SPICE for Mechanical Engineering
SPICE for Mechanical Engineering (ME-SPICE) is an extension of Automotive SPICE in accordance with the plug-in concept defined therein. The purpose of the process assessment model (PAM) published in ME-SPICE is to assess the efficiency of the development processes for mechanical systems and for the mechanical components of mechatronic systems.
Contents / Description[edit]
SPICE for Mechanical Engineering was developed by the intacs working group "SPICE for Mechanical Development"
ME-SPICE defines only the engineering activities for the development of mechanical systems and components. For this purpose, nine processes were defined in two process groups:
- Mechanical Systems Engineering Process Group (MSE)
- Mechanical Component Engineering Process Group (MCE)
All other processes already included in Automotive SPICE are typically also assessed for the mechanical components. This applies in particular to the processes of the following process groups:
- Acquisition process group (ACQ)
- Supply process group (SPL)
- Supporting process group (SUP)
- Management process group (MAN)
- Process improvement process group (PIM)
- Reuse process group (REU)
In accordance with the plug-in concept of Automotive SPICE 3.1, ME-SPICE continues within the system level (SYS) of Automotive SPICE. As opposed to the software processes (SWE) defined in Automotive SPICE, ME-SPICE explicitly provides for an iterative classification of the mechanical system into sub-systems, all the way down to mechanical components. This takes into account the special requirements of mechanical engineering development.
"Plug-in" Concept
ME-SPICE includes interfaces to
- Mechatronic processes (SYS in Automotive SPICE)
- Production
- Development of test environments
ME-SPICE also includes informative cross references to the related and partially overlapping standards ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016.
The currently valid version V1.6 of ME-SPICE was published on 6 December 2019.
History[edit]
The origins of ME-SPICE go back to a Gate4SPICE event of 06/12/2013.
In the course of the year 2015 the intacs working group "SPICE for Mechanical Development" was established, which published the first version V1.0 of ME-SPICE on 20/02/2017.
Since then an update with corrections and review comments that were entered via the intacs™ ticket system is published at least once every year, at the end of the calendar year.
See also[edit]
Literatur[edit]
SPICE for Mechanical Systems (handout for presentation – VDA Automotive SYS 2015)
External links[edit]
Download Mechanical SPICE V1.6 (requires intacs™ registration)
Download Mechanical SPICE V1.6 (free download, no registration required)
Automotive SPICE website (download of current Automotive SPICE documents)
International Assessor Certification Scheme
VDA information on Automotive SPICE
Download Hardware Engineering PRM/PAM de:SPICE for Mechanical Engineering
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