Is this for you?
- Your internal audits rarely find anything the certification body later finds.
- Your auditors ask "show me the procedure", not "show me how this works".
- You need qualified internal auditors for IATF 16949, and want them to add value, not just tick boxes.
What participants practise
- Turtle diagrams of real processes, to see inputs, outputs, resources, methods and measures before auditing
- Linking clauses to Core Tools: where APQP, FMEA, control plan, MSA and SPC show up in an audit
- Audit questions from a question bank, then writing their own for your processes
- Audit scenarios: finding the nonconformities in a sample plant scenario, and linking each one to the requirement it breaks
- Writing findings that are clear, evidence-based and useful
What changes afterwards
Your auditors can walk into any process, understand how it should work, and find where it doesn't.
Questions people ask
Does this qualify our auditors?
Participants who pass the assessment receive a certificate of completion. IATF requires internal auditors to be competent; the certificate is part of your evidence, alongside audit practice.
Can engineers from different departments attend together?
Yes, and it works better that way.
Further reading
- Before You Write an SOP, Define the Process · 11 min read
- What is ISO 14001? A Simple Guide for Automotive Suppliers · 4 min read
- What is IATF 16949? A Plain Guide for Automotive Suppliers · 4 min read