areas of non-conformity include the Control Plan (3.24%), Contingency Plan (3.20%), production process monitoring and measurement (2.76%), production control (2.64%), customer specific requirements (CSR, 2.58%) and calibration verification records (2.48%). These data highlight the areas on which the automotive industry must focus its efforts to improve compliance and, consequently, product quality.