Quality Management

VDA Volume 6 Part 1 - Requirements of the Verband der Deutschen Automobilindustrie for OEMs and other suppliers

A consistent benchmark to score the quality of automotive industry suppliers

Benefits of VDA 6.1:

The VDA QMC defined quality standards for the German automotive industry and published them in the VDA 6.X volumes. Those documents provide the automotive industry, its suppliers and other attached services, a consistent and measurable scoring process for their quality systems.

VDA 6.1 (6.2 / 6.4) is the quality management standard describing the quality requirements for the entire range of suppliers to the German automotive industry. VDA 6.1 certification presupposes the achievement of ISO 9001 certification. Along with automotive specific requirements, economic and customer-related aspects are also assessed.

Our Range of Services:

We will train your staff to understand the needs of this process-orientated management system with its automotive industry specific requirements. You will decide whether the course is held in your local facility or in a perfectly equipped conference center (to keep the daily routines at bay). We can also assist you in implementing a quality management system according to the requirements of VDA 6.1. In this case our experts will explain the needs to you and your staff in a step by step manner defining all required activities and parameters. Doing this you and your staff will also accumulate experience in managing your quality system.

Content:

In this training, the participants are made familiar with the new total approach to quality. They will understand that top management commitment and involvement are substantial requirements of a successful quality system. After having completed the training, participants will know how to interpret the requirements of the standard and how to implement them in their company.

- Differences between ISO 9001, QS 9000, and VDA 6.1
- Project planning according to VDA 4.3, methods according to VDA 4.1
- FMEA according to VDA 4.2, process audit according to VDA 6.3
- Executive functions and their implementation
- PDCA (the Deming principle)
- Benchmarking
- Customer satisfaction
- Employee satisfaction
- Business plans
- Project management
- Open question forum