Industries · Automotive

Automotive: Process Monitoring and Traceability

Reduce quality risks and ensure production readiness.

Component-level traceability · Early detection during production ramp-up · Audit-ready documentation (IATF 16949) · Euro 7 · Battery Passport

In the automotive industry, process deviations quickly ripple through the entire supply chain, ranging from rework and scrap to escalations that strain the brand and delivery capabilities. Consequently, monitoring is becoming less of a "nice-to-have" and more of a structural factor for serial production readiness, consistent quality, and reliable traceability.

And while drive systems and electronics are rapidly evolving, pressure for transparency is rising in parallel.

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Proven in the automotive environment

weldmetrix is used by automotive manufacturers and suppliers as a process and verification infrastructure.

Stabilize the series production process and standardize verification methods.

How an automotive supplier detects process deviations early and maintains documentation that is consistently audit-ready.

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The impact of process monitoring for our customers

Four effects that our customers measure in series production, ranging from OEM battery processes to brake disc cladding.

43 %

less manual testing effort

24/7

constant error detection

less than 11 months

amortisation

more than 50%

Savings on scrap costs

Risks

Prozessrisiken im Automotivebereich

Typical requirements and risks that production, quality, and engineering teams in the automotive sector must address:

Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)

Scrap and rework increase lead times and costs; late defect detection makes root cause analysis difficult. Recalls and field issues also pose a critical risk to reputation.

Recall risk as a systemic effect

Recall incidents demonstrate the extent to which individual deviations can escalate, particularly with large production volumes and complex supply chains.

Scaling during ramp-up

As volume increases, so do variance and risk, for example, due to equipment condition, material or component variability, an increase in programs or variants, and shift changes.

Traceability and auditability

Evidence must be component-specific, consistent, and retrievable, not existing as isolated data islands, but as a coherent process foundation.

Regulations and customer requirements

For certain components, such as those related to batteries, transparency requirements are becoming stricter according to a specific timeline: mandatory labeling by 2026 and a battery passport via QR code by 2027.

Typical defects during laser welding

Where we start

This is what quality assurance for your automotive processes looks like.

In the automotive industry, the most effective points of intervention usually lie where quality is created and where the late detection of deviations is most costly: in upstream processes, during joining and welding, and in end-to-end documentation and verification.

Laser Cladding

Cleaning / Structuring

Laser Welding

MIG / MAG

What PROMOS delivers

An evaluated, documented process foundation

Component-level traceability (process ↔ component ↔ order/program)
Standardized documentation for quality management, audits, and customer requirements
Structured data provision for internal quality loops and, where relevant, requirements aligned with product passports.

PROMOS — Traceability & Documentation

Next Steps

Request an automotive setup-workshop

In the workshop, we prioritize the critical process steps of your line, define the necessary process foundation, and align on the path to consistent documentation and traceability, tailored to serial production and plant IT.

No obligation, no sales pressure. If it’s not a good fit, we’ll tell you so honestly.

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