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Production Planning for Automotive
In automotive, OEM supply discipline, on-time delivery and full traceability require functions to keep each part’s history and quality record complete. Manage production operations in one system, from bill of materials and routing to capacity planning, work orders and shop-floor tracking. The module works integrated with sales, purchasing and inventory.
Automotive context
Why Production Planning works differently in Automotive
In Automotive, automotive value chain center on sector-specific concepts such as OEM supply discipline, part number, PPAP/quality document. In automotive, OEM supply discipline, on-time delivery and full traceability require functions to keep each part’s history and quality record complete.
Qera ERP's Production Planning module is set up around how the automotive sector works: Schedules production against the OEM order calendar, balancing on-time delivery with low WIP stock.
- When OEM customers' on-time-delivery and quality expectations are strict, planning errors create contract risk.
- When spare-part diversity (reference/OE code, aftermarket) can't be managed, stock and sales tracking gets tangled.
- Without part and serial/lot traceability, you can't find the root cause in a quality issue or recall.
Capabilities
How Qera Production Planning works in Automotive
The core capabilities of the Production Planning module, described for the part number and series/batch needs of the automotive sector.
Bill of materials and routing definitions
Define raw material bills of materials (BOM) and operation routings for each product; manage recycling and scrap with teardown BOMs as well.
Capacity and scheduling
Create new plans, planned production runs and a production schedule that takes machine and labor capacity into account.
Pending planning
List approved but unplanned work orders and orders; distribute the workload effectively by seeing priority jobs.
Work orders
Define each production job as a work order containing materials, routing and planned dates, so the shop-floor team can see what to produce and when.
Station and shift management
Monitor station states (idle, busy, faulty) in real time; manage operation start-end times and shift plans.
Production reports and analysis
Measure efficiency with production process, standard-vs-actual time, operation and work-order reports; see product profitability by combining with financial data.
Outcomes
What it delivers for your Automotive business
What you see in automotive operations once it is set up properly.
- BOMs and routings are defined to a standard, so cost calculations are consistent.
- Scheduling follows machine and labor capacity, which reduces unplanned stoppages and bottlenecks.
- The status of work orders and stations is visible in real time.
- Planned and actual times are compared, which shows where efficiency is lost.
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Related pages
Full details of the Production Planning module, the Automotive sector page and other Automotive solutions.
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