The International Organization for Standardization-Food/TS16949 standard is very similar to the Quality System 9000 quality system formulated by the three major American automobile companies. The main content of the quality system in the year. The current version of TS 16949 still retains the obvious features of VDA6.1 and Quality System9000. Its structure, language and even certification regulations are also moved from Quality System9000, but the main aspects of product safety, employee incentives, environmental protection or labor safety that can currently be found in VDA6.1 can also be found in TS 16949. In addition there are requirements that are neither VDA6.1 nor Quality System9000:

1. Think more about customer satisfaction.

2. Emphasize more management linkages in quality management responsibilities.

3. Committed to the development of a comprehensive quality management system. Strengthen preventive and corrective actions, reduce distraction, and remove waste from the supply chain.

TS16949 certification also has the following benefits for factories

1. Promote the improvement of product and process quality.

2. Integrate the best experience of the world's auto kingdom

3. Increase global supplier confidence.

4. Ensure global consistency of quality systems for supplier/sub-supplier services in the supply chain

5. Reduce variation and waste, and improve production efficiency across the board.

6. Reduce the number of second-party audits.

7. Eliminate the requirement for duplicate third-party audits.

8. Provide a common platform for quality system needs around the world.

9. Formatted for easy conversion to ISO-Food 9001/2000.

10. Conducive to the upgrade of the existing quality system.

The benefits of ISO/TS16949 certification for enterprises

Enterprises passing TS16949 certification will benefit themselves and the global quality system in the following 10 aspects:

1. Promote the improvement of product and process quality.

2. Integrate the best experience of the world's auto kingdom

3. Increase global supplier confidence.

4. Ensure global consistency of quality systems for supplier/sub-supplier services in the supply chain.

5. Reduce variation and waste, and improve production efficiency across the board.

6. Reduce the number of second-party audits.

7. Eliminate the requirement for duplicate third-party audits.

8. Provide a common platform for quality system needs worldwide.

9. Convert to ISO9001/2000 format for convenience.

10. Conducive to the improvement of the existing quality system.