Quality and Supplier Traceability

Visiprise solutions manage quality and supplier traceability by collecting and maintaining change parameters in product genealogy and transformation, including changes in process, product or production variables. Warranty servicing requires this traceability for making product or process adjustments and responding to potential product recalls. Complete product and process genealogy is imperative for compliance to regulatory guidelines such as the Transportation Recall, Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act.

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Visibility

Visiprise solutions deliver a global view of operations by aggregating data from multiple sources and multiple facilities. Automotive & Special Vehicle manufacturers can adjust their manufacturing plans based upon events or unplanned occurrences up and down the supply chain. Complete data aggregation and reporting on the real-time enterprise delivers a competitive advantage.

Production Coordination

Visiprise solutions provide the tools and capabilities to automate rescheduled production runs based on production events or occurrences. Cost savings are realized as manufacturing schedules are adjusted based upon schedule, resource or material availability.

First Article Platform

Visiprise solutions can significantly improve First Article Platform yields in automotive & specialty vehicles. Visibility around parametric quality data and manufacturing processes is an important feedback mechanism. The unique integration with back-end product lifecycle management (PLM) and computer-aided design (CAD) systems is important for feedback loops, which refine product design and process routings. Additional capabilities within Visiprise solutions include collaboration, workflow, real-time redlining, and audit trails.

PLM Support

Visiprise solutions are utilized during the request for quote (RFQ)/request for proposal (RFP) design process and is a critical step within automotive & specialty vehicles during the design phase. Storage and analysis of product specifications, performance criteria and quality are inherent in Visiprise Manufacturing.

Supplier Programs

Supplier programs are critical in automotive & specialty vehicles, based on the volume of suppliers utilized. Visiprise solutions can play a role here based on functionality that supports the following:

Nonconformance reporting Genealogy Field service and repair

Supplier portal and dashboard Incoming inspection Quality and assurance audits

Nonconformance Reporting

Nonconformance reporting and continuous process improvement are very important in automotive & specialty vehicles. CAPA reporting for product and process control is measured to achieve a minimal acceptable quality level. Visiprise solutions support nonconformance reporting and is inherently based on a continuous process improvement loop. CAPA reporting for interoperability is collected, visible, measured, and optimized.

Quality Control

Visiprise solutions play a major role in Quality Control and has some unique advantages in the market. These advantages include proactive monitoring of events, with support of feedback mechanisms for measuring activity on the shop floor and tracking; status reporting on the work order; quality management systems for trending and nonconformance reporting; exchange portals for supplier visibility on component failures, as well as engineering for defect analysis and possible product/process re-design. Defect analysis is an essential requirement during product ramp-up where yields are very low initially.

Visiprise solutions support:

Statistical Process Control Corrective and Preventative Action Audit Pareto defect analysis

Verified defects reporting Quality dashboards Regulatory Compliance

As Maintained Bill of Material

Visiprise solutions can support the As Maintained Bill of Material, which is critical in automotive & specialty vehicle field service and aftermarket.

Remanufacture

Visiprise solutions can support the process of remanufacturing based on the as-built configuration and knowledge of component attributes. Visiprise solutions are unique in its capabilities for Design for Service with the integration of design collaboration features.