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SLSI said that a successful partnership between ISO and the international automotive industry has resulted in the publication of a new edition of ISO/TS 16949, which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in this sector.

It is expected that the technical specification (TS) will become the common and unique basis for the automotive industry's quality management system requirements worldwide, gradually replacing the multiple national specifications now used by the sector (e.g. QS 9000, AVSQ, VDA 6.1 and EAQF).

ISO/TS 16949 therefore has a substantial potential market comprising more than 30,000 companies currently certified (registered) against one or other of the national specifications. ISO/TS 16942:2002 is named as "Quality management systems - Particular requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2000 for automotive production and relevant service part organisations" and is available from SLSI which is the member body of ISO in Sri Lanka.

ISO/TS 16942:2002 was developed by a partnership comprising the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), with the support of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 176, which is responsible for the ISO 9000 family of quality management standards.

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