Yes, the TS16949 that's a tough one. Also depends on the auditor. Sounds like yours wanted to show you how much more he knows about the Standard than you do. Bu

Yes, the TS16949 that's a tough one. Also depends on the auditor. Sounds like yours wanted to show you how much more he knows about the Standard than you do. But Auditors is where all this Standards fall short: they have private interpretations of the Standards and sometimes you have to get back to the letters of the Standard with them... You definitely don't do that on your first audits or as an organisation which just wants to pass. As a consultant you can get a talk with the auditor and straight some things out - in the end the customer pays the bill and is able to change the auditor or the whole auditing organisation. Oh man I love this audits where you can get all nitty-gritty over the interpretation of the Standard...but most of them are straight forward. I am sorry that you had such a hard time with yours