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CMC Limited announced today
that its Automotive Solutions Group has
achieved Automotive SPICE™ Organisational
Maturity Level 3 certification under the
PATHFINDER™ interim assessment and
certification scheme for process capability
and organisational maturity. It is believed
to be one of the few organisations in
the world to be recognised in this manner
in Automotive Electronics and Embedded
systems.
The motor vehicle manufacturers
through the Automotive SPICE™ initiative
have set demanding new standards with
respect to software quality by developing
a common framework for the assessment
of suppliers based on the international
standard ISO/IEC 15504.
CMC's achievement reflects
the maturity of its software development
processes, supports its position as a
world leader in the engineering of complex
software systems for automotive applications,
and establishes its quality and process
as among the best in the industry.
R. Ramanan, MD & CEO
of CMC said, "I am pleased that maturity
of our development practices in the embedded
systems group has been recognised through
an independent certification process.
Achieving organisational maturity level
3 is recognition of our continuing dedication
to quality and technical leadership. Focus
on such organisation wide world class
Quality initiatives has had great benefits
in improved productivity, quality and
reliability of our solutions and services
over the past four years"
The Automotive SPICE™
initiative includes the car manufacturers
AUDI AG, BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler AG,
Fiat Auto S.p.A., Ford Werke GmbH, Jaguar,
Land Rover, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG,
Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car Corporation.
The assessment was performed
by Alec Dorling, the international convener
of the ISO standardisation project and
SPICE project manager from Impronova (Sweden),
and M.S Sivakumar from KPMG (India).
About CMC
Incorporated in 1975, CMC is one of
the premier Information Technology solutions
providers in India and is a subsidiary
of Tata Consultancy Services Limited,
Asia's largest software Company. CMC had
a consolidated turnover of Rs. 1085 crore
for 2006-07. Operating out of 18 offices
and 180 service locations in the country,
CMC employs over 3500 people and has a
wholly owned subsidiary in USA called
CMC Americas, Inc.
CMC's vision is to
operate globally and bring the benefit
of Information Technology to improve the
productivity of its customers and the
quality of its customer's products and
services. CMC combines horizontal expertise
in Information Technology with its vertical
experience developed by working in a wide
range of Industries.
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