With APplus, you shorten throughput times, optimise the production flow and improve your service.
The automotive industry, with its far-reaching and highly specialized networks of suppliers, forms an essential backbone of the economy and economic prosperity in Central Europe. It is a prime example of international collaboration and dynamic growth
APplus is specifically tailored to the automotive industry and fully covers all these requirements. The advantages: shorter lead times, higher productivity and more speed through a smooth exchange of information.
ERP highlights for the
Automotive-Branche
General contract
With APplus you can manage all general contracts and view them any time.
Delivery schedules
Constantly updated figures for your delivery and detailed orders.
EDI processes
APplus supports the EDI process as an automotive industry solution.
Bestandteile der ERP-Lösung für Automotive
- General contracts
- Delivery schedules
- Just-in-time delivery schedules
- Transportation
- EDI processes
- Container management
- Feinplanung APS
EDI-processes of APplus
Naturally, APplus Automotive also supports sophisticated transport logistics, which ensures timely delivery of the quantity needed by the customer. Forwarding agents or other shipping methods require specially prepared information to enable seamless tracking of the logistic chain.
Efficient planning of forwarding transports
All of these business processes between customer and supplier are implemented based on standardized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processes. Different manufacturers and countries, however, prefer different standards, such as VDA, ODETTE or EDIFACT. These standard also frequently modified and supplemented for a particular manufacturer. In order to be able to reliably portray all possible variants of electronic communication in series production and the automotive industry, you need a lot of experience with the various EDI standards and the different communication processes.
For this APplus relies on the tried-and-tested XML-based Business Integration Server (BIS) from SEEBURGER AG. Alternatively, the myOpenFactory platform is available. Thanks to its comprehensive functionality, the solution provides greater transparency, faster response times and greater process reliability. The result is a reduction down to essential content. Another big advantage of myOpenFactory is the ability to reach all business partners with just a single interface.
Gutschriftserwartung
APplus unterstützt das Einlesen und Verarbeiten von elektronisch übermittelten Gutschriftanzeigen nach VDA4908. Das Gutschriftverfahren sieht vor, dass der Warenempfänger Materiallieferungen mit den vereinbarten Preisen bewertet und dem Lieferanten hierüber Gutschriftanzeigen erstellt. Der Warenempfänger erhält vom Lieferanten zu jeder Warenlieferung elektronisch übermittelte Lieferschein-/Transportdaten nach VDA4913 oder EDIFACT DESADV.
Auf dieser Grundlage lassen sich weitestgehend automatisiert Gutschriftanzeigen erstellen. Der Lieferant liest die Gutschriftanzeigedaten ein und gleicht sie mit den versendeten Lieferscheindaten ab. Eine optimale Lösung, auch für das Finanz- und Rechnungswesen: Nach dem Abgleich können die Gutschriftanzeigedaten an die Finanzbuchhaltung übergeben und die zugehörigen Rechnungen erstellt werden.
Anticipation of credit
APplus supports reading and processing electronically transmitted credit notices in accordance with VDA4908. The credit procedure intends for the consignee to appraise material deliveries at the agreed-upon costs and prepare credit notices for the supplier. For each delivery of goods, the consignee electronically receives transmitted delivery note data / transport data from the supplier in accordance with VDA4913 or EDIFACT DESADV.
This can be used to prepare credit notices using a largely automated process. The supplier reads in the credit notice data and compares it to the sent delivery note data. After the comparison, the credit notice data can be transferred to the financial accounting department and the associated bills can be drawn up.
General contract
A general contract is agreed on for each article from the product range. The validity period for the contract and the type of packaging required are specified here in addition to the cost and agreed-upon total number of parts. A forwarding agent and unloading point for the customer are also clearly identified by assigning an EDI partner. The current delivery progress as well as all completed and planned delivery schedules can be viewed at any time on the general contract screen.
Delivery schedules
In delivery schedules, the customer keeps the supplier informed about the next deliveries planned for a certain article. The supplier determines its own production plans based on this information. Additional information assists with materials resource planning for the products to be delivered, the packaging to be used and the quantities delivered thus far (cumulative quantities). Difference analyses between the individual schedules provide support when adapting materials resource planning to fluctuating needs.
Just-in-time delivery schedules
In just-in-time delivery schedules, the OEM informs its suppliers about the final times and quantities for deliveries. The individual schedules are then quickly assembled for transport and prepared for shipping.
Container Management
Container management in APplus includes packaging material management that covers all the requirements of container management in the automotive industry. This immediately leads to substantially lower personnel costs for tracking containers as well as a significant reduction in container costs, since container inventories that were previously needed can be reduced.
Consignment Warehouse
For parts that are stocked in the customer's warehouse, consignment warehouses can be furnished and allocated to the pertinent location. Multiple consignment warehouses can be allocated to one article. These consignment inventories can be accounted for separately from the rest of the inventory and for different customers.
Automotive Supplier industry in change
And the significance of the suppliers in the automotive industry is continuing to grow. The OEMs are concentrating more and more on their key competencies and are shifting entire system components onto their upstream suppliers. In the development, production and service phases, this requires intensive collaboration between the OEM and system partners and their suppliers.
This collaboration places demands on all partners for high reliability and the ability to respond quickly in the event of problems. In order to master these critical processes reliably, a series of technical standards and best practices have developed, some of which apply to the entire industry and some of which apply only to certain OEMs and their dedicated suppliers.
ERP industry solution for cross-company processes
The state-of-the-art software architecture of APplus (XML Web services) pays off particularly where state-of-the-art EDI processes are to be implemented — an essential contribution to reducing costs.
APplus for automotive suppliers links widely varying company departments and functional areas, coordinates processes in a targeted manner and controls them across companies. The result is integrated information processing.
