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Manufacturing Project Management Software See which launch task is slipping while there is still time to fix it.

Plan engineering and launch work on a board, a list or a Gantt chart, link tasks that depend on each other and see at a glance which projects are on track, at risk or behind.

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The basics

What is manufacturing project management?

Manufacturing project management is planning and tracking the work behind a launch, a tooling build, a line move or any engineering project: tasks, owners, due dates, milestones and the order tasks must happen in. It shows when one late task will push everything after it.

Launch plans usually start as a nicely formatted spreadsheet and stop being updated by week three. The pattern trial slips, nobody moves the pilot run, and the plant head finds out at the review that the PPAP date is gone. Generic task apps do not help much either, because they know nothing about the parts and launches you are running.

Features

Engineering project management software for NPI and launches

Board, list and Gantt views

Work the same tasks as a Kanban board, a filtered list or a Gantt chart. Columns are yours to name, and tasks carry priority, estimate, tags, subtasks and several assignees.

Milestones and dependencies

Group tasks under milestones and link a task to the ones it waits for. A task cannot move forward while a predecessor is still open, and loops are refused.

Date shifts you approve

When a task finishes late, the dates of the tasks that depend on it are proposed to move. The project lead approves or rejects the shift, so the plan stays honest.

Project templates for repeat launches

Save a launch or NPI plan as a template with its columns, milestones and tasks, and start each new project from it instead of retyping the plan.

Project health at a glance

A dashboard compares progress with time elapsed and marks each project on track, at risk, behind or overdue. When you assign a task, you see if that person already has open tasks in the same dates.

Comments, files and Excel

Discuss tasks in threads with mentions, keep files and links on the project, and export tasks and the Gantt to Excel for customer reviews.

Connected

Projects doesn't live alone

APQP launch projects run their timing plan on a project, so APQP phase milestones and task dates live in the same board and Gantt your team already uses.

Standards and industries

Project management for manufacturing launches

IndustryStandardWhat you get
AutomotiveAIAG APQP, IATF 16949APQP timing plans with phase milestones, owners and due dates
Aerospace and defenceAS9145Aerospace APQP phases planned and tracked as project milestones
General manufacturingISO 9001Planned changes and new product work with assigned responsibility
FAQ

Manufacturing project questions

Still unsure? Ask our team.

What is NPI in manufacturing?

NPI, new product introduction, is the work that takes a new part or product from design into steady production: feasibility, tooling, trials, pilot builds, approvals and handover. In YourBrand an NPI plan is a project with milestones, dependent tasks and owners.

What does the NPI process look like?

Most NPI processes run through concept, design, tooling and process development, pilot build, approval and launch. Each phase ends with a review. You can model these phases as milestones and save the whole plan as a template.

What is a stage gate process?

A stage gate process splits a project into stages separated by decision points, where the team reviews progress before spending more. In YourBrand milestones act as the gates, and the APQP product adds formal phase gate approvals for launches.

How is this different from a generic task app?

Projects sit next to your parts, launches and quality records in the same system, with the same users, departments and permissions. APQP launches use it for their timing plans directly.

Can I control who sees each project?

Yes. Each project has members with owner, admin, member or viewer roles, and you can limit members to the tasks assigned to them.

Can we export the plan for a customer review?

Yes. Tasks and the Gantt view export to Excel, with milestones and dates included.

Run your next launch from one plan

We walk through it with your own parts and documents. It takes about 30 minutes.

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