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The automotive industry suppliers are constantly looking forward to adapting their projects management system (new developments) to the quality management systems requirements, such as the standards QS 9000, ISO/TS 16949 e ISO 9000:2000 and specific requirements related to customers reference manuals. As these quality systems are always getting updated, to attend the ISO/TS 16949 (1st edition - 1999) technical specification requirements was defined as main purpose. It was necessary to undertake a comparison between ISO/TS 16949 and the common system used by GKN Driveline in its 46 Operations located in 20 countries to manage product launch on customer vehicle programmes; this system has the title Customer Application Programme Management - (CAPM). In order to reduce the amount of documentation to be fulfilled, a global investigation regarding the documentation used by CAPM management system and ISO/TS 16949 technical specifications was done.

This study registers a finite element analysis of a seal boot used in constant velocity driveshafts. By this analysis the structure's behavior is studied in its work life before construction of the actual prototype. Prototype development time can be saved in the design phase since the part can be improved by this theoretical prediction tool. Failure points are predicted by the analysis saving resources such as developing production tools, making prototypes and testing them to finally detect the items that have to be improved. Analysis are made regarding an existing seal rubber boot. Then the results of general part are examined and contrasted with laboratory test reports of the real part.