Workcube ERP and shop-floor integration for automotive
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What should ERP solve in automotive? Frequent, changing delivery call-offs from carmakers, production by work order and operation, shop-floor output and downtime, and shipment checks have to meet in one record. In this sector Gramoni implements Workcube ERP and connects the floor with MES for Workcube, scheduling with WorkPlanner for Workcube, and the warehouse with WAMS Logistics.
Automotive is one of the hardest sectors for ERP, because planning, the shop floor and shipping depend on each other within the same day. For a Turkey-based manufacturer supplying carmakers and their tier suppliers, the typical ERP problems are:
- Changing demand. Delivery call-offs from the carmaker are updated often, and the plan has to see each change just as fast.
- Production by work order and operation. Pressing, injection moulding, welding and machining run machine by machine. When output and downtime reach ERP late and by hand, stock and cost fall behind.
- Shipment accuracy. A wrong part or a short quantity can end in a stopped assembly line at the customer.
- Records customers expect. Carmakers ask suppliers for records; while those stay on paper, looking back is slow.
The sector at a glance
According to the December 2025 production bulletin of the Automotive Manufacturers Association of Turkey (OSD), its member manufacturers produced 1,445,921 vehicles in 2025, tractors included; 872,538 of them were passenger cars.
Automotive is also Turkey's largest export sector. The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) reports that the automotive industry ranked first in 2025 with USD 41.5 billion of exports. The TİM sector table in the December 2025 review by the Mediterranean Exporters' Associations (AKİB) shows that this was up 11.6% on 2024 and made up 17.5% of Turkey's USD 273.4 billion total exports.
- vehicles produced in Turkey incl. tractors, 2025 (OSD)
- 1,445,921
- automotive industry exports, 2025 (TİM)
- USD 41.5bn
- automotive share of Turkey's total exports, 2025 (TİM)
- 17.5%
In Europe, manufacturing is among the heaviest ERP users: Eurostat reports that 57.62% of EU manufacturing enterprises used ERP software in 2025.
What Gramoni offers in this sector
Gramoni works with companies in the automotive sector. The services and products that fit are:
- Workcube ERP consulting and implementation. Workcube, a Turkish ERP platform, implemented with its eight-phase methodology; module scope includes finance and accounting, sales and distribution, and materials and production.
- MES for Workcube. For Workcube users who produce by work order and operation and have, or plan, a shop-floor MES; automotive is part of that audience. It sends work orders to the floor and turns production and downtime reports into Workcube production, stock and breakdown records. Today it works with trex Dijital's MES; the Workcube side is not written for one particular MES, so a different MES would not mean rewriting the ERP side.
- WorkPlanner for Workcube. Brings production scheduling inside Workcube; the scheduling engine is Novalab's. A pre-check lists missing data and the screen where it can be fixed.
- WAMS Quotation & Cost Management. For make-to-order producers such as mould or machinery makers: a cost recipe and quote from the part's own dimensions, and a product card and multi-level BOM from the accepted quote.
- WAMS Logistics. Barcode shipment checks (EAN, then shelf location, lot and quantity), allocation-based picking, stock counts and warehouse transfers, each written to Workcube's stock records.
- Wodiba. Brings bank transactions into Workcube and creates the accounting voucher.
What it does not do
MES for Workcube does not provide OEE dashboards, quality control or lot and serial traceability. WorkPlanner does not forecast demand. WAMS Logistics does not create delivery notes or integrate carriers. Gramoni does not publish customer names, project counts or result figures on this page.
Frequently asked questions
What is hardest about ERP for an automotive supplier?
Demand arrives as frequent, changing call-offs from the carmaker; production runs by work order and operation; and shipments must leave on time with the right part. When these sit in separate systems or on paper, planning, the shop floor and the warehouse work from different numbers.
What does MES for Workcube do on an automotive shop floor?
It connects Workcube's production planning module to the shop-floor MES. It sends work orders and operations to the floor and creates the production result, output and consumption vouchers and breakdown records from start, finish and downtime reports. Today it works with trex Dijital's shop-floor MES.
Does MES for Workcube provide OEE or traceability?
No. OEE calculation or dashboards, lot and serial traceability, quality control, machine data collection, maintenance planning and scheduling are outside its scope. Those belong to the shop-floor system or other tools.
Can we schedule production inside Workcube?
WorkPlanner for Workcube opens BOMs, routings, machines and working calendars to Novalab's scheduling engine, and the schedule comes back to Workcube as work orders, material requirements and a Gantt chart. It does not do demand forecasting or order promising.
Do we need separate warehouse software for shipments?
With WAMS Logistics, shipment checks, allocation-based picking, counts and transfers are done on a barcode device, and every movement is written to Workcube's own stock records, so no separate warehouse system is needed. Goods receipt, put-away, delivery-note creation and carrier integration are out of scope.
Sources
- OSD — Automotive Industry Manufacturing Bulletin, December 2025 — Automotive Manufacturers Association of Turkey (OSD)
- AKİB — Ready-to-wear sector export review, December 2025 (TİM sector export table) — Mediterranean Exporters' Associations (AKİB)
- TİM — Turkey set a new export record with USD 273.4 billion in 2025 — Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM)
- Eurostat — E-business integration (2025 data) — Eurostat