CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

10 April 2007

Implementation Investments

Ogihara Implements Aras Microsoft-Based Enterprise Open Source Solutions for Quality Compliance

Aras® Corporation announced that Ogihara America Corporation has selected the Aras Innovator® open source solution suite for enterprise quality management and Advance Product Quality Planning [APQP] compliance. Ogihara is a leading automotive supplier of vehicle body parts including door, fender, hood, and roof panels to DaimlerChrysler, Ford, GM, Mitsubishi, and Nissan.

"We consider our quality compliance processes strategic and an essential part of our ability to deliver superior value to customers," said Dennis Henning, IT Manager for Ogihara. "The Aras Microsoft enterprise open source solutions give us the control and flexibility we demand and the confidence we require for our enterprise-wide deployment."

Ogihara needed better visibility and coordination of quality compliance processes to ensure that stringent quality levels are achieved. Aras Innovator will manage corrective & preventive action [CAPA] issue resolution for closed-loop accountability and provide defect tracking and nonconforming material management. Phase-gate new product project management based on the APQP requirements will include deliverable roll-ups for dashboard visibility and risk management based on Failure Mode & Effects Analysis [FMEA] and Control Plans.

Ogihara is developing an Aras Innovator adapter to the Progress Software Sonic ESB [Enterprise Services Bus] for integration to the QAD MFG/PRO ERP system which will be posted as a community contributed open source adapter for free download.

PODCAST: Listen to Ogihara outline business goals and discuss the project [7 mins] http://aras.com/Exchange/blogs/aras_user_blog/archive/2007/03/05/ogihara-addresses-quality-management-apqp-compliance.aspx

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