ISO / TS16949 "Quality management system for the production and implementation of automotive parts and related services of the ISO9001: 2000 special requirements" by the International Organization for Standardization Quality Management and Quality Assurance Technical Committee (ISO / TS176) and five auto industry countries Automobile Promotion Group (IATF) jointly developed and released, the second edition in March 2002 release.

ISO / TS16949 standard is based on the IS09001: 2000 standard to join the special requirements of the automotive industry and the formation. Including the Italian National Automobile Industry Association (ANFIA), the French French Automobile Manufacturers' Association (CCFA) and the Automotive Equipment Industry Alliance (FIEV), the British Automobile Manufacturers and Distributors Association (SMMT), the German Automobile Manufacturers Association VDA), the United States Daimler - Chrysler Motor Company, Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

ISO / TS16949: 2009 standard applies to the entire automotive supply chain, from raw material production to vehicle assembly, for the entire automotive supply chain to establish the same standard to establish a quality management system to provide the basis.

Prior to ISO / TS16949, national OEMs used different standards to evaluate suppliers, such as the QS 9000 standard in North America, Germany's VDA 6.1 standard, and other country OEMs had different standards, In order to meet the requirements of different customers had to establish a number of management systems, multiple certification, the result is the cost increase, reduce the core competitiveness of the organization. So the introduction of international standards instead of QS 9000, VDA6.1 and other standards is inevitable.

ISO / TS16949 standard combines the requirements of the national automobile factory, it is in the ISO9001: 2000 version, based on the increase in the automotive industry, the special requirements of the composition, it follows the core tools QS9000, an increase of process audit, product audit , Cost management and 5S site management requirements to make the requirements more comprehensive, its goal is to establish continuous improvement in the automobile production supply chain, emphasizing the prevention of defects, reduce the deterioration and waste of quality management system. So that customer satisfaction is the quality management system output and purpose, product quality, cost and delivery is the focus of customer attention.

Promotion of ISO / TS16949 quality management system within the organization The best experience of the global automotive kingdom can be applied to the organization's quality management to improve product and process quality improvement, reduce change and waste Improve overall productivity, eliminate trade barriers, Core competencies.

2009 Updated: ISO / TS16949: 2009. The latest standards for implementation are: IATF16949: 2016.