Automotive
Plant quality managers and supplier quality engineers capture the finding, bound the suspect lot by serial, and close the 8D on one record, whether the customer audit comes from Detroit, Stuttgart, or Nagoya.
Where it runs
Every part keeps its inspection, its weld verdict, and its 8D on one traceable record.
Stampings · welds · assemblies · shipped lots
The value map
Automotive quality lives on traceability. These four workflows keep the evidence attached to the part it describes, from the station to the customer audit.
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intelliINSPECT runs CQI-8 layered process audits and control plan checks offline at the station, signed off before the shift ends. A missed layer surfaces on the schedule instead of in the customer audit.
intelliNDT records ultrasonic spot weld results per AWS D8.9M practice, tied to weld ID and body serial. A cold nugget names its suspect range with the reading and location attached.
intelliTRACK holds serialized custody from stamping to shipment, the traceability IATF 16949 expects. When a defect surfaces, the suspect lot is a serial range with the evidence attached, not a date range.
intelliCOMPLY tracks D1 through D8 with owner, containment evidence, root cause, and verification on one thread. The closeout reads the same to your plant manager and your customer's SQE.
One traceable record
From station capture to closed 8D, the proof stays with the part.
Third shift, body shop
An ultrasonic check flags a cold weld on a B-pillar. The operator logs reading, photo, and weld map position in intelliNDT at the station, offline if the body shop swallows the signal, signed before the next body indexes in.
intelliTRACK pulls every serial since the last good weld check. The suspect range goes on hold at the station and in the yard, and containment opens as D3 with the evidence already attached.
The 8D exports from intelliCOMPLY with capture, containment, and verification in sequence. The same record answers the next VDA 6.3 process audit without a week of binder assembly.
How it runs
Records ultrasonic spot weld results in line with AWS D8.9M practice, tied to weld ID and body serial.
intelliTRACKKeeps serialized custody from stamping to shipment, so a suspect lot is bounded by serial range.
intelliCOMPLYRuns D1 through D8 corrective action and exports IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3 evidence on demand.
Evaluation path
Automotive · next step
Walk one defect from station capture to closed 8D with your parts, your control plan, and your customer's deadline.
Answers
Yes. Inspections, control plan checks, approvals, and nonconformances are captured as structured records with user, timestamp, and signature, so the objective evidence an IATF 16949 audit expects exports on demand. intelliSPEC organizes the workflow and audit trail rather than certifying compliance on your behalf.
Yes. PPAP element evidence is held per part and submission level, and 8D corrective actions run D1 through D8 with owner, containment, root cause, and verification against the exact part, station, or process step. The record stays searchable after closeout for customer and internal review.
CQI-8 layered process audits are scheduled by layer, from operator to plant manager, and run offline at the station in intelliINSPECT. Missed layers surface on the schedule, and findings route straight into corrective action instead of a spreadsheet.
Yes. intelliTRACK keeps serialized custody from stamping to shipment, the traceability IATF 16949 requires, so a suspect lot is bounded by serial range rather than by guesswork. That boundary becomes the containment scope, with the evidence attached.
Yes. intelliNDT records ultrasonic spot weld results in line with AWS D8.9M recommended practice, tied to the weld ID and body serial. A failed nugget carries its reading, its location, and its inspector into the 8D.
The same inspection and finding record maps to both IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3 criteria, so a plant answering North American and German customers works from one evidence set instead of parallel binders. intelliSPEC structures the workflow and audit trail, it does not grade the audit for you.
Suppliers running IATF 16949 programs typically stitch together audit, corrective action, and traceability tools. intelliSPEC covers that span in one platform, with offline capture on the line and one record from finding to closed 8D across every plant in the program.
