About UsSFO Technologies, a NeST Group Company is an International Corporate group, of over 25 companies employing more than 3500 people worldwide, has a global export business turnover in excess of $ 200 million. The Group has a strong presence in futuristic Computer & Communication technology areas like Networking, Fiber Optics, RF & Microwave and Software. SFO Technologies has many hardware and software facilities spread across Trivandrum, Cochin, Bangalore and Mysore in India and in the USA.
All of these units are ISO 9001 certified and the Group now aspires to reach Six Sigma status in quality. The software units of the group operating at Trivandrum and Cochin are assessed at CMMi Level 5. Apart from the software development facility in India, the Group has setup a number of world class manufacturing facilities and has established worldwide operations with offices which provides onsite consulting and development services in USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, UK & QATAR. |
Happenings / News / Press CoverageNetwork Systems and Technologies Pvt Ltd (NeST) the Software division of SFO Technologies and a part of the NeST Group of Companies, has announced that its Automotive Software division has achieved Automotive SPICE Organizational Maturity Level 5 certification under the PATHFINDERTM scheme. NeST becomes the fourth company in the world and the first company in Technopark to receive the Automotive SPICE Maturity Level 5 certification.
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Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) is a framework for assessing software development processes for automotive applications. A joint assessment team from Impronova AB (Sweden) and KPMG (India) carried out the week long assessment of NeSTs Automotive Software Group. The assessment team leader was Alec Dorling from Impronova AB. Alec Dorling, who is is also the international convener of the ISO/IEC standardization project said: NeST joins the select group of companies that have achieved certification to Automotive SPICE Maturity Level 5 under the PATHFINDERTM scheme. This is a significant achievement and reaffirms NeSTs commitment to adhere to worlds best practices in developing software for the automotive industry. With the quantum of software required to be developed for Automobiles increasing exponentially, the addition of NeST as an ASPICE high maturity developer can only be beneficial to the industry.
At NeST, Quality has always been a way of life, with continual allegiance to quality standards like ISO 9001, CMMI and the recent accreditation by Belgium based ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board).
Mr. N Jehangir, Vice Chairman and MD of the NeST Group said: We are extremely proud to have been awarded the ASPICE Maturity Level 5 Certification. It is all the more significant because we are only the fourth company in the world to have achieved this. It demonstrates our passion for quality and commitment to deliver software adhering to the worlds best practices.
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Quality Policy / ProcessesQuality is the cornerstone of all the activities at SFO. Our Quality policy is focused on our customers and how we can add value to them. We believe that the quality of a software system is governed by the quality of the process used to develop it. This belief has resulted in our persistent process improvement initiatives.
The milestones we achieved during
our quality journey include:
ISO 9001
CMM Level 3 - 1998
CMM Level 5 - 2000
CMMI Level 5 -2003
SFO technologies (Electronics Division) Bangalore received ISO 13485 Certification for the Quality management system for its Medical Devices from UL
The benefits of registration to ISO 13485 include international recognition of compliance with the FDA Quality System Regulations and unique medical industry standards, facilitation of global business, and improvement of process, product, and service quality. In addition, the ISO 13485 certification satisfies a significant portion of the EU Directive requirements for marketing medical devices in Europe. ISO 13485 is an international standard, recognized throughout the world for establishing a business management system specific to the medical device industry.
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