• CQI

    CQI, AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) tarafından yayımlanan Continuous Quality Improvement (Sürekli Kalite İyileştirme) doküman serisinin kısaltmasıdır. Otomotiv tedarik zincirinde özel proseslerin nasıl kontrol edileceğini ve nasıl değerlendirileceğini tanımlar. Serinin çıkış noktası basit bir gerçek: özel proseslerin sonucu, üretim tamamlandıktan sonra ölçümle tam olarak doğrulanamaz. Isıl işlem görmüş bir parçanın iç yapısına, kaplamanın yapışma dayanımına

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  • What Is a Layered Process Audit (LPA)?

    LPA is auditing the same point by different management levels at different frequencies. Its difference from internal audit and design rules.

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  • What Is a Gap Analysis?

    A gap analysis sets out, clause by clause, the difference between your current system and the new requirements. What should the right output look like?

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  • What Is a Remote Audit?

    With ISO 19011:2026, remote auditing became an integral part of the standard. How are risk, scope and evidence quality evaluated when choosing the method?

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  • What Is a Virtual Location?

    A virtual location defines digital environments that have no physical address but need to be audited. How is it included in your audit programme?

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  • What Is Electroplating?

    Electroplating is the application of a coating to a metal surface using electric current. Which processes fall within the scope of CQI-11 in automotive?

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  • What Is Conversion Coating?

    Conversion coating is the transformation of a metal surface through a chemical reaction. Although it is the pretreatment for paint, it has its own requirements in CQI-12.

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  • What Is Hydrogen Embrittlement?

    Hydrogen embrittlement is brittleness in high-strength steel caused by hydrogen absorbed during plating. Baking and control requirements.

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  • What Is a Transition Audit?

    A transition audit moves an existing certificate to the new edition of a standard. Can it be combined with an existing audit?

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  • What Is an Internal Audit?

    An internal audit is an organization auditing its own management system on its own behalf. Its purpose, the types of audit and the conditions for an effective internal audit.

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  • What Is a Second-Party Audit?

    A second-party audit is an audit an organization conducts at its own supplier. When is it needed and how is the programme set up?

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  • What Is a Nonconformity?

    A nonconformity is the non-fulfilment of a requirement. How is a good finding written, and what is the difference between correction and corrective action?

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  • What Is Root Cause Analysis?

    Root cause analysis is the work of finding the actual source of a problem. 5 Whys, fishbone, 8D and three common mistakes.

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  • What Is an Audit Programme?

    An audit programme is the set of audits planned for a specific period. The new planning elements introduced by ISO 19011:2026.

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  • What Is a Self-Assessment?

    A self-assessment is an organization evaluating its own system against a defined guideline. What are the frequency and record obligations?

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  • What Is a Special Process?

    A special process is one whose result cannot be fully verified by measurement after completion. Why do heat treatment, plating and welding fall into this category?

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