Automotive PPM that keeps up with your programs
cplace is an AI-powered project management software for automotive enterprises. Your teams get full visibility across programs, schedules, resources, and global supplier collaboration, all in one connected system trusted by the world’s leading automotive manufacturers. This is adaptive portfolio intelligence for enterprises.
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Up to 50%
lower project management costs
25%
less time spent on reporting and status updates
70%
less effort for AI-generated status reports
Automotive programs struggle to keep pace
Milestone and schedule pressure
One missed gate cascades across your entire supply chain. By the time it shows up, it’s already too late to course correct.
Competitive pressure and time to market
Shorter product lifecycles. New market entrants. Getting to production faster is no longer a differentiator. It’s the baseline.
Agility across development teams
Hardware runs on milestone plans. Software runs on sprints. Most tools can’t connect the two without breaking one of them.
OEM-supplier collaboration at scale
Up to 80% of automotive value creation happens outside the OEM. Coordinating that at program scale takes more than shared spreadsheets.
Resource and capacity planning across parallel programs
Multiple programs. Same engineers. Bottlenecks show up as schedule slippage. By then, the options are expensive.
No single source of truth
Every team has their own data. By the time it’s consolidated for a review, it’s already outdated.
One platform. Every automotive use case
Built for how your
teams actually work
teams actually work
cplace is the PPM software for automotive organizations that adapts to how your programs actually run. From portfolio-level visibility to day-to-day schedule coordination, every capability runs on a shared data foundation with AI that is built-in from the start.
One source of truth across all programs
cplace consolidates program data from engineering, procurement, quality, and production into a single connected platform. Every stakeholder works from the same real-time information. No stale exports, no version conflicts, no reconciliation meetings. cplace AI continuously monitors your real-time data and flags anomalies, inconsistencies, and decision gaps.
Schedule management built for automotive complexity
cplace supports the collaborative scheduling approach that is the de facto standard in automotive product development. Large, complex master plans are broken into manageable sub-plans, distributed to the responsible teams, and kept in sync across program and organizational boundaries in real-time.
Hybrid methodology: agile, traditional, or both
Hardware programs run on milestone plans and quality gates. Software teams work in Agile sprints, whether Scrum, SAFe, or any other framework your teams prefer. cplace connects both groups to a shared data foundation and produces a single portfolio view, without forcing either team to change how they work.
Resource planning across parallel programs
cplace gives program and resource managers a clear, real-time view of capacity across all active programs. Identify bottlenecks before they impact schedules, reallocate resources across teams, and run what-if scenarios to keep your portfolio on track. cplace AI spots capacity conflicts a full quarter before they escalate.
OEM-supplier collaboration at program scale
cplace connects OEMs with their Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers in a shared planning environment. APQP processes are tracked transparently, supplier maturity levels are continuously monitored, and critical program data is exchanged in real time without manual reconciliation.
No more Excel, no more shadow IT
cplace replaces the spreadsheet landscape and fragmented point solutions that still run too many enterprise programs. One connected platform eliminates redundant data maintenance, reduces error rates, and gives your portfolio steering committee decisions they can trust.
ISO 27001 certified
ISO 9001 certified
TISAX audited
AI that understands your programs. Not just your data
Built In. Not Bolted On
cplace AI is built directly into the platform. It generates status reports automatically, flags resource conflicts before they hit your schedule, and answers portfolio questions in plain language.
- ~70% less effort for status reports and meeting follow-up
- Under 1 minute for a full cross-departmental capacity analysis
Your teams can also build custom AI solutions directly inside the platform with cplace Citizen AI, no IT required. And with cplace AI Builder, existing Excel-based workflows transform into fully structured cplace applications automatically.
Integrated with the tools your teams already use
cplace connects to your existing enterprise systems through out-of-the-box connectors and a flexible No-Code and Low-Code integration layer.
Any System: cplace integrates with any REST-capable system via its flexible API layer. Business users configure connections directly and without IT dependency.
Jira Connector: Real-time data sync, no manual exports, no version conflicts between strategic planning and sprint execution.
Codebeamer Connector: cplace connects strategic program planning with ALM execution, keeping compliance requirements, risk tracking, and roadmap visibility in sync across both platforms.
Automotive project management software built for enterprise scale
cplace is trusted by the world’s leading automotive manufacturers across engineering programs, R&D portfolios, and enterprise-wide project management. From OEM vehicle program management to Tier-1 supplier collaboration, cplace handles the scale, the complexity, and the compliance requirements that enterprise automotive development demands.
Vehicle ECU development at a global OEM
A leading automotive manufacturer overhauled its entire product development process for engine control units. cplace became the system of record for all component readiness information, improving transparency, regulatory compliance, and real-time decision-making across the program.
Product lifecycle management at a global Tier-1 supplier
A major international automotive supplier operates a fully connected PLM system on cplace, including cross-organizational workflows that link all technology and product development processes, a granular R&D supply chain scheduling layer for over 1,500 engineers, and program scheduling that maps dependencies across all active product lines.
Enterprise-wide risk management across vehicle brands
A global automotive group deployed cplace as the standard platform for digital risk management across multiple vehicle brands, replacing fragmented, brand-specific tools with one connected, audit-ready solution.
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Frequently asked questions
cplace addresses the core challenges that derail vehicle programs: disconnected data across engineering, procurement, and quality; lack of real-time visibility across parallel programs; and the overhead of manual reporting and status consolidation. It replaces fragmented tool landscapes with one connected platform that supports milestone management, maturity tracking, resource planning, and OEM-supplier collaboration. cplace adapts to your processes—not the other way around.
cplace supports continuous compliance documentation throughout the entire development lifecycle from early concept through SOP. Quality gates, maturity assessments, and decision trails are tracked in a fully auditable system. cplace is certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 and is TISAX audited.
cplace AI is built directly into the platform, not added on top of it. It works on your real-time program data, not on static exports. For automotive teams, cplace AI automates status report generation, detects schedule risks and cascade effects before they escalate, optimizes resource allocation across departments, and answers questions about your portfolio in plain language. Enterprise automotive deployments have seen up to 70% less effort for reporting and meeting follow-up, and full cross-departmental capacity analyses completed in under one minute.
Yes. With cplace AI Builder, your existing Excel workflows can be automatically transformed into fully structured cplace applications, complete with data models, dashboards, and layouts, without manual migration work. This eliminates the Excel landscape that still runs too many enterprise programs, while preserving the logic your teams already rely on.
Automotive organizations today are running EV programs, development, and software-defined vehicle initiatives in parallel with traditional ICE programs, all requiring fast decisions under uncertainty. cplace connects R&D portfolios, technology roadmaps, and innovation pipelines in one system while supporting both agile and milestone-driven workflows. Our No-Code and Low-Code configuration capabilities mean the platform evolves with your programs, without waiting for IT projects or vendor release cycles.
Yes. cplace is designed for enterprise-scale deployments across multiple sites, regions, and organizational units. All teams work on the same shared data foundation in real time, with role-based access controls ensuring each team sees exactly the information relevant to them.
cplace connects to both Codebeamer and Jira through dedicated out-of-the-box connectors. For teams using Codebeamer for application lifecycle management in system and software development projects, the cplace Codebeamer Connector synchronizes strategic program planning with sprint and backlog execution automatically. This keeps compliance requirements, risk tracking, and roadmap visibility consistent across both platforms without manual data transfers. For teams running agile software development in Jira, the cplace Jira Connector enables real-time, bidirectional data exchange between both systems through simple configuration, no code required. Program and portfolio managers gain full visibility into agile team progress directly in cplace, while Jira users continue working in their familiar environment.
cplace provides real-time capacity visibility across all active programs in one system. Resource managers can identify bottlenecks before they impact schedules, run what-if analyses across the portfolio, and reallocate resources based on skills, availability, and program priority. cplace AI flags quarterly capacity peaks in advance and identifies internal alternatives to external contractors, generating measurable savings across a portfolio of parallel programs.
Yes. And this is one of the primary reasons many of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers choose cplace over rigid, standard PPM tools. Using No-Code and Low-Code capabilities, your teams adapt workflows, data structures, and dashboards without custom development. cplace maps your exact processes today and continues to evolve as your requirements change.
cplace is designed for rapid time to value. Preconfigured solution templates for core automotive use cases allow teams to go live quickly without starting from scratch. A first productive cplace instance can typically be up and running within weeks, with broader enterprise rollouts scaled incrementally.