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Webinar: How ASPICE and functional safety are relevant to a QMS

Automotive SPICE®, Functional Safety and QMS: Where They Intersect

As automotive software and electronics become increasingly complex, organizations are expected to meet requirements from multiple frameworks—not only IATF 16949, but also Automotive SPICE® and ISO 26262 Functional Safety. While these disciplines often operate independently within organizations, they share important connections that can strengthen product quality, development processes, and compliance.

In this webinar, Chad Kymal explores how these standards complement one another, where they overlap, and where they remain fundamentally different. The session provides practical guidance for integrating quality management, software process improvement, and functional safety into a more cohesive approach.

Whether you work in quality, software engineering, functional safety, or process improvement, this presentation offers actionable insights to help align these disciplines across your organization.

Webinar Details

  • Presenter: Chad Kymal, CTO & Founder, Omnex Inc.
  • Host: Don Wright, ASQ Ann Arbor Section 1010
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What You'll Learn

  • How ASPICE process capability requirements map onto an existing quality management system
  • Where functional safety obligations overlap with QMS controls, and where they demand something different
  • What this means for organizations already certified to IATF 16949
Chad Kymal

Chad Kymal Chad Kymal is the CTO and founder of Omnex Inc., an international consulting, training, and software organization headquartered in the United States. Chad is a member of ISO TC 176, TC 207, Functional Safety and AS 9115 for Software Quality. He is a Principal Assessor and a trainer for intacs® certified ASPICE courses. He has published numerous papers and six books about Management Standards and Quality. He has conducted hundreds of audits in many different sectors from Aerospace to Steel to Distributors to Electronics and Semiconductors in North America, Asia, and Europe in the last 20 years. Chad assesses and works in automotive systems, hardware, and software for Agile, ASPICE, Cybersecurity and Functional Safety ISO 26262. He is on the writing committee of ISO 26262 3rd edition as a US representative on Part 6.