(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- Developed in a collaborative effort by volunteers from Chrysler Group LLC, Delphi Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Honda of America Manufacturing Inc., Nexteer Automotive, The Lincoln Electric Co., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., TRW Automotive, and Visteon Corp., the Soldering (CQI-17) and Welding (CQI-15) System Assessment Guidelines join the family of special process assessments providing a common approach to a welding and soldering management systems for automotive production and service part organizations.

“The CQI-15 and CQI-17 assessments are important to the industry as a whole and specifically to individual companies, because they provide a road map for companies to keep their procedures and processes updated,” says Virender Choudhri, global technical, cost, and supplier quality leader for stampings, tubing, and steel at Delphi Corp., who was a member of both work groups. “This allows them to meet and or exceed customer expectations.”

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