Automotive Supply Chain Management: End-to-End Supply Chain Solutions

While product complexity, quality expectations and capacity constraints are increasing, TRIGO’s automotive services are designed to help manufacturers optimize their production and get the most out of their global supply base.

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Discover our Quality Management Services for the Automotive Industry

  • Launch Support

    Launch Support

    Launching a new product is often resource-intensive, time-sensitive, and costly. TRIGO’s launch services are designed to ease that burden by providing services that meet your specific needs. Whether you need to supplement your engineering resources, leverage our on-site quality liaison services at your customer’s location, get expert assistance with PPAP preparation, optimize your production lines, or ensure parts meet specifications through detailed inspections, TRIGO is your trusted partner in delivering a successful launch

  • Rework

    Rework

    Our services cover multiple aspects of rework, repair, reflash and repack, ensuring individual components to finished products are up to the desired specifications of our customer, packaged safely and delivered on time. Our services can be deployed at various customer locations, OEM’s, Remote Yards, Dealerships, Ports or Customer/TRIGO warehouse locations.

    Rework
  • Containment and Inspection

    Containment & Inspection

    Containment and firewall services address quality issues right to their source. TRIGO teams around the world react quickly, deploying expert teams to the supplier, OEM, or off-site facility.  Our customer retains control and visibility with online reporting through our customer-facing technology tools. We help improve reputations by working closely with both the supplier and OEM to ultimately render our services unnecessary with sustainable process improvements.

    Inspection & Containment

  • Resident Engineers

    Many of the world’s most successful suppliers count on TRIGO to be their eyes and ears inside their customers’ sites. Our experienced quality representatives leverage their quality expertise and industrial background to protect the client's reputation with the flexibility and scalability needed for single or multiple locations when tapping into the vast TRIGO network of over 200 Residents worldwide.

    Resident Engineering
  • Supplier Development

    Supplier Development

    Our end-to-end procurement, supplier management, development and quality services span from the largest OEM’s and Tier 1 suppliers to sub-tier suppliers and outside processing houses. These services meet the needs of even the most geographically complex supply chain needs.

    Supplier Development & Crisis Management
  • Battery Testing

    Battery Testing, Inspection & Reworking

    The shift toward electrification is here to stay. OEMs and suppliers continue to invest heavily in EV and hybrid technology, battery production, and charging infrastructure. TRIGO’s teams have significant experience with OEMs and suppliers, working hand-in-hand to develop, test and execute solutions that keep up with the rapidly changing needs of the auto industry.

    Battery Testing, Inspection and Reworking
  • Management

    Training

    Our comprehensive catalog of training courses equip professionals to master the skills and knowledge necessary to perform their job day-in and day-out. Our courses meet industry specific requirements and are delivered in multiple learning formats: tailored on-site workshops, public or virtual environments.

    Training Service
  • Preventive Inspection

    Preventive Inspection

    Ensuring a smooth production process is critical. Whether a customer is looking to catch quality issues before they hit the assembly line or before product ships out the door, TRIGO applies best practices and data insights to a defined quality gate, maximizing the effectiveness of the inspection. We will deploy a tailored solution that will ultimately pay for itself.

    Inspection & Containment
  • Logistics

    Logistics and Sub-Assembly

    Our specialized team excels at keeping parts moving, handling a variety of logistics issues including inventory management, warehousing, packaging/kitting and distribution, reverse logistics and project management, securely and seamlessly addressing many of the logistics and shipping challenges global and remote supply chains are facing today. Utilizing our network, customers rely on TRIGO to securely store parts, monitor demand and deliver just-in-time.  Bonded & FTZ, Cross Docking and Customs Clearance Assistance are available in some locations.

    Logistics & Sub-Assembly
  • Technical Resourcing

    Technical Resourcing

    TRIGO provides clients with quality professionals possessing the necessary skillset and personality to match their culture, oftentimes in the most demanding environments. Our skilled resources can help with short or long-term projects and collaborate with internal and external staff to ensure processes, materials, assemblies and components meet the quality and design requirements needed.

    Technical Resourcing
  • Auditing

    Auditing

    Let TRIGO be an extension of your auditing team. Whether a company is looking for help performing their own internal management system audits, supply chain readiness or ISO audits, dialing in on a level of conformance to predefined criteria, understanding system strengths and weaknesses or determining supplier qualification and risk, our auditing teams are globally available to provide clients with the insight they need to make important decisions every day.

    Auditing
  • Supplier Development

    Supplier Development & Crisis Management

    Our experts deploy proven methodologies, working alongside clients to solve the most complex and challenging manufacturing, operational, logistics and business performance problems at suppliers across multiple sectors, achieving highly sustainable return-on-investment and minimizing risk.

    Supplier Development & Crisis Management
  • Reflash

    Reflash

    TRIGO has extensive experience taking our services “on the road”. Our teams utilize various reflash technologies and support rapid deployment to the field for quick hands-on-vehicles. Whether the vehicles are at ports, terminals, dealerships, yards, or on the move, our teams reflash thousands of vehicles every year.

    Electric and Electronic Reflash
  • Data Analytics and AI

    Data Analytics and AI: Predictive Models

    Do you want to stop piloting your supply chain with a rear-view mirror? Our data analysis models give you predictive views of the most probable incoming delay events and parts most likely to encounter quality issues in the supply chain. This allows you to dispatch appropriate preventive teams and focus on problem solving where and when it is needed.

    Data Analytics and AI: Predictive Models

Quality Excellence in Action: Real World Results

  • Automotive Quality Recovery

    A Tier 1 automotive supplier faced critical challenges with 1,500+ incomplete vehicles and quality issues. TRIGO's intervention eliminated the backlog within 3 months, reduced OEM communication needs by 67%, improved paint quality, and filled key management positions. TRIGO's comprehensive approach restored OEM confidence, reduced scrap, and created sustainable quality processes.

  • Resident Engineering for an Automotive Tier 1 Supplier

    TRIGO provides a Tier 1 automotive supplier with global Resident Engineering services, deploying 15 specialized Resident Engineers across customer plants worldwide. These professionals serve as on-site quality representatives, enabling rapid response to emerging quality issues. The resident engineering service has become an integral component of the customers quality assurance strategy.

  • Software Updates

    TRIGO successfully updated software on 498,887 Transmission Control Units for a major automotive manufacturer. These components, sourced from Asia, arrived with outdated software due to long shipping times. TRIGO bridged this gap by swiftly implementing the latest updates before final assembly, ensuring optimal performance while maintaining production efficiency.

  • Supply Chain De-escalation for an Automotive Tier 1 Supplier

    TRIGO implemented a comprehensive 3CPR Level 3 de-escalation project for a Tier 1 automotive supplier in Hungary facing critical delivery issues with its customer. A team of 7 full-time experts, including problem solvers, logistics consultants, and simulation engineers, executed a three-month intervention that eliminated production line stoppages at the OEM's plants within weeks. The project increased production capacity by approximately 15%, eliminated backlogs, established two-week safety stock levels, and improved planning processes through semi-automatic forecast processing and optimized MRP parameters. Additional achievements included updated work instructions, improved production processes, and preparation for SAP implementation, successfully resolving the escalation situation.

  • Reflash Services

    When a major automotive OEM encountered a radio unit software issue affecting 979 vehicles across North American ports, TRIGO mobilized a specialized team across four West Coast port authorities in Canada and the USA. Our coordinated team of managers, supervisors, and technical inspectors implemented a systematic re-flashing protocol through mainframe connections. Through precise project management, all radio units were successfully updated within the critical two-month timeframe, demonstrating TRIGO's ability to execute complex, multi-site quality interventions with 100% efficiency.

  • Calibration Services

    TRIGO has provided comprehensive calibration services to a German Tier 1 automotive supplier since 2004. Our Hungary-based team (3 Engineers, 2 Administrators, 4 Operators) calibrates 8,000+ measuring tools annually in our ISO 17025 certified laboratory or on site. We manage the entire process through online gauge management software, handle cross-border calibrations, and provide audit support. This one-stop solution allows the customer to focus on their core business while TRIGO ensures all measuring tools meet ISO standards.

Customer Spotlight

Quality Manager at a U.S.-Based Mainstream Automotive Tier 1 Supplier

Through accurate TRIGO inspections, it was possible to achieve a reduction in defects at the customer’s line within a short time period. Due to the ongoing comparative analysis driven by the customer's quality index, our overall quality level has been significantly improved. In quality discussions with the customer, TRIGO provides an objective and professional assessment, avoiding biased decisions while contributing to more balanced and fair communication.

European Quality Director at a Leading Automotive Supplier

Once the need for visual inspection was realized internally, we contacted the TRIGO Group. The professional service of TRIGO’s quality inspectors with optimized time management resulted in a greater level of productivity. After several months of cooperation, the results are satisfactory and we are planning to externalize this activity on other products as well.

Quality Engineer at a Global Automotive OEM Operating in Canada

The “Make It Happen” attitude of the TRIGO team is represented in everything they do. We will continue to rely on them in times of need.

Quality Engineer at a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier in Brazil

Thank you for your attention and work on this issue. It was done on short notice and you managed to help us.