QS 9000: Best Practices

Without the discipline and innovation of the QS-9000 quality system requirements, the automotive manufacturing industry would have continued to flounder under the weight of its own inefficiencies. QS-9000 Pioneers tells the true stories behind the companies, teams and individuals who rose to the challenge and revitalized the core of the U.S. manufacturing base. Through a series of case studies profiling suppliers to leading-edge automotive companies like General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, QS-9000 Pioneers is the first book to reveal the best practices of the certified companies who continue to lead the way. Readers will discover: How to register and/or implement QS-9000 through a series of best practices; Successful case studies showing the requirements, milestones, pitfalls, and expected returns; A formula for Instant Knowledge’‘ on subject areas that apply to the reader’s particular organization.