Automotive Manufacturing ERP With the Quality Standard Already Built In.
Automotive is the most demanding customer a manufacturer can have, and its requirements are not optional. Dharte AI ships APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, MSA and SPC as core modules — alongside production, inventory, procurement and dispatch — for OEMs and component suppliers at every tier.
What does an automotive manufacturer need from an ERP?
Beyond the operational basics, an automotive supplier carries obligations that a general manufacturer does not: a structured APQP process for every new part, a PPAP submission before production approval, documented process control under IATF 16949, full traceability of material batches, and delivery performance measured against customer release schedules.
Most ERP platforms treat these as documentation to be produced alongside the system. That is the reason so many automotive suppliers maintain an entire parallel set of quality spreadsheets. Dharte AI treats them as the system.
Built for OEMs and Tier-n suppliers
Automotive OEMs and suppliers at every tier
IATF-aligned APQP and PPAP workflows, from OEM lines to Tier-1 and Tier-2 component suppliers.
Precision machining and engineering
Tool life, tight-tolerance work and documented process control.
Sheet metal and fabrication
High-volume production with real-time quality capture and dispatch.
Plastics and rubber components
Batch traceability, mould life and in-process quality.
Forging and casting
Route cards, heat treatment stages and multi-stage inspection.
Electronics manufacturing
Assembly tracking, compliance and quality inspection.
The APQP and PPAP requirement, handled as a workflow
Dharte AI runs all five APQP phases — plan and define, product development, process design, validation, and launch — with the timing plan tracked across every deliverable. The PPAP pack, including PSW and ISC, is assembled from records that already exist in the system rather than gathered before a submission deadline.
Traceability the way an automotive customer expects it
Material is tracked by batch and lot from goods receipt through consumption into finished goods and dispatch. When a customer raises a concern, the affected batches and everywhere else they were used are a query rather than an investigation.
Customer schedules against real capacity
Automotive customers release quantities over time and measure you on adherence. Dharte AI holds those schedules against capacity and the production plan, and records promised versus actual delivery per customer.
The same standard at every plant
Your OEM expects identical process control at each of your sites. Dharte AI standardises quality workflows and approval chains across every plant, shows group inventory as one number, and benchmarks sites on rejection rate and adherence to plan — with no limit on the number of sites.
How this connects to the rest of the platform
Every Dharte AI module shares the same records, so the modules below act on the data this one produces — and vice versa.
Quality & APQP
Five-phase APQP through to PPAP, with PFMEA, MSA, SPC and inspection records.
Learn moreProduction Management
Work orders, route cards, plan versus actual and per-shift throughput on live data.
Learn moreManufacturing ERP
The connected system of record for production, quality, materials, procurement and people.
Learn moreInventory Management
Raw material, WIP and finished goods with batch traceability and reorder alerts.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
Yes. Automotive OEMs and suppliers at every tier are a primary focus, and the APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, MSA and SPC workflows those suppliers are audited against are core modules rather than add-ons.
Dharte AI maintains the quality planning, process control and documentation that IATF 16949 audits examine, including the five-phase APQP process and full PPAP submission packs. Certification itself is awarded to your organisation by an accredited certification body.
No. Tier-2 suppliers are held to the same APQP and PPAP obligations by their Tier-1 customers, usually with a smaller team to meet them. You start with the modules you need and add others as you grow.
Yes. The quality backbone comes from automotive because it is the most demanding standard, but production, inventory, procurement, maintenance, workforce and AI modules apply to any discrete or process manufacturer.
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