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Starting around 2007, the German automotive manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Volkswagen agreed on a common scope of the minimum processes to be considered in an assessment as part of the Manufacturer Initiative Software (HIS) (formerly HIS Scope, subsequently: VDA Scope). As of January 1, 2007, only Automotive SPICE assessments

After intensive discussions between automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry) managing board, an agreement for the safeguarding of joint quality in the German auto-motive industry was developed in 2005. Through a stronger process-orientation and synchronisation of the supply chain, the

The German auto mobile industry has made it mandatory that Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers to them must comply with and get certified to VDA. VDA 6.3 defines a process based audit standard for evaluating and improving controls in a manufacturing organization's new product introduction and manufacturing processes.