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IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production Readiness Advisory

A strategy call with someone who has spent 25 years building compliance systems used by 100,000+ professionals in 160+ countries – not a generalist who read the standard last week.

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Controls
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Domains
324
Mapped Frameworks
International (IATF)
Jurisdiction

Why work with Ivanka on IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production

IATF 16949:2016 is the international quality management system standard for the automotive industry, published by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF). It supplements ISO 9001:2015 with automotive-specific requirements. Required by major OEMs (GM, Ford, Stellantis, BMW, VW, Toyota, etc.) for their supply chain. Covers product safety, warranty management, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), FMEA, SPC, MSA, and control plans. Over 70,000 certified sites worldwide. Certification by IATF-recognised certification bodies only.

Most consultants approach IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production as a checkbox exercise. Ivanka approaches it as a strategic lever. With 25 years of building The Art of Service – a compliance platform now covering 692 frameworks and 819,000+ cross-framework mappings – she doesn't just understand the standard. She understands how it connects to everything else your organisation is already doing.

This matters because IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production doesn't exist in isolation. Ivanka will map your current compliance posture against the 25 controls across 7 domains, identify gaps, and show you where existing controls from other frameworks you may already follow can be leveraged – saving months of redundant work.

Relevant credentials

  • MIT Entrepreneurial Masters graduate – rigorous analytical approach to enterprise challenges
  • EXIN Expert Panel member – helping shape global certification standards

What you get in 30 minutes

Gap Assessment Review

Ivanka reviews your IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production readiness scores and identifies the critical gaps that carry the highest risk. No generic advice – specific to your domains and controls.

Implementation Roadmap

A clear, prioritised plan for addressing gaps across 7 domains. She maps what you can leverage from existing compliance work and what requires new investment.

Cross-Framework Strategy

IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production maps to 324 other frameworks. Ivanka shows you where a single control implementation can satisfy multiple regulatory requirements at once.

Domains covered in IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production

01Clause 10 - Improvement
02Clause 9 - Performance Evaluation
03Clause 8 - Operation
04Clause 7 - Support
05Clause 6 - Planning

Plus 2 additional domains. See the full assessment →

This is for you if

  • You need to achieve IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production compliance but don’t know where to start or how to prioritise
  • You’ve been told you’re “compliant” but suspect gaps exist that haven’t been properly assessed
  • You manage compliance for manufacturing organisations and need expert guidance, not generic templates
  • You want to leverage existing compliance efforts across multiple frameworks rather than starting from scratch
  • You need a strategic plan your leadership team and board will actually understand and support

Start with a free assessment. Then let's talk strategy.

Take the free IATF 16949:2016 — Quality Management System for Automotive Production readiness diagnostic. In 5 minutes you'll have a clear picture of where your gaps are. Then book the strategy call and Ivanka will show you exactly how to close them.

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