CQI Special Process Certification

Achieve Excellence in Special Process Quality and Compliance

In today's competitive automotive industry, ensuring the highest quality in special processes like heat treatment, plating, coating, and welding is crucial for maintaining product integrity, compliance and boosting operational performance. Omnex’ CQI Special Process Certification for CQI-9 (Heat Treating), CQI-11 (Plating), CQI-12 (Coating), and CQI-15 (Welding) help you meet industry requirements, minimize risks, and maintain customer trust.

Why get your CQI processes certified?

Ensuring your special processes meet the CQI standards isn’t just about compliance—it’s about setting your company apart as a leader in process reliability and product quality. By achieving CQI certification, your business benefits from:

• Improved Process Control: Certification ensures that all critical parameters are monitored and controlled effectively.
• Customer Confidence: Gain a competitive edge by demonstrating your commitment to quality and safety. Moreover, many customers have CQI compliance requirements in their Customer Specific Requirements (CSR)
• Reduced Risks: Minimize the risk of product defects or non-conformance with stringent process auditing.
• Compliance with Industry Standards: Align with the latest requirements of IATF 16949, Automotive industry guidelines and CSRs.

Ready to elevate your process quality? Let our expert auditors guide you through achieving CQI-9, CQI-11, CQI-12, and CQI-15 certification.

Our CQI Certification Services

We offer comprehensive certification services for CQI-9, CQI-11, CQI-12, and CQI-15 to ensure your processes meet the rigorous requirements of the industry. Our team of seasoned auditors will help you through each stage of certification, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.

CQI-9: Heat Treat System Certification

Ensure that your heat treatment processes meet the latest standards for quality and performance. Achieve CQI-9 certification to guarantee precise control of your heat-treating processes, reducing downtime and non-conformances.

CQI-11: Plating System Certification

Gain certification in plating systems to maintain the highest level of quality control. With CQI-11 certification, you’ll assure that your plating processes meet industry standards and perform consistently.

CQI-12: Coating System Certification

Ensure uniformity, durability, and quality of your coating processes with CQI-12 certification. This standard helps companies improve coating applications for better results and long-lasting finishes.

CQI-15: Welding System Certification

Welding is a critical process in automotive manufacturing. Achieve CQI-15 certification to ensure your welding operations meet industry safety and quality standards, reducing the risk of failure in production.

How the Certification Process Works

Our CQI certification process is designed to ensure that your company can meet the required standards with minimal disruption. Here’s how we’ll help you achieve certification:

• Stage 1: Provide information about the Special process to be certified to Omnex. Freeze the audit scope and commercial agreements
• On-Site Auditing: We conduct a detailed on-site audit to evaluate your process compliance with CQI standards.
• Corrective Action Plan: We’ll guide you through implementing corrective actions, ensuring your processes meet the required standards.
• Certification Issuance: Upon successful audit completion, your company will receive official CQI certification.

Compliance Advisory

Expert Guidance: Should there be a need, Omnex’ Subject Matter Experts can perform a thorough review of your current processes to identify gaps and areas for improvement. Stay compliant with ongoing audits & support to maintain your CQI certification status.

Benefits of Choosing Omnex

Choosing the right partner for your CQI certification ensures a smooth, efficient, and successful certification process. Here's why leading automotive companies trust us:

• Certificate credibility: Omnex certification is accepted by many OEMs and Tier1s globally. We have been consistently assessing supplier process maturity for many years.
• Expert Auditors: Our team consists of industry experts with years of experience in CQI processes, such as Foundry, Welding, Coating, etc.
• Tailored Approach: We work closely with your team to develop a customized certification plan based on your specific needs.
• Global Reach: With a presence in multiple countries, we can support your certification needs wherever you operate.
• Proven Success: We have helped numerous companies achieve CQI certification, resulting in improved process control, reduced defects, and enhanced compliance.

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