ENOVIA Automotive Accelerator for Program Management APQP
 
The automotive industry is faced with challenges that arise from the globalization trend, pressures for acceleration of product innovation, higher material costs and the shift of responsibility down to the supply chain tiers. These industry dynamics result in forced asset reallocation, increased competition, and stricter governmental, regional and industry regulations – all of which add to the complexity of managing global automotive vehicle programs to budget and on schedule.

To respond to these challenges and successfully launch programs that meet quality goals and are delivered on time and on budget, Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers need to effectively manage their product development and program launch processes, including:
  • Developing global vehicle product programs with the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process
  • Tracking and manage all deliverables, such as FMEAs, DVP&R and Control Plans
  • Communicating changes to all key stakeholders in a timely
  • Mitigating risk early with management dashboards and visibility into each program’s related projects or supplier deliverables –such as with the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
 
The ENOVIA Solution

The ENOVIA Automotive Accelerator for Program Management (APQP) ™ is a commercially available, configurable and extensible Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution for OEMS and suppliers within the automotive industry. This solution, developed with industry best practice processes and tools, enables companies to manage and improve the project execution of complex automotive vehicle programs through the supply chain tiers. This offering includes standard templates for the phase-gate APQP process and the PPAP process, incorporating the latest ISO/TS 16949 deliverables as well as pre-defined work processes, data models, reports, role-based user interfaces, and document management capabilities.
 
ENOVIA Industry Accelerator
The ENOVIA Automotive Accelerator for Program Management (APQP) allows companies to effectively manage and launch product development programs that meet quality goals and come in on time and budget by giving role-based visibility and access to real-time APQP project and product status information.
  • Program Managers can manage and track complex programs, including those consisting of multiple interrelated APQP projects that may also involve external supplier sub-projects and PPAP deliverables.
  • Cross-functional program teams can improve communications on deliverables with timely notifications of any changes.
  • Management can review APQP program status dashboards, critical tasks and interdependencies across projects and therefore mitigate risk early with corrective action plans and issues management.
  • Quality Managers can independently manage and track supplier deliverables online using the standard PPAP process and template (TS16949 standard).
  • System and Design Engineers can search and use historical data for deliverables such as FMEAs and DVP&Rs to improve knowledge reuse.
 
  • Lower design change costs by increasing knowledge reuse of previously completed deliverables such as FMEAs, DVP&Rs and Control Plans
  • Enhanced product quality by improving communication between cross-functional teams and suppliers with tracking of deliverables for PPAP submissions and Corrective Actions
  • On-time and on-budget launch of new vehicle programs from concept to production with simplified management decision-making enabled by APQP program dashboard visibility, control and risk mitigation
 
ENOVIA Automotive Accelerator for Program Management (APQP) supported capabilities
  • Automotive standard APQP phase gate process template with pre-configured settings
  • PPAP and Corrective Action templates that comply with AIAG and TS16949 standards
  • APQP and related sub-projects management, such as PPAP and Corrective Actions
  • APQP part and supplier status matrix
  • Task dependencies to review critical paths between
  • APQP sub-project tasks or
  • Sub-project tasks and PPAP/CAR projects
  • Two-way, real-time integration to Microsoft® Project allows milestone or task editing in Microsoft Project, while
  • project, task execution and visibility are enabled by Matrix in Matrix3
  • Multiple files check in for multiple task deliverables
  • Project snapshots for improved baseline and historical audit tracking
  • Track Corrective Actions requests and 8Ds within the context of the APQP project
  • Project deliverable and folder content summary reports
  • “Package and Transfer” deliverables and folder content files to desktop
  • Real-time dashboard metrics on performance of projects and APQP programs
  • Synchronization of activities with related product information including
  • Parts and Bill of Materials for improved program execution1
  • Requests for quotes and quotations for meeting target costs and source plan timing2
  • Optional Microsoft Office integration and usability tools for managing documents
 
 
Incorporated Form and Documents into Templates
 
Configure APQP Templatesand WBS Tasks