Industry solution

Collecta for Automotive parts

Collecta is an operations platform for automotive parts suppliers. Build no-code modules for production part orders, PPAP submissions, serial/lot traceability and supplier quality, connect your machines and ERP, and run a Claude-powered AI agent across your quality data. It supports the IATF 16949 discipline that Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers need without a stack of disconnected tools.

The challenge

What slows these plants down

The disconnected tools and paper trails Collecta is built to replace.

PPAP submissions are assembled by hand across spreadsheets, with no single view of element status or due dates.

Part-level traceability (serial and lot) is hard to maintain, complicating containment when a defect escapes.

Supplier non-conformances and 8D reports live in email, disconnected from the parts and POs they affect.

OEM scorecard and PPM reporting is compiled manually each month under deadline pressure.

Build it

Modules you'd build

Starting points, not a fixed template — add your own fields, statuses and relations.

Production part orders
PPAP submission tracker
Serial & lot traceability
Supplier quality & 8D
Gauge & calibration registry
Control plan & PFMEA links
Automate it

Automations that earn their keep

Trigger → condition → action, all permission-aware and audited.

When a PPAP element is marked complete, advance the submission status and alert the customer-quality owner.

When a defect is recorded, trigger containment, trace affected serials/lots, and open an 8D investigation.

When a gauge nears its calibration due date, schedule calibration and block its use until verified.

On a monthly schedule, compile PPM and on-time metrics into a supplier scorecard report.

FAQ

Automotive parts, answered.

Yes. Build a PPAP module with a field or sub-record per element, a status workflow for submitted/approved/interim, and approval routing to the right reviewers. Automations advance status and send reminders, so nothing in a submission slips past its due date.
Yes. Model parts, serials and lots as related modules; bidirectional relations let you trace any defect to affected serials and forward from a suspect lot to every shipment, so containment and recall scoping are immediate rather than manual.
Collecta keeps PPAP, control-plan links, gauge calibration, supplier 8Ds and the full audit trail in one permission-aware system. You configure modules and rules to mirror your IATF processes, and the audit log gives auditors traceable, time-stamped evidence.

See Collecta on your
automotive parts data.

Book a demo and we'll build a module, connect a system, and show the Claude AI agent running on your own operation.