Industries — automotive

Built for the pace of automotive production.

Automotive manufacturing runs on precision, speed, and zero tolerance for defects. A single quality escape can trigger a recall.
IATF 16949APQPPPAP
A technician working a torque station on an assembly line
Torque specifications and assembly sequences delivered at the station.Assembly

The cost of the gap

Minutes down, millions out.

What the gap between the procedure and the line actually costs automotive producers.

$2.3M/hr

Unplanned downtime

Average cost of one hour of unplanned downtime at a large automotive plant.

Source: Siemens, The True Cost of Downtime 2024

$51B/yr

Paid in warranty claims

What global automakers paid out in warranty claims in 2023, with another $139.5B held in reserves.

Source: Warranty Week, 2024

34.9Mvehicles

Recalled in one year

894 US safety recalls affected 34.9 million vehicles in 2023 — the third straight annual rise.

Source: NHTSA, 2023 Annual Recall Report

20%

Of sales lost to poor quality

Scrap, rework, and failure costs consume up to a fifth of sales revenue at many manufacturers.

Source: ASQ estimate

The work

The line does not wait for paperwork.

A missed torque specification can mean warranty claims that cost more than the vehicle. A defect that passes one station becomes rework at the next, or a customer complaint six months later. Visor is built for the complexity of automotive production, from body-in-white to final trim, from Tier 1 stamping to OEM assembly.

Changeovers happen faster than documentation can keep up. New operators arrive mid-ramp and learn from whoever is nearest. Visor puts the current procedure in front of the person doing the work, confirms each step before the next begins, and writes the record as the part moves.

So when an auditor asks who performed an operation, on which part, against which revision, the answer is already recorded.

Compliance

Audit readiness, generated at the point of work.

Visor supports IATF 16949 compliance, APQP documentation, control plan adherence, and PPAP audit readiness, with automated records generated as each operation is completed.

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We work with global automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. Tell us where quality escapes and downtime cost you most, and we will show you the deployment that addresses it.

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