Automotive OEM: Process Planning

Build smarter lines,
faster than ever before.

Foundation EGI turns months of manual process planning into days, giving OEM teams the speed and repeatability to launch confidently, every time.

10×
faster process plan
generation
80%
of a new line plan
auto-reused from prior
$0
in line rebuild costs
from planning errors

Benefit 01

Do in days what used to take your whole team weeks.

Traditional OEM process planning ties up a team of engineers for weeks, gathering CAD data, manually sequencing operations, and formatting deliverables. Foundation EGI automates the heavy lifting directly from your CAD models, generating structured process plans in a fraction of the time.

That means fewer specialists required per launch, faster iteration when designs change, and more engineering hours spent on the work that actually moves the line forward.

10× faster plan generation
60% fewer people per launch

Process Plan Generation

Before
4–6 weeks  ·  3–5 engineers
After
2 days
Foundation EGI

Benefit 02

New model year? Start from 80% done, not zero.

Every new model year is mostly evolution, not revolution. Foundation EGI's model-to-model diff analysis identifies exactly what changed between model years, automatically carrying forward the 80% that stayed the same and flagging the 20% that needs attention.

Engineers focus their time on what's genuinely new, not on recreating what already existed. Revision cycles shrink. Launch timelines compress.

80% auto-reused from prior plan
20% engineer attention required

Model Year Comparison — Assembly Operations

80% Unchanged
20% New
Auto-carried forward from MY2024
Review
Reused operations
Changed / new

Benefit 03 — Most Critical

Catch the mistake before the station gets built.

A process planning error found on paper costs hours. The same error found after a line is built can cost millions: stations torn down, connections re-routed, tooling scrapped, and schedule delays that ripple across the entire program.

Foundation EGI validates process plans against your actual CAD geometry before a single bolt is turned. Interference checks, tooling clearance analysis, and operation sequencing are verified in simulation, not discovered on the floor.

What a missed error can cost

Station rebuild & refit $200K – $2M+
Connection & routing rework $50K – $500K
Tooling replacement $100K – $1M+
Program delay (per week) $1M – $10M+
82 interference issues fixed
Detected and resolved in simulation before station design
Resolved
🔗
8 tool clearance conflicts raised
Flagged for engineer review before fixture fabrication
Review
🔄
5 sequence errors identified
Operation order conflicts caught prior to line build
Review

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