Modules
NPI / APQP
New Product Introduction, APQP, PPAP, phase-gate, and custom supplier collaboration workflows for launch, development, approval, and supplier quality activity.
Module Overview
The Supplios NPI Module supports APQP, PPAP, and similar custom phase-gate or NPI workflows.
It is built to automate, accelerate, and organize supplier collaboration during the NPI process, helping teams move faster with fewer manual handoffs so they can stay closer to launch dates.
Supplios can support standard AIAG and VDA APQP/PPAP/PPA processes, or it can be implemented to exactly match a customer's custom process.
The module can support:
- PPAP, APQP, or custom NPI process.
- AIAG PPAP or VDA PPA.
- Supplier PPAP and/or internal customer PPAP.
- Simple approvals and/or complex cross-functional workflows.
- Multiple different processes in the same account.
- Complex phase-gate APQP processes that connect supplier tasks, internal tasks, approvals, and launch milestones.
Target Users and Use Cases
NPI / APQP is for teams that need to coordinate supplier collaboration during launch, product development, and customer-specific approval processes.
Primary users include:
- Supplier quality and supplier development teams.
- Program, launch, project, and engineering teams.
- Suppliers completing APQP tasks, PPAP submissions, samples, evidence, and launch-related actions.
Common use cases include APQP, PPAP, VDA PPA, custom NPI, phase-gate workflows, supplier PPAP, internal customer PPAP, cross-functional approvals, and ERP/PLM-connected launch workflows.
Features and Capabilities
NPI / APQP workflows are highly configurable.
Process capabilities include:
- Custom phases and custom tasks for suppliers and internal teams.
- Supplier task assignment, supplier portal access, and supplier uploads.
- Internal approvals, parallel paths, dynamic routing, and conditional logic when configured.
- Automatic task assignment, notifications, and reminders.
- Built-in topic-specific messaging for internal users and suppliers.
- Status tracking across parts, suppliers, programs, phases, and tasks.
- Full audit log and traceability.
APQP and PPAP capabilities can include:
- Feasibility and risk assessment.
- Capacity and ramp-up plan.
- DFMEA, DFM/DFA review, and prototype build / validation.
- PFMEA, control plan, work instructions, and capability analysis.
- Launch readiness review, production ramp reports, yield reports, early production tasks, and phase approvals.
- PPAP submission, sample inspection / approval, final approval, and PSW generation.
Document generation capabilities include:
- Custom PSW and other official record-keeping documents.
- Integrated electronic approvals with audit log and full traceability.
- Watermarking for interim approvals, preliminary submissions, and similar use cases.
Integration capabilities include:
- ERP, PLM, and other internal system integrations.
- Triggering to and from other Supplios workflows automatically.
- Supplier lifecycle integration with sourcing, onboarding, compliance, order management, audits, claims, performance, supplier projects, annual PPAPs, and ECN/ECR workflows.
Benefits and ROI
NPI / APQP ROI usually comes from faster launch coordination, fewer manual follow-ups, and better visibility into supplier readiness.
Typical benefit categories include:
- Less time initiating APQP or PPAP workflows.
- Less time notifying suppliers and assigning tasks.
- Less time chasing suppliers for documentation, evidence, and approvals.
- More consistent supplier submissions and internal reviews.
- Better visibility into active tasks, phase status, supplier delays, and launch risk.
- Better reporting from live data instead of manual PowerPoint or Excel reporting.
- Better traceability through structured submissions, approvals, audit logs, and generated documents.
- Less manual work updating ERP, PLM, PIM, or other systems after completion.
For manufacturing teams with complex supplier launches, Supplios helps keep the supplier side of NPI organized, visible, and moving.
How Implementation Works
- Customer inputs: APQP/PPAP/PPA/NPI process documents, workflow diagrams, QMS procedures, task lists, templates, approval matrices, program examples, part data, launch milestones, and system trigger requirements.
- Supplios setup: Configure phases, supplier tasks, internal tasks, approvals, document generation, triggers, system handoffs, and representative test scenarios.
- Typical timeline: Focused PPAP or simple NPI approval processes can often be implemented in a few weeks; complex APQP, custom phase-gate, cross-functional, or integrated workflows are typically 4-8+ weeks.
Pricing Structure
NPI / APQP is part of the quality module family. Prices shown are per NPI workflow process, such as APQP, PPAP, or another NPI workflow.
Anyone who owns or manages a workflow must be a Full User at the account level. No additional Power User fee applies.
| Tier | Monthly Fee | One-Time Implementation Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Tier | EUR 500 / month | EUR 2,000 - EUR 4,000 | Custom forms, custom status, and custom supplier requirements. Limited to linear process flow. |
| Custom Tier | EUR 1,000 / month | EUR 4,000 - EUR 10,000 | Fully customizable workflow, custom forms, parallel paths, dynamic routing, and related customization. |
Customization fees depend on scope and complexity and are quoted on a per-project basis.