Sector 01 of 06 · Automotive

IATF 16949 audit-ready, plant-wide.

Audit-ready, not just digital.

Tier-1 and Tier-2 auto component manufacturers supplying global vehicle programmes. IATF 16949 surveillance every 12 months. Customer audits monthly. Zentry produces the access control logs, contractor evidence and inbound logistics traceability every IATF assessor and Tier-1 customer auditor asks for.

IATF AUDIT PACKQ2 surveillance
100%
ZONE LOGS
96.4%
e-Way MATCH
✓ XIII to XXIII generated
✓ 11,840 events signed
✓ 7 OEM audits in period
Down 32% QoQ
EXPORT AUDIT PACK
IATF surveillance ready · 90-min close
Audit cadenceIATF 16949 every 12 months · monthly customer audits
Key buyersQuality Head, Security Head, HR Head
Compliance hooksIATF 16949, IS 14489, CLRA, OSH Code, GST e-Way Bill
RecommendedSitewide bundle, Cloud or Hybrid Edge
Why Automotive chooses Zentry

IATF 16949 audit-ready, plant-wide.

An auto Tier-1 plant in Chakan, Pune or Hosur runs on a yearly audit clock. IATF 16949 surveillance hits every 12 months without fail, customer audits come monthly, and a single non-conformance on access control or inbound logistics can pull a contract. The Quality Head spends three weeks a quarter reconciling biometric punches, contractor agency claims, gate-pass books and e-Way Bill registers, all to produce one audit pack the assessor reads in 90 minutes.

Zentry replaces that reconciliation cycle. Gate captures the zone-level access log Security needs for IATF. The same events generate CLRA Forms XIII to XXIII for HR. Drive matches every inbound truck plate to its e-Way Bill in 5 seconds, producing the supplier traceability evidence Tier-1 customers demand. Pass logs every external visitor including the IATF assessor themselves. By Audit Day, the entire evidence pack is one click away.

What changes the morning the assessor walks in:

  • Zone-level access logs for the entire surveillance period, exportable as a signed PDF.
  • Per-contractor attendance with CLRA Forms XIII through XXIII, ready to hand over.
  • Inbound truck plate to e-Way Bill match rate for the period, with the mismatch trend.
  • Cleanroom and ESD access traceability for customer-specific zones.
  • Visitor log including all prior audit visits, with NDA capture per entry.

From three-week reconciliation cycle to one-click evidence pack.

The wedge

The modules Automotive plants start with.

The 2 to 3 Zentry modules that open the conversation in your sector. Most Automotive plants begin here, expand later.

Compliance hooks

Statutes that drive Automotive buying decisions.

IATF 16949

Zone-level access logs, contractor attendance, inbound logistics traceability. The whole audit pack auto-generated per surveillance period.

IS 14489 (OSH Audit Code)

Plant access governance evidence chain aligned with the OSH audit code.

CLRA 1970

Forms XIII through XXIII auto-generated from gate events. No HR night-shifts before labour officer visits.

OSH Code 2020

Pan-India workforce access governance, aligned with the consolidated labour code.

GST e-Way Bill

Real-time plate to e-Way Bill matching at every inbound gate. GST audit-ready exports per period.

Who buys for Automotive

The heads behind the Automotive buying decision.

Quality Head (IATF Coordinator)Quality / IATF

Pain: Three weeks per quarter reconciling access logs, contractor attendance, e-Way Bill registers into one audit pack.

Zentry answer: One-click evidence pack per surveillance period. Customer audits closed in hours, not days.

Security HeadCSO / Plant Security

Pain: Watchlist gaps, tailgating, biometric machine no one trusts.

Zentry answer: Real-time Access view, ANPR plate read, signed log per gate event. Tailgating becomes auditable.

HR HeadTime Office / IR

Pain: CLRA paperwork before every labour inspection. Three nights of HR work for each cycle.

Zentry answer: Forms XIII through XXIII auto-generated from gate events. The audit prep ritual ends.

Deployment

Recommended for Automotive.

Most Tier-1 auto plants choose Hybrid Edge: contractor and access data stays at the plant for customer-audit defensibility, while the multi-plant view and remote support work over internet for the Group Quality Head.

Cloud

Fastest deploy. India-resident, multi-AZ. Multi-plant console.

  • Runs in the cloud, devices connect via plant network
  • Central console for multi-plant analytics
  • Automatic updates and patching
Best for

Multi-plant operators, auto Tier-1, IT-mature plants

On-Premise

Fully air-gapped. Zero internet. Maximum data sovereignty.

  • Runs entirely offline at the plant
  • All data, all logs, all evidence stays at the plant
  • USB / LAN-only updates
Best for

MAH chemical plants, MSIHC-regulated units, defence-adjacent supply chain

Customer outcome

Anonymised composite story

14 days to 2 daysIATF surveillance prep cycle

Pre-Zentry, the Tier-1 auto component plant in Chakan ran a 14-day IATF surveillance prep cycle: three Quality team members reconstructing access logs, contractor attendance and e-Way Bill registers from paper, biometric exports and security WhatsApp threads. Post-Zentry, the evidence pack assembles in one click. The last IATF surveillance closed in 90 minutes on the access-control section. Composite story drawn from real deployments. Industry, geography and metrics are representative.

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Automotive FAQ

Inspector and customer-auditor questions, plainly answered.

Does Zentry produce a Tier-1 customer audit pack?

Yes. The Quality Head exports a customer-specific evidence pack covering supplier inbound traceability, contractor attendance, cleanroom/ESD access logs, and visitor records. Per-period, per-customer, per-zone. Pre-built templates for major OEM audit programs.

How does Zentry handle the IATF 16949 surveillance evidence ask?

Gate produces the zone-level access logs IATF assessors require. Drive produces the inbound logistics traceability. Pass produces the visitor and external auditor log. All three feed one evidence pack, structured to the IATF surveillance question template.

Can Zentry match inbound e-Way Bills at our truck gate?

Yes. Drive matches every inbound truck plate to its GST e-Way Bill in under 5 seconds via ANPR. Matches open the boom automatically; mismatches route to security review with a logged reason. Match accuracy runs above 96 percent in production.

How does Zentry work for a multi-plant Tier-1 group?

Cloud deployment with the multi-plant central console gives Group Quality and Group HR cross-plant visibility. Per-plant data residency on Hybrid Edge if contracts require it. Group audit packs roll up across plants automatically.

What's the recommended deployment for our auto plant?

Hybrid Edge is the most common Tier-1 choice: contractor and access data stays at the plant for customer-audit defensibility; the multi-plant console works over internet for the Group Quality team. Cloud-only is recommended for IT-mature multi-plant Groups.

How do customer-specific cleanroom and ESD zones work?

Zone-level access permissions in Gate. Per-zone training prerequisites in Learn. Per-zone induction prerequisites in Induct. The whole stack enforces zone access only for workers who have current training, current induction and current customer-approved credentials.

How fast can we go live before our next IATF surveillance?

A single-plant Sitewide deployment goes live in 4 to 6 weeks. If your next surveillance is in 8 weeks or more, you have time. If it's sooner, we recommend Hybrid Edge with a focused Gate + Drive go-live first, and Pass + Induct in the following quarter.

Does Zentry replace our biometric or RFID hardware?

No. Zentry is hardware-agnostic and integrates with ZKTeco, Suprema, Matrix, ESSL, Honeywell, Hikvision and most major biometric, RFID and ANPR brands. Your existing hardware keeps working.

How it all connects

One event. Six audit narratives.

Every gate read, every kiosk submission, every certificate validation lands in a single tamper-evident, signed log. From that one event, six modules produce six distinct evidence trails, for six different audits, six different inspectors and six different heads inside the plant.