Auto & Aerospace Compliance Management Software

Winning a Tier 1 automotive programme award or an aerospace supplier qualification depends on demonstrating compliance across an unusually deep stack of concurrent requirements. IATF 16949 (automotive quality management) and AS9100 (aerospace quality) set the baseline. REACH substance restrictions apply to every material in the vehicle or aircraft. Conflict minerals reporting under SEC and EU regulations demands smelter-level supply chain mapping. Carbon footprint reporting (Scope 1-3) is now a standard OEM supply chain requirement. ISO 26262 (automotive functional safety) and DO-178C (aerospace software assurance) impose safety evidence obligations proportional to system criticality. And programme-specific requirements from individual OEMs add further layers — VW's FORMEL-Q, Toyota's SQ, Boeing's D6-82479 — each with unique audit protocols.

Component traceability is the thread connecting these obligations. A single brake caliper casting links to REACH substance declarations for its alloy, conflict minerals reporting for its raw material origins, IATF quality records for its production process, and carbon footprint data for its manufacturing energy. If that casting is subsequently machined and assembled into a module, traceability must follow through every transformation step — and the compliance documentation must be reconstructable at the component level for recall management, warranty claims, and regulatory audits.

Sustalium structures automotive and aerospace compliance around the part/component hierarchy that mirrors how OEMs actually request evidence. Each part number carries its quality records, material declarations, substance compliance status, and carbon data as linked evidence. When a programme milestone requires a compliance submission, the platform assembles the relevant evidence package from component-level records rather than requiring your quality team to manually compile documentation from separate quality, environmental, and sustainability systems.