The Quality Management Center (QMC) has been available to German automotive OEM's and their suppliers from August 1997. Under the leadership of Mr. Heinz-Günter Plegniere, the QMC operates within the section of the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA) run by Dr. Thomas Schlick.
The tasks performed by the QMC are as varied as the issues surrounding quality management in the automotive industry which occupy us on a daily basis. The spectrum ranges from developing systems and methods to shaping the future of quality management systems in the automotive industry.
These developments, as well as the direction of QMC, are steered by the top-level committee regarding quality matters in the German automotive industry, the QM Committee. The QM Comittee is formed by VDA members and consists of the Quality Management Directors of all the automotive OEM's, an equal number of suppliers, and the VDA represented by one of its Executive Directors.

The operational areas of the VDA-QMC are structured as follows:

• Specialist department supervising the VDA-QMC Working Groups
  The 19 Working Groups, which are engaged in a wide range of automotive quality management-related subjects, are comprised of Quality management experts delegated by the automotive OEM's and their suppliers.
• Certification Body for AutomotiveSPICE®
  VDA-QMC is responsible for the certification of ISO15504 Assessors working in the automotive domain. The VDA-QMC bundles the activities related to AutomotiveSPICE® in strong cooperation with its members from the automotive industry and other organisations and companies.
  IATF Oversight Office
• The VDA-QMC Oversight Office represents the German automotive OEM's and suppliers at the IATF.
• Training and Further Education
  The primary task of the VDA-QMC training department is to convey the output of the Working Groups to employees of the automotive industry via sector-specific QM training programs. Our main advantage lies in being able to create the content of the training seminars and have them conducted by the same VDA-QMC experts "under one roof".

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