SpiceQMS for manufacturers
Quality, occupational safety and energy in one management system, with several standards side by side.
The starting point
Three standards, one shop floor
For automotive suppliers, IATF 16949 is the quality standard of the industry and stays aligned with ISO 9001. High energy users also need an energy management system. Directive (EU) 2023/1791 requires one above an average annual energy consumption of 85 terajoules.
Then there is occupational safety. Manufacturing accounts for a large share of accidents at work in the EU. So does the duty to give safety instruction on hiring, on transfer and for new work equipment.
Since 1 October 2026, the NISG 2026 has been added: Austria’s transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2555, known as NIS2. Among others, the act names mechanical engineering, vehicle manufacturing including motor vehicle parts, and the manufacture of electronics. As a rule, medium-sized and large companies in these fields are important entities. This also affects many automotive suppliers.
Quality, safety, energy and cybersecurity thus quickly become separate systems with their own audits. SpiceQMS supports you in running them as one management system. That saves duplicate work on processes and evidence.
IATF 16949, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 together
SpiceQMS holds chapter templates for IATF 16949, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001. One management system carries these standards in parallel. Audit questions sit on every chapter, with report items per question. The items are rated on a scale with colours and points. You classify risks as process, environmental, safety, strategic or compliance risk. Whoever audits one standard sees the chapters of the others alongside.
- Templates for automotive, safety and energy
- Five risk classes
- Chapter structures only, not the full text of the standards
Inspections
Safety walks with checklists
Inspections have their own module in SpiceQMS, for example for occupational safety. Question sets serve as reusable checklists. An inspection runs from planned and scheduled through execution to follow-up.
Each item is rated as in order, observation or deviation. Findings from inspections are followed up just like those from audits.
A slippery step is not lost on a scrap of paper; it becomes a tracked action. The next round starts with what the last one found. The records from SpiceHCM show whether those involved have been instructed.
Suppliers
Quality starts at the supplier
Audits run not only in your own plant but also at suppliers and customers. Auditors can also come from outside the company.
Supplier evaluations come with their own module, numbering and workflow. The evaluation can appear as a key figure on the dashboard. Complaints are assigned to processes and lead to a root cause analysis.
With SpiceCRM, supplier interactions and performance are on record as well. You see early which deliveries cause problems. The next supplier audit then starts where the problems are.
For plants covered by the NISG 2026, supply chain security is also one of the mandatory measures. Supplier evaluations and supplier audits provide evidence for this from day-to-day operations.
Work instructions that apply
In SpiceQMS, work instructions are documents with their own approval. You edit them as Word documents in the browser. Hazard pictograms can be included in output templates. So the plant works with the approved version, not with an old copy. SpiceHCM documents the related instruction with a record per person.
- Work instructions with approval
- Editing as a Word document in the browser
- Hazard pictograms in output templates
What changes
One audit plan instead of three
Quality, safety and energy share processes, documents and key figures. Processes are drawn in BPMN 2.0 and linked to risks and documents. Key figures are calculated live from the system data. In SpiceQMS, you add the requirements of the NISG 2026 as a separate rule set alongside ISO 27001.
The quality dashboard shows the process map and key figures per company. Management thus sees quality, safety and energy at a glance, across several plants too.
An external audit finds one system, not three folders. Tell us which standards your plant works with today. Together we look at which standard comes first.
Three products, one platform
What SpiceCRM and SpiceHCM add in manufacturing
SpiceCRM, SpiceHCM and SpiceQMS run on the same platform. One licence for More opens all three, and anyone working in several is only billed once.
SpiceQMS: all in one management system
Several standards, inspections and supplier audits sit in one management system.
SpiceCRM: sales and service
With SpiceCRM, sales and service run on the same platform, with service tickets under service level agreements.
SpiceHCM: who is qualified
With SpiceHCM, you see who is qualified, with the validity dates of their evidence. A simple duty roster in SpiceHCM shows who is scheduled when.
Talk to us.
What are you planning, and what is missing today? We reply personally and tell you plainly whether Spice is the right fit.
- You tell us what you have in mind.
- We get back to you personally by email.
- If you like, we show you Spice in a demonstration.
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