The supplier shall demonstrate the ability to establish, document, and implement an effective quality management system. The supplier’s management shall ensure that the Quality Policy is thoroughly distributed, understood, and maintained; and that adequate levels of authority have been established to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality system.

Dana’s goal for our supply base is registration to ISO 9001:2000. Certain customer facilities may require ISO/TS 16949:2002 registration.
In those cases where the supplier is required but not yet certified to ISO/TS16949:2002, Dana requires tracking progress to this goal via action plans with milestones and deadlines.

In cases that registration to ISO/TS 16949:2002 or ISO 9001:2000 has not yet been achieved, the supplier must conform to one of the following requirements:

• Supplier must pass a quality system and process audit regiment as defined by Dana. This may include, but is not limited to, a second party ISO/TS 16949:2002 or ISO 9001:2000 compliance audit, Dana Supplier Systems Assessment, Dana Process Series Review or any combination of these audits or other audits based on the product, process, or service supplied to Dana. The entire cost of this audit activity will be at the expense of the supplier;

• If Dana’s customer(s) requires, supplier must receive a waiver from Dana’s customer(s) accepting the supplier’s proposed or current quality system, any applicable quality system registrations, and applicable process or quality system compliance audits.

Monitoring of registration, compliance toward registration, or exclusions will take place with your Supplier Development contact.

The supplier must notify Supplier Development if its Quality Standard certification has been suspended, placed on probation, or if they are placed on any special status with their customers or registrars due to quality or delivery issues. New Quality Standard certification shall be provided where there are mergers, acquisitions, or affiliations associated with suppliers. Dana and its customers reserve the right to verify conformance of the quality system.

Suppliers shall forward evidence of their quality system certification to upon request.

Copies of the Quality Standards referred to above can be purchased through the AIAG – www.aiag.org

Dana requirements expressed in terms of the TS-16949:2002 standard can be found on the Dana Specific Requirements link.

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