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From Manufacturing to Sales & Service to Parts Importation and Parts Catalogs, Spud Software has developed large scale, critical applications for the biggest of automotive manufacturers.
Chrysler Assembly
Chrysler was looking to improve the performance of their complex tire and wheel assembly operation. Spud Software designed and delivered a system solution that addressed production efficiency, quality assurance , and system stability. The solution converted them from a Cobol based system to a Microsoft based solution with a fully redundant environment to ensure uptime. The application included several features that improved production and quality: A just-in-time inventory management system, vehicle specific inventory selection prompts, built in quality validation checkpoints, and an imaging system that provided an additional visual quality check.
Chrysler was looking to improve the performance of their complex tire and wheel assembly operation. Spud Software designed and delivered a system solution that addressed production efficiency, quality assurance , and system stability. The solution converted them from a Cobol based system to a Microsoft based solution with a fully redundant environment to ensure uptime. The application included several features that improved production and quality: A just-in-time inventory management system, vehicle specific inventory selection prompts, built in quality validation checkpoints, and an imaging system that provided an additional visual quality check.
Dealer Data Extraction
Spud Software developed a comprehensive dealership data aggregation application. The system pulls data via modem, FTP, telnet, and remote data extraction software from 18 different types of dealer systems, cleanses and standardizes the data, and allows the manufacturer to view aggregate dealer data across, zones, regions, and nationally.
Spud Software developed a comprehensive dealership data aggregation application. The system pulls data via modem, FTP, telnet, and remote data extraction software from 18 different types of dealer systems, cleanses and standardizes the data, and allows the manufacturer to view aggregate dealer data across, zones, regions, and nationally.
ACDelco International Multi-language Parts Catalogs
Partnering with MSX International (ACDelco’s engineering services supplier), Spud Software developed ACDelco’s first electronic composition system to automate the generation of multi-language and region specific International Parts Catalogs. The project was awarded to Spud Software due to our unique solution for parsing raw parts data from ACDelco’s engineering database and composing in the horizontally aligned format used by retail automotive parts catalogs.
Partnering with MSX International (ACDelco’s engineering services supplier), Spud Software developed ACDelco’s first electronic composition system to automate the generation of multi-language and region specific International Parts Catalogs. The project was awarded to Spud Software due to our unique solution for parsing raw parts data from ACDelco’s engineering database and composing in the horizontally aligned format used by retail automotive parts catalogs.
ACDelco Internet Parts System Video
ACDelco needed a web based, instructional video to educate users at their retail outlets on the key features and functionality of their new Internet Parts system. The challenge: They had not completed any system documentation and they needed the instructional video within one month in order to meet the launch date.
Spud Software leveraged it’s automotive parts expertise on staff to review the system, develop the script for the audio and graphic portions of the video, develop the narrative and the graphics, and complete the video integration within a month.
ACDelco needed a web based, instructional video to educate users at their retail outlets on the key features and functionality of their new Internet Parts system. The challenge: They had not completed any system documentation and they needed the instructional video within one month in order to meet the launch date.
Spud Software leveraged it’s automotive parts expertise on staff to review the system, develop the script for the audio and graphic portions of the video, develop the narrative and the graphics, and complete the video integration within a month.
GM Tax Staff NAFTA Tariff System
The NAFTA program for importing parts represented an opportunity for GM to save millions in tariff costs annually as well as an opportunity to get preferential treatment for it’s trucks at border crossings. The challenge: It required full compliance with the U.S. Customs Harmonized Tariff Classification reporting requirements.
Partnering with MSX International and GM’s Customs Brokers, Spud Software designed and developed GM’s Electronic Classification Reporting Database (ECRD). Our ECRD solution included tools that allowed their engineers to quickly identify and record the key specifications of a part, associate the part’s attributes with the corresponding rate listed in the US Customs tariff schedule, and create the necessary documentation to meet NAFTA compliance requirements.
The NAFTA program for importing parts represented an opportunity for GM to save millions in tariff costs annually as well as an opportunity to get preferential treatment for it’s trucks at border crossings. The challenge: It required full compliance with the U.S. Customs Harmonized Tariff Classification reporting requirements.
Partnering with MSX International and GM’s Customs Brokers, Spud Software designed and developed GM’s Electronic Classification Reporting Database (ECRD). Our ECRD solution included tools that allowed their engineers to quickly identify and record the key specifications of a part, associate the part’s attributes with the corresponding rate listed in the US Customs tariff schedule, and create the necessary documentation to meet NAFTA compliance requirements.
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