From new model development to APQP and supplier milestones, running an automotive program means keeping engineering, quality, cost and dozens of suppliers moving to the same timing plan.
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Manage the whole vehicle program in one schedule: styling, engineering, prototype builds, validation, tooling and launch. Break it into phases, gates and milestones with no depth limit. When one date slips, you see the knock-on effect on every later phase at once and re-plan builds and supplier deliveries before they collide.
Lay out the program timing plan visually and manage dependencies between engineering, validation and supplier work. A baseline plan sits alongside the current schedule, so any drift against the original launch date is obvious. Move a task and the resource load updates live, letting you test a plan before committing to it.
Group vehicle programs, engineering initiatives and supplier projects into portfolios with a strategic roadmap of milestones, health status and finances. As the portfolio grows to dozens of programs, health flags and milestone columns let the PMO spot in seconds which programs are on track and which need intervention.
Keep a risk register on every program and start from a template of typical automotive risks instead of a blank page. Each portfolio rolls its risks into one view, so recurring supplier, tooling or validation risks are handled centrally rather than rediscovered program by program, well before they threaten start of production.
Plan and track program budgets covering engineering hours, prototypes, tooling and supplier investment. Link cost items to schedule tasks so cash flow follows the timing plan automatically. You see plan, actuals and forecast to completion side by side, giving time to react before a program overruns rather than after.
Take every new model and derivative through one repeatable, gated process, from concept and design to validation, tooling and start of production, with every function working to the same timing plan.
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Manage the steady flow of engineering changes, supplier initiatives and process projects with the same discipline as a full program, so the smaller work never slips through the cracks.
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Engineering leads and project teams work from one shared timing plan, see how each supplier and validation task depends on the next, and know what is blocking the next gate before the launch date is at risk.
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The PMO gets one view of every program in the portfolio, with status, cost and risk in real time, and steers the whole pipeline of vehicle programs and investments from a single place.
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Designing the vehicle is only one part of the job. Engineering, validation, quality, tooling and dozens of suppliers each move on their own timeline, and one late part or failed test can push start of production back by weeks. FlexiProject keeps it all on one timing plan, working alongside your PLM and accounting tools, so coordination stops being the bottleneck.
In automotive a program does not move on until each gate is passed and signed off. APQP phases, design reviews and PPAP sit on the same plan as engineering and tooling, each with an owner, a deadline and a decision, so nothing proceeds before it is approved and every decision is recorded for the audit trail.
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FlexiProject is a project portfolio management platform built for OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and engineering firms that run many vehicle programs at once. Unlike generic task tools, it brings timing plans, budgets, risk, resources and a stage-gate approval process into one system, so every program follows the same controlled path from concept to start of production. Portfolio managers get a single view of status, cost and progress across all programs, while the PMO can score and prioritise investments before work begins.
Automotive programs are gated by nature, and FlexiProject models that directly. You can design multi-step approval paths for each phase gate, design review or change request, with any number of decision makers and expert reviewers per stage. Different program categories can follow different paths, so a small engineering change is not blocked by a process built for a full launch. Every decision, comment and justification is archived, giving you a complete audit trail for customer and quality reviews.
Yes. Each program keeps its own schedule, budget and risk register, and portfolios roll them up into one view. You can monitor several program timing plans on a shared Gantt chart, see cross-program dependencies, and track supplier milestones alongside internal engineering work. Recurring supplier and tooling risks are managed centrally at portfolio level, so the same issue is not rediscovered on every program, and management sees the whole pipeline of programs in one place.
FlexiProject is enterprise-grade and aimed at PMOs in organizations of 250 people and up, which fits both OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. It offers configurable roles and permissions, data security, and an interface in many languages for international teams. Rather than generic work management, it focuses on the disciplines automotive programs depend on: gated approvals, portfolio scoring, resource capacity planning and program cost control, all in one connected system.
Yes. You can start a 30-day trial with full access and no commitment. FlexiProject integrates with accounting systems to pull supplier invoices straight into program budgets, and connects with tools such as JIRA so engineering software work stays in sync with the program plan. Cost items can be linked to schedule tasks, so cash flow always reflects the current timing plan. To see how it fits your programs, you can also talk to our specialists.
If you want to see how FlexiProject fits your automotive programs, feel free to talk to our specialists.
