Exteranl standards for calibration lab equipment

Regarding minimum requirements for external laboratory in IATF 16949, the organization shall have a defined laboratory scope that includes the capability to perform the required inspection, test, or calibration, by clause 7.1.5.3.2

Also, external laboratories have to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 or national equivalent.

Please consider reading our article “What is ISO 17025”: https://advisera.com/17025academy/what-is-iso-17025/

Also, have in mind that calibration services may be performed by the equipment manufacturer when a qualified laboratory is not available for a given piece of equipment.

In our IATF 16494 Toolkit, you can find documentation in folder 16.Equipment: https://advisera.com/16949academy/iatf-16949-2016-documentation-toolkit/