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Engineering Intelligence for the Automotive Industry

MetisEI transforms how automotive suppliers manage critical engineering documents. AI-powered. Always learning. Built for engineers, by engineers.

Validated in production AIAG-VDA 2019 compliant IATF 16949 aligned EN · 中文 · ES · TR
The Problem

The way automotive engineers manage documents is broken

Every automotive supplier globally manages the same problem — critical engineering documents that drift out of sync, engineering changes that are never fully propagated, and lessons that are learned once and then forgotten.

Documents out of sync

PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Inspection Plans managed manually. One changes — the others don't follow. The gaps are invisible until an auditor finds them.

Changes never fully land

Engineering Change Requests raised but downstream documents never updated. Suppliers still working to old specifications. The same mistake repeated.

Knowledge walks out the door

Years of engineering lessons held in the heads of a handful of experienced people. When they leave, the knowledge goes with them. The same failures repeat.

IATF audits find the gaps

Auditors cross-reference documents against a complex web of interdependencies and quality standards. Documents managed in isolation will always have gaps.

£1.5m — £4.4m
lost annually per mid-size Tier 1 supplier to preventable quality failures caused by document management errors.
What MetisEI Does

Six capabilities. One conversational interface.

Everything happens through a conversation — the same way you already use AI assistants. No new systems to learn. No dashboards. No forms.

Document Transformation

PFMEAs, DFMEAs, and Control Plans transformed automatically. Every AP rating calculated against the official AIAG-VDA 2019 standard. Every output cited and traceable.

Consistency Checking

Every document checked against every other document simultaneously using a comprehensive set of automotive quality logic rules. Gaps flagged before they become audit findings.

Change Event Propagation

When a change event is raised — supplier change, design modification, customer update — MetisEI identifies and routes every downstream document update automatically.

8D & ECR Management

Full 8D problem solving and ECR workflow within the same conversational interface. Root cause assessed for quality. Lessons embedded permanently at closure.

Learning Loop

Every correction an engineer makes is assessed, approved, and permanently embedded. The system that exists in twelve months is dramatically more capable than today.

IATF 16949 Audit Ready

Audit packages assembled in seconds. Every document requirement mapped to the relevant IATF clause. Nonconformances tracked from finding to closure automatically.

One Place For Everything

Every document. Every revision. Always there when you need it.

MetisEI is the single source of truth for your entire engineering document ecosystem — from 3D CAD to PFMEAs to 8D records. Every file stored, versioned, and retrievable in seconds.

Everything stored in one place

  • 3D CAD files — STEP, CATIA
  • 2D Engineering Drawings
  • PFMEAs and DFMEAs
  • Control Plans and SOPs
  • 8D Records and ECRs
  • Lessons Learnt documents
  • PPAP and PSW records
  • KC Lists and fixture specs
Every file tagged by programme, part number, plant, and revision. Latest approved version always surfaced automatically.

Find anything by conversation

  • "Show me the current Control Plan for this part"
  • "What revision is the 2D drawing at?"
  • "Pull up the last three 8Ds on this failure mode"
  • "Show me all documents affected by this ECR"
  • "What changed since the last PFMEA revision?"
  • "Find the PPAP submission for this programme"
No shared drives. No email threads. No hunting. Just ask — in any language — and the right document appears in seconds.

Approval workflow built in

  • Lifecycle on every document — Draft, Under Review, Approved, Superseded
  • Nothing moves to Approved without a named engineer sign-off
  • Approval automatically routed to the responsible engineer
  • Complete audit trail — who approved what, when, and at which revision
  • Previous versions permanently retained — never deleted
  • IATF-compliant document control out of the box
The approval system that IATF 16949 requires — without the administrative overhead.
Quality Management System

One global quality system.
Every plant. Every language. Always current.

MetisEI holds your complete IATF 16949 quality management system centrally — standardised to the latest specification, accessible at every manufacturing plant globally, and powered by AI that guides your team through audits before the auditor arrives.

Standardised globally, managed centrally

Your quality manual, procedures, work instructions, and quality policies held in one place — standardised to the latest IATF 16949 specification. Every manufacturing plant works from the same current version. No more plants operating to outdated local copies.

Accessible in any language, at any plant

Quality documentation available in English, Mandarin, Spanish, and Turkish automatically. An operator in Shanghai reads the work instruction in Mandarin. An auditor in Monterrey reviews the quality manual in Spanish. Same content. Same standard. Every site.

AI-powered internal audit guidance

MetisEI guides your team through internal audits clause by clause — identifying what evidence is required, surfacing the relevant documents, and flagging gaps before the audit begins. Your internal audit becomes a genuine quality improvement exercise, not a document hunt.

Complete layer audit approach

MetisEI supports the full Layer Process Audit framework — LPA scheduling, question sets aligned to your Control Plans, results captured conversationally on the shop floor, non-conformances raised as 8Ds automatically. Layer audits that actually close the loop between the plan and the process.

IATF 16949 latest specification All manufacturing plants covered AI-powered internal audit guidance Layer audit approach built in
Programme Gateway & Milestone Tracking

Always know where you are. Never miss a gate.

From programme launch to PPAP submission, MetisEI tracks every development milestone, every document approval, and every gate requirement — so you always know what is done, what is outstanding, and what is at risk.

G1
Feasibility
G2
Product Design
G3
Process Design
G4
Validation
G5
Launch

Gate 3 — Process Design

In Progress
  • PFMEA — Station 1–8
  • PFMEA — Station 9–16
  • Control Plan — All stations
  • Process Flow Diagram
  • SOP — All stations
  • Measurement System Analysis
Gate review in 12 days. 3 documents outstanding.

At Risk — Blocking items

Action Required
  • Control Plan not yet started — blocks gate close
  • SOP — 8 of 16 stations complete
  • MSA study not scheduled
Control Plan is the critical path item. Gate 3 cannot close until approved.

Programme overview — all gates

On Track
  • Gate 1 Feasibility — closed
  • Gate 2 Product Design — closed
  • Gate 3 Process Design — in progress
  • Gate 4 Validation — not started
  • Gate 5 Launch — not started
  • PPAP target: Q3 2026
Ask MetisEI: "where are we on Gate 3" — and get an instant status across all programmes.
Who It Is For

Built for every role in your engineering and quality team

Design Engineers

The engineers who author DFMEAs and drawings
  • Generates first-draft DFMEAs and Control Plans from your validated engineering history — start from substance, not a blank page
  • Weeks of document creation time reduced to hours — first drafts done before the team meeting starts
  • Safety-critical characteristics automatically cross-referenced against validation evidence
  • Design change events identify every downstream document that needs updating — automatically

Quality Engineers

The engineers who live in PFMEAs and Control Plans
  • Generates first-draft Control Plans aligned to PFMEA outputs — no more starting from templates
  • Control Plans, PFMEAs, and KC Lists checked against each other simultaneously — gaps found before the auditor does
  • Gateway document status at a glance — know what is approved, outstanding, and blocking the gate
  • IATF audit packages assembled in seconds rather than days of manual preparation

Quality Directors

The leaders accountable for quality system performance
  • Programme gateway status across all programmes — ask MetisEI where you are and get an instant answer
  • One global quality management system — standardised to IATF 16949, accessible at every plant in every language
  • Know your IATF readiness gaps before the auditor arrives — not after
  • Institutional engineering knowledge preserved permanently — not held in a handful of heads

Engineering Directors

Responsible for programme delivery and engineering execution
  • Full programme visibility — gate status, document approval, and engineering risk across all active programmes at a glance
  • MetisEI surfaces engineering gaps before they become customer issues — not after
  • First-draft PFMEA and DFMEA generation accelerates new programme launches — start from substance, not blank templates
  • Engineering change events fully tracked — nothing falls through the gaps between design, process, and quality
Why MetisEI

Not built for the automotive industry.
Built from inside it.

There is a difference between software that understands automotive quality management in theory and a system that was forged by living through it.

Validated on real documents

MetisEI was not developed against synthetic test data or theoretical templates. It was built and proven on real critical engineering documents from active automotive programmes — the same documents that go to customers, through PPAP, and in front of IATF auditors.

What you see in a demo is exactly what happens in production. No surprises.

AI that engineers trust

MetisEI never simply agrees with what an engineer says. Every correction is assessed before it is accepted. If an engineer insists something is correct and it is not, MetisEI holds its position — with reasoning.

In a safety-adjacent environment that behaviour is not a feature. It is a requirement.

A system that compounds in value

Every engineering decision made in MetisEI makes it smarter. Every correction embedded. Every 8D closed. Every change event resolved.

The institutional knowledge that currently lives in the heads of your most experienced engineers becomes a permanent, retrievable, growing asset. The system you use in twelve months will be fundamentally more capable than the one you start with.

"The system that exists in twelve months will be fundamentally more capable than the one you start with. Because it will have learned from your engineers, your programmes, and your decisions."

How It Works

As simple as having a conversation

No new systems to learn. No dashboards. No forms. Just ask MetisEI what you need — it already knows your documents.

01

Upload your documents

Drag and drop your engineering documents — PFMEAs, drawings, 8Ds, CAD files. MetisEI reads, extracts, and embeds them. The system now understands your entire document ecosystem.

02

MetisEI learns your organisation

Your engineering rules, programme history, quality decisions — all embedded. MetisEI knows which failure modes have appeared before. It knows your team's way of working.

03

Engineers work conversationally

Type or speak. Ask MetisEI to generate a first draft, check consistency, find a document, route an approval, or guide you through an audit. In any language. On any device.

04

The system gets smarter every day

Every correction made is assessed and embedded permanently. In twelve months MetisEI will know your engineering patterns at a depth that takes a new engineer years to learn. It never forgets.

Security & Data Protection

Enterprise-grade security.

Your engineering data never leaves your control.

Access Control

Who can see what — and nothing more
  • Two-factor authentication

    2FA mandatory for all users. Authenticator app or SMS. Engineers cannot access MetisEI without a verified second factor.

  • Role-based access control

    Four levels — Administrator, Quality Engineer, Design Engineer, Viewer. Each role sees only their assigned programmes and documents. No cross-programme data exposure.

  • Single sign-on — SSO

    Integration with your corporate identity provider — Microsoft Azure AD, Okta, Google Workspace. Company credentials. No separate password to manage or lose.

  • Full session audit log

    Every login, document view, and download logged with timestamp, user identity, and IP address. Complete audit trail available to administrators at any time.

Data Protection

Your data encrypted, isolated, and controlled
  • End-to-end encryption

    All data encrypted in transit using TLS 1.3. All data encrypted at rest using AES-256. Engineering documents, PFMEA data, and conversation history — all encrypted.

  • Data residency — your choice

    Your data stored in your chosen region — UK, EU, or US. Data never transferred outside your selected region without explicit written consent. Full GDPR compliance.

  • Dedicated tenancy

    Every customer's data fully isolated in a dedicated environment. No shared databases, no shared storage, no possibility of cross-customer data exposure.

  • Penetration tested

    Regular third-party penetration testing against OWASP standards. Vulnerability disclosure programme. Security findings remediated within defined SLA timescales.

Compliance Target

Where MetisEI will be at launch
  • ISO 27001 — target at launch

    ISO 27001 information security management certification planned for launch. Required by many OEM and Tier 1 procurement teams as a condition of supplier approval.

  • GDPR & UK GDPR compliant

    Full compliance with GDPR and UK GDPR requirements. Data processing agreements available. Right to erasure, data portability, and breach notification implemented.

  • SOC 2 Type II — 12 months post-launch

    SOC 2 Type II audit planned within 12 months of launch. Independently verifies security, availability, and confidentiality controls. Required by enterprise Tier 1 procurement.

  • OEM supplier security ready

    Designed to meet the information security requirements of major OEM supplier codes of conduct — Volkswagen Group, Ford, Stellantis. Pre-assessment questionnaire available on request.

2FA mandatory AES-256 encryption TLS 1.3 in transit Dedicated tenancy ISO 27001 target at launch GDPR compliant
Get In Touch

It's time
to power on.

Book a 30-minute demonstration and see what MetisEI does with your own documents — your own PFMEA, your own programme, your own engineering context.

  • Live PFMEA and Control Plan transformation on your documents
  • Cross-document consistency check — real gaps identified
  • Programme gateway status — where are we right now
  • Your questions answered by engineers, not sales

Book a Demo

No sales pitch. A real demonstration on your documents.