TimeLine Automotive ERP Software

Automotive ERP Software for Manufacturing Industry

TimeLine Automotive ERP software is purpose-built for the Automotive Manufacturing Industry, addressing complex needs across production, inventory, and quality control. This scalable ERP for automotive industry solution ensures smooth operations for both OEMs and parts suppliers. With highly customizable features, our Automotive ERP software fits your unique processes.

Choose TimeLine—your trusted ERP for automotive industry—to boost efficiency and stay ahead in a competitive market.

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Multiple awarded

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Developed with users for 30 years

The Requirements of the Automotive and series production sector have always been a central development focus of our ERP Software. TimeLine Automotive ERP is continuously enhanced in close collaboration with real-world users, ensuring every function meets the dynamic needs of the industry. This ongoing evolution results in powerful function packages within our automotive manufacturing ERP that directly address the critical challenges manufacturers face. As a result, our Automotive ERP software significantly streamlines operations where businesses need it most.

Your advantages with TimeLine ERP

Individuality
Customizations to the ERP system can be handled many times faster than with other systems and always retain release capability.
Location-independent
Whether you are working from home, in the office or on site at client/supplier premises: With the three-tier architecture, you can work securely and encrypted from anywhere.
Modular and flexible
The modular structure of TimeLine ERP gives you the freedom to add features at any time as your requirements grow.
Personal support
Fixed contact persons and consultants who accompany you for years and a service hotline consisting of experienced project managers ensure optimal personal support.

TimeLine Automotive Manufacturing ERP – Perfect for your individual processes

Every manufacturing industry has its own special processes and requirements for enterprise software. Many ERP systems on the market now offer a wide range of functions and integrations for the most diverse business areas. But if you want to achieve the highest possible efficiency for your own company, there is no way around industry-specific systems.

After 30 years of experience, we know what challenges serial manufacturers face in the Indian Automotive Industry

automotive Parts from a series manufacturer

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TimeLine also combines the right functions for complex requirements

In addition to the standard integrated document management (DMS) as well as the mail, calendar and task system, industry-specific functions for serial manufacturer form what is probably a unique combination of modules that in other systems can usually only be realized via interfaces and third-party providers.

PPS

Production planning with automated and detailed planning

QM

Complete integration of quality management into the ERP system

Data Capture

Labor time recording, production data capturing, machine data capturing and quality data capturing

EDI

EDI clearing center and mapper for data exchange

CAD/PDM

CAD integration with Inventor plugin and PDM

Production and planning

Planning is the heart of any industrial manufacturing company – and the weak spot of most ERP systems. Where other systems exhaust themselves, the functional diversity of TimeLine ERP‘s production module starts to shine.

PPS-System

Advanced planning and scheduling

With TimeLine ERP you can ensure optimal material availability and procurement. Future material requirements are determined and covered according to quantities and deadlines. This will help you optimize inventory levels, keep track of material movements and meet delivery deadlines.

The automatic planning run is the central tool for production planning. Daily changing requirements regularly pose a problem for planning. Thanks to the APS run, even short-term changes are taken into account and scheduled overnight.

APS-Run

Step 1: Import through EDI interface
Import of updated order call quantities and order call dates via EDI-Interface

Step 2: deleting planning production orders
Cancellation of every planning production order, which hasn’t been fixated yet.

Step 3: MRP Run
Recalculation of all primary and secondary requirements based on the new call-offs and generation of production proposals with target dates.

Step 4: Generate planned production orders
Conversion of the production proposals into new planned production orders.

Step 5: Redesign
Planned production orders are scheduled backwards starting from the delivery date. Alternative ressources are taken into account during the automated planning.

Automated planning

All production orders are automatically planned by the planning system against finite capacity. To do this, you define your machines (or resources), set up the “shift plan” and assign a target date to each production order, which determines its priority – the rest is done by the new schedule. This schedules all production orders backwards or forwards against the target date. The result is a constantly updated overview of all orders and their end dates, as well as the utilization of your machines/resources.

Fine planning

Fine planning is used to manually optimize the planning result in order to achieve an ideal setup sequence. Automated planning and fine planning are closely interlinked. In this process, the pending planned production orders and actual production orders are transferred from the automated planning into fine planning. This enables an alternative resource planning.

Quality management

A core requirement for automotive suppliers is compliance with the new IATF 16949 standard, which requires the use of a quality management system. TimeLine ERP offers fully integrated quality management in the sense of a holistic solution concept.

Quality management system

Highlights

Management of testing equipment
capability analysis of testing equipment
Inspection of Incoming goods
Inspection order monitor
Quality data capturing (QDC)
Control chart/process capability
Complaints management incl. 8D-Report
Defect collection cards
Process batches

Production monitor

In the production monitor, the routing plan, the inspection plan and the bill of materials are captured all together in one module including all of the technical documentation.

In the event of an index change, for example, the production monitor is then being copied to the new index. The index is traceable down to the batch.

Production-synchronous inspection

TimeLine ERP fully integrates quality management up to the SPC (statistical process control) and therefore generates a so-called inspection order with every production order.

Since the introduction of the IATF standards, production- synchronous inspection has been mandatory for serial manufacturers with SPC-guided parts in the automotive sector. In TimeLine ERP, individual inspection cycles can be stored with reference to the number of pieces, production time or packaging unit.

This means that the inspection cycle also starts with the PDC stamping and leads to measurements at defined intervals.

Data capturing

Labor time recording (LTR), production data capturing (PDC), machine data capturing (MDC) and quality data capturing (QDC) are combined in an integrated overall system.

PDC and MDC

PDC-Terminal

Production data acquisition is the backbone of the APS run and any form of production planning. TimeLine therefore provides an intuitive terminal interface that can be adapted to all individual requirements for booking and recording all production processes.

Highlights

access to DMS-files
access to PDM-files
access to MDC-data
native 3D-visualization of STEP/IGES neutral formats
QM-data capturing
Defect collection card

Electronic data exchange

With our integrated EDI module for electronic data exchange, you can exchange documents between you and your customers and suppliers fully automatically. This standardized way of data transfer saves you time and avoids incorrect entries. Orders are immediately recorded in the supplier’s system and do not have to be transferred manually again.

Electronic data interchange

EDI-File-Viewer

The integrated EDI file viewer makes EDI messages readable and easier to understand. You can upload an EDI message and view it segment by segment with the corresponding values for the data elements. Likewise, you can also see the segment groups and, if available, the explanations for the codes and qualifiers.

Edit documents

Imported shipments can be viewed, edited and released for further processing. The editor shows you the components of the shipment as TimeLine will process them later.

CAD integration

Merge your CAD environment with industry-specific ERP and planning functions, an integrated PDM, as well as project and document management to create your closed, interface-free command center. Save on additional third-party interfaces and benefit from the simplicity of fewer systems.

CAD plugin and PDM

Inventor plugin

The plug-in for Autodesk Inventor allows you to work with TimeLine directly from the CAD program. Designers can edit all master data from their familiar design environment without having to start TimeLine. The plug-in displays the entire structure tree of the project BOM from TimeLine (in which each node in turn represents a PDM file) and allows direct operations in TimeLine without having to leave Inventor.

Product Data Management (PDM)

TimeLine comes with an integrated PDM system for Inventor, Solid Edge and SolidWorks – but can also be connected to external PDM systems. The audit-proof DMS system manages drawing data in conjunction with the drawing management system. Data can be checked in and out directly via the CAD plug-in, so that the designer does not have to leave his development environment.

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