If you're in the automotive supply chain, IATF 16949's full body lives on its own page
The scheme's scope, rule set and candidacy criteria aren't repeated here — they're covered in full on the Automotive sector page.
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In manufacturing, the candidate set is decided not by the sector name but by what you make, who you sell to and your role in the supply chain. An automotive supplier and a general machinery manufacturer are not in the same set.
The scheme's scope, rule set and candidacy criteria aren't repeated here — they're covered in full on the Automotive sector page.
CE and EN 1090 are product and market conformity, not a management system certificate. The two operate under separate rule sets.
It sets product and process quality requirements for welded manufacturing. The customer standard and the welding process are questioned separately.
For organisations in any sector seeking to standardise processes and manage customer expectations systematically.
For organisations that demonstrate product or service conformity on the basis of measurement results.
For businesses seeking to measure and manage environmental impacts and tie them to corporate objectives.
For organisations where service interruption is critical, or that are multi-site or critical suppliers.
For organisations of any type and size establishing security management, including supply chain aspects.
For people-intensive organisations seeking corporate assurance over HR processes.
For organisations in public procurement, using agents or intermediaries, or selling across multiple countries.
For organisations carrying a broad inventory of regulatory obligations.
For organisations running joint ventures, consortia, alliances or long-term supply relationships.
For businesses seeking to address employee, site and operational risks systematically.
For businesses with high water consumption or treatment costs.
For organisations with measurable energy consumption and energy performance targets.
For organisations managing critical physical assets across their lifecycle.
For R&D and technology organisations establishing systematic innovation management.
For organisations that design, manufacture, install or service medical devices.
For printers and manufacturers producing security-printed products.
For businesses producing and supplying primary packaging materials for medicinal products.
For suppliers of products and services important to nuclear safety.
For organisations in the railway product and service supply chain.
For organisations supplying the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas sectors.
For ship recycling facilities.
For manufacturers of equipment intended for explosive atmospheres.
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.
ACSSA is ISASecure's ISA/IEC 62443 certification for a deployed control system and asset owner policies and procedures, not a product.
A Fair Trade Certified factory complies with Fair Trade USA's Factory Production Standard; brands that source from it get licensed to use the label.
SDLA is ISASecure's ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 certification for a security development lifecycle — it certifies the development site, not a product.
Fair Labor Association runs two distinct programs: Fair Labor Accreditation for organizations and separate on-site Fair Labor Assessments in factories.
SCAN is a single security audit accepted across its member network of importers, manufacturers and transportation providers, cutting duplicate audits.
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