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In automotive, what decides the candidate set is not working with vehicles but your position in the supply chain. IATF 16949 is built on the ISO 9001 base but operates as a separate certification scheme with its own rules; a general vehicle workshop, dealership or fleet operator is not an automatic candidate for it.
It is an automotive certification scheme with its own rules. A general vehicle workshop, fleet operator or dealership is not automatically an IATF candidate; a direct OEM or automotive supply chain customer requirement is needed.
The scheme adds automotive-specific requirements on top of the ISO 9001 base; it is shown in search as a separate, non-ISO scheme document, not as an ISO standard.
No verified candidate standards are mapped to this sector yet.
These are not ISO standards; each has its own scheme owner, issuing body and rules. Whether they are candidates is decided by activity and buyer requirement.
ENX VCS is ENX Association's ISO/SAE 21434-based third-party audit scheme for a supplier's Vehicle Cybersecurity Management System, issuing a label.
TISAX is ENX Association's assessment and label exchange mechanism for automotive-industry information security, based on third-party assessment.
Automotive SPICE is VDA QMC's process assessment model, version 4.0 (December 2023), rating development processes on capability levels CL0 to CL5.
Global MMOG/LE is the Odette–AIAG self-assessment tool for materials management and logistics, version 6.0 (March 2023), classifying sites A, B or C.
The RBA Validated Assessment Program is an on-site audit methodology for RBA Code compliance, carried out by independent third-party firms, not RBA itself.
RSCI is a Berlin-based automotive association that runs a standardized audit program for social and environmental risks in the supply chain.
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