Passing an inspection is not quality — proving the part is capable before it ships is. Fast ERP runs the full IATF-16949 stack: APQP stage gates, PPAP package control, FMEA and control plans, gauge calibration and MSA, and receipt, in-process and pre-dispatch inspection that gates both incoming purchase and outgoing dispatch. Built for automotive component suppliers, it serves manufacturing businesses of every kind, cloud or on-premise, across India and worldwide.
Quality is planned before the first part is made and enforced on every part after. The stack works with purchase on the incoming side and production on the shop floor, so the control plan, the gauge and the inspection record all describe the same characteristic.
Automotive customers do not buy a promise; they buy a proven, approved part. Fast ERP runs each new part through the APQP phases — planning, product and process design, validation, production — as a stage-gate plan with deliverables, owners and due dates. Nothing passes a gate until its evidence is on record, and the PPAP package (drawings, FMEA, control plan, MSA, dimensional results and the PSW) is assembled and controlled through the document subsystem, versioned and tied to the part.
A failure mode you predicted is a failure mode you can control. Design and process FMEA capture the failure modes, effects and causes, and the controls that answer them; the control plan then lists every characteristic with its specification, the gauge or method, sample size, frequency and reaction plan. Because inspection reads from the same control plan, the plan and the shop-floor records stay in step — not two disconnected spreadsheets drifting apart between revisions.
An out-of-calibration gauge does not fail loudly — it quietly passes bad parts. Every gauge is a master record with its calibration schedule, and calibration follow-up flags what is due or overdue so a lapsed gauge is caught before it signs off a lot. Measurement System Analysis — gauge R&R and related studies — is recorded against the gauge and characteristic, so the measurement system itself is proven capable before its numbers are trusted in inspection or PPAP.
Bad parts cost the most when they move. Receipt inspection checks incoming goods against the GRN and blocks defective material from stock; in-process inspection checks the part as it is built; pre-dispatch inspection blocks a bad lot before dispatch and invoicing. Each disposition is accept (AC), reject (RJ) or accept-under-deviation (AD) — and AD is a recorded, authorised concession, not a quiet wave-through. Rejections raise an NCR; a genuine defect escalates into a structured 8D with a root-cause tree of cause categories and specifications, corrective action and verified closure.
Each new part planned through the APQP phases — deliverables, owners and due dates per gate, tracked to sign-off with an APQP dashboard.
The submission package — drawings, FMEA, control plan, MSA, results, PSW — assembled and version-controlled as documents attached to the part.
Design and process FMEA capture failure modes, effects, causes and controls — the risk analysis that feeds straight into the control plan.
Every characteristic with its specification, gauge or method, sample size, frequency and reaction plan — the definition of what inspection checks.
Gauge master with calibration schedule and follow-up, plus gauge R&R studies that prove the measurement system before its readings are trusted.
Rejections raise an NCR; genuine defects escalate to a structured 8D over a cause-category and cause-specification tree, with verified closure.
Most shops keep quality in disconnected spreadsheets that no one trusts by audit day. When quality lives inside the ERP, it gates purchase and dispatch in real time — and its numbers surface in Dhruv AI role dashboards.
APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) is the phased method automotive customers require for launching a new part — planning, product design, process design, product and process validation, then production. Fast ERP runs each new part through those stage gates: deliverables are planned per phase, owners and due dates are tracked, and a part cannot pass a gate until its evidence — FMEA, control plan, gauge study, trial results — is on record and signed off. It is the deep quality stack behind our automotive ERP.
The PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) package is assembled and controlled through the document subsystem: drawings, FMEA, control plans, MSA and gauge studies, dimensional results and the PSW are attached to the part and its quality records, versioned and retrievable. Because the package is document-backed and tied to the item, you present the approved submission level rather than reassembling it before every customer audit.
Yes. Design and process FMEA capture failure modes, effects, causes and the resulting controls; the control plan then lists each characteristic, its specification, the gauge or method used, sample size and frequency, and the reaction plan. The control plan drives what inspection actually checks on the floor, so the plan and the inspection records stay in step instead of drifting apart in separate spreadsheets.
Every gauge is a master record with its calibration schedule; calibration follow-up flags what is due or overdue so an out-of-calibration gauge is caught before it passes bad parts. Measurement System Analysis — gauge R&R and related studies — is recorded against the gauge and characteristic, so the measurement system is proven capable before its readings are trusted in inspection or PPAP.
Inspection runs at three gates against the control plan and each disposition is one of accept (AC), reject (RJ) or accept-under-deviation (AD). Receipt inspection checks incoming goods against the GRN and blocks bad material from stock; in-process inspection checks the part as it is made; pre-dispatch inspection blocks a bad lot before it ships. Rejections raise an NCR, and accept-under-deviation is a recorded, authorised concession rather than an informal wave-through.
The stack maps to IATF-16949 practice: APQP, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, MSA and calibration, controlled inspection and formal nonconformance handling. A rejection or complaint raises an NCR; a genuine defect escalates into a structured 8D with a root-cause tree of cause categories and specifications, corrective action and verified closure — retained against the part and the originating GRN or order. Automotive suppliers lead here, but the same discipline serves discrete, construction and SME manufacturers too.
A live demo of APQP stage gates, PPAP, control plans, gauge calibration and AC/RJ/AD inspection — on a real automotive part, not a generic slideshow. Cloud or on-premise.
