Automotive Manufacturing
MES built for IATF 16949 automotive suppliers
APQP gate reviews, PFMEA with AIAG-VDA Action Priority scoring, layered process audits, Gauge R&R, and SCAR 8D — all in one system. No spreadsheets reconstructed at audit time.
IATF 16949 quality modules
APQP — AIAG 3rd Edition Five-Phase Framework
New product launches follow the AIAG APQP 3rd Edition (March 2024) five-phase framework — the edition Ford, GM, and Stellantis mandate from their suppliers: Plan & Define Program, Product Design & Development, Process Design & Development, Product & Process Validation, Launch & Assessment & Feedback. Phase gates require multi-role e-signatures before advancing. AIAG deliverables tracked per phase with waiver workflow. Reopen log is immutable — auditors can see every gate decision with the name and timestamp of who made it. Gate 0 project-launch checklist, Sourcing Decisions, Supplier APQP cascade, Safe Launch Control Plan with required stop criterion, and Reaction Responsibility column are all shipped — see the APQP module page for the full list and current roadmap.
- • IATF 16949 §8.3.4.1 — product approval process
- • AIAG APQP 3rd Edition + Control Plan 1st Edition (March 2024)
PFMEA & Control Plan — AIAG-VDA 2019
Action Priority scoring (High/Medium/Low) via the AIAG-VDA 2019 harmonized 1000-cell matrix — RPN is read-only for legacy imports only. Stellantis CSR June 2025 requires AP-only scoring; Qontiv generates AP by default. Control plans are derived automatically from PFMEA rows with Critical or Significant classification. PFMEA approval requires 3+ distinct disciplines from Quality, Process Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance — enforced programmatically, not by honor system.
- • IATF 16949 §6.1.2.4 — risk analysis with PFMEA
- • AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook 2019 — AP scoring, 7-step process
- • Stellantis CSR Jun 2025 — AP-only requirement
Layered Process Audits (LPA)
Four-tier audit cadence per AIAG CQI-8: Operator (daily), Supervisor (weekly), Manager (monthly), Plant Manager (quarterly). Schedules are auto-generated — auditors receive their queue, complete findings digitally, and sign electronically. NonCompliant findings auto-create a CAPA; the audit cannot close until all linked CAPAs are closed. Stellantis SQA Connect June 2025 mandates weekly LPAs for certain suppliers.
- • IATF 16949 §9.2.2.2 — layered process audits
- • AIAG CQI-8 3rd Ed. (2014) — cadence and content
- • Stellantis SQA Connect Jun 2025 — weekly LPA mandate
Engineering Change Orders (ECO) & Management of Change
Revision-controlled items, BOMs, and routes. ECO promotes revisions atomically — either all revisions in the change set go Approved together or none do. Customer notification rules per OEM: Ford Q1 §3.4, GM SQ-IPPM §5.3, and Stellantis CSR baselines are pre-configured. Retroactive impact analysis walks lot genealogy to identify in-field units built against the superseded revision.
- • IATF 16949 §8.5.6 — control of changes
- • Ford Q1 §3.4 / GM SQ-IPPM §5.3 — customer notification
MSA, CAPA, and Supplier Quality
Gauge R&R (AIAG MSA 4th edition), CAPA state machine with root-cause method tracking, and ASL + SCAR 8D for supplier corrective action — all covered by dedicated modules.
What this is — and what it isn't
Qontiv is not IATF 16949 certified — the certification belongs to your organization. Qontiv is designed to be compatible with the evidence and records that IATF 16949 auditors and customer-specific requirement assessors look for. Your certification body audits your QMS; Qontiv provides the records.
IATF surveillance audit coming up?
APQP, PFMEA, LPA, supplier corrective action — native to the MES, ready for the auditor.