Automotive & Tier Suppliers
OEM requirements don't leave room for data gaps. Tier suppliers need accurate quality and production data on every shift — and the ability to produce it on demand when a customer audit or supplier review requires it.
The operating environment is unforgiving
Customer audits ask for quality checks, traceability and production history, organized and on file. On paper, that means pulling binders from quality, production and maintenance while the auditor waits.
Linking raw material lots to finished parts — through every production step — is a requirement in most automotive supply chains and a significant manual data entry risk.
Tier suppliers are under constant pressure to reduce cost-per-unit without impacting quality or delivery. That requires knowing exactly where efficiency is being lost on the floor.
Unplanned equipment failures affect delivery schedules in ways automotive customers notice quickly. Knowing which machine is due for a PM, and which one has been stopping more often, lowers that risk. It depends on a maintenance history someone has kept up.
Built for the demands of automotive supply
Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers across North America run 10in6 on their lines. Quality and production data is recorded on every shift, each part gets a traceable record, and maintenance can see equipment health before a breakdown holds up a shipment.
- Part-level traceability — raw material to finished goods, with full lot linkage
- First Time Through (FTT) — quality tracking at every gate, by shift and operator
- Andon calls and escalation — structured issue logging from the floor to supervision
- OEE and downtime reason codes — measured machine by machine
- PM scheduling and maintenance history — equipment records that hold up under audit
- Shift accountability — production and quality performance visible at every handoff
Audit preparation time cut from days to minutes after implementing 10in6 traceability and quality records
Read the case study →How we work with Tier suppliers
Configured for your OEM requirements
Quality checks, traceability formats and production reports are set up for each customer and program you supply, so two programs for different OEMs can each carry their own checks.
First line live in two to four weeks
A first line is typically running on the floor within two to four weeks, and larger rollouts within four to eight. We work alongside your team, and production keeps running during deployment.
Support for as long as you run it
When a program launches or a customer changes its requirements, we adjust the configuration. We also support your team and add modules as the plant needs them.
The two modules automotive suppliers start with
Manufacturing Execution
OEE tracking, downtime reason codes, production reporting, and real-time visibility across lines and shifts.
Explore MES → DQSDigital Quality System
Part-level traceability, scheduled quality checks, SPC, and audit-ready records for IATF 16949 and customer audits.
Explore DQS →Common questions from automotive suppliers
- Does 10in6 support IATF 16949 quality requirements?
- 10in6 provides the recordkeeping and execution layer that IATF 16949 environments depend on — scheduled quality checks with mandatory acknowledgment, SPC on critical characteristics, part-level traceability, and a searchable audit history. Certification decisions stay with you and your auditors, but our automotive customers consistently report audit preparation dropping from days to minutes because the records are already organized and retrievable.
- Can 10in6 trace a finished part back to raw material lots?
- Yes. Track & Trace captures material inputs, machine settings, operator IDs, timestamps, and inspection results at each production step and ties them to the specific unit or lot. When an OEM sends a traceability request, you can produce the complete birth history of a part in minutes instead of digging through paper records.
- Does 10in6 connect to our existing PLCs and equipment?
- Yes — 10in6 connects to Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron, and other PLCs, as well as legacy equipment without modern communication interfaces, using Modbus, serial protocols, or hardware interfaces where needed. No equipment replacement is required, and deployment doesn't disrupt running production.
- How do automotive suppliers typically start with 10in6?
- Most start with a single capability on one line — usually Production Reporting (OEE) or Scheduled Quality Checks — and reach their first go-live within two to four weeks. Everything runs on a shared data foundation, so adding traceability, Andon escalation, or maintenance management later doesn't require redoing the integration.
The problems automotive suppliers bring to us most
The same defects keep coming back
Why defects recur and the six practices that stop them being made, from on-time checks to traceability.
Read the answer → TraceabilityTracing a complaint back to the cause
Lot versus serial traceability, and how a backward and forward investigation actually runs.
Read the answer → AuditsRecords that are ready when the auditor asks
What audit-ready means in practice and the five questions every audit comes back to.
Read the answer → DowntimeUnplanned downtime nobody can explain
Capture every stop from the machine, code it consistently and work the biggest reasons down.
Read the answer →After go-live, your team runs it. Operators, downtime and scrap codes, products and targets, shift schedules, checks, alerts, emailed reports and real-time boards are yours to change. New machines, modules and custom reports go through a 10in6 project manager who already knows your plant. How the delivery model works →
See 10in6 applied to your automotive operation
Tell us which OEM requirements you work to and where your records fall short today. We'll work out which checks and traceability you'd set up first.