The process assessment model the automotive industry uses to judge how capable a supplier's system, software, hardware and supporting processes are. Published by the quality management center of the German association of the automotive industry, VDA QMC, and built on the ISO/IEC 33000 series, it rates processes on capability levels from incomplete to innovating and is asked for in many vehicle maker and tier one contracts, with plug-ins such as cybersecurity extending its scope.
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