Tecnomatix for Automotive Supplier applications is a modular set of best-in-class solutions for the complete management of manufacturing supplier operations and information. These solutions are tied to an open manufacturing data backbone and address suppliers' critical need to more effectively quote, launch and execute manufacturing processes as part of maintaining successful OEM relationships.

Most automotive supplier processes today are sequential in nature , and work is performed in "silos." The result is unpredictable launch cost. Tecnomatix for Automotive Supplier enables concurrent product and process development - reducing cost and time. The solution covers all supplier manufacturing stages:

• Propose
• Design
• Verify Design
• Validate Production
• Launch
• Execute & Deliver

In every step of the supplier's "customer-to-customer" process, digital access to global manufacturing capability and capacity is key to achieving predictability. The Electronic Bill of Process (eBOP)is managed via Teamcenter's Manufacturing Process Management environment. This central repository of information enables traditionally separate departments to collaborate. Results of such collaboration include:

• Sustain quoted profit margins: store, access, validate and collaborate on manufacturing "best practice" processes for use in the Propose phase.
• Reduce launch costs: validate (simulate and optimize) process capability early and often in the Verify Design and Validate Production phases.
• Reuse existing capacity: "see" and manipulate your operation-by-operation capacity geographically, often in the Propose phase.
• Reuse best practices: globally identify, document, store and access operation-level best practices.
• Compress cycle time: combine product design tools with digital manufacturing tools regularly throughout the process, in a capable "process model" collaborative environment.
• Continuously Improve: In-plant monitor key process indicators in real time, and simulate "what ifs" dynamically. Feedback any outcomes to product designers and manufacturing engineers.