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Gears & transmission

For gear and transmission component manufacturers, where gear geometry, multi-stage machining, heat treatment and gear inspection must stay traceable batch by batch.

  • Gears
  • Transmission components
  • Gear shafts
  • Spline components
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Introduction

About the gears & transmission industry

Gear and transmission manufacturers produce spur, helical, bevel and worm gears, shafts, hubs and synchronizer parts for automotive, tractor and industrial drives. Each part combines precise geometry with a demanding route: turning, hobbing or shaping, broaching, heat treatment and grinding.

Quality is measured on tooth profile, lead, runout, backlash, hardness and case depth, and customers expect traceability from raw material through forging, heat-treatment and machining batches.

Segments

Segments in this industry

  • Gears

    Spur, helical, bevel, worm and internal gears, and spline components.

Also in this industry

  • Gear shafts
  • Spline components

Industry requirements

What this industry needs to manage

These are the requirements manufacturers in this industry typically manage. Talk to us about how Navigator’s manufacturing core applies to your process.

  • Engineering

    • Gear geometry
    • Module and number of teeth
    • Pressure angle and helix angle
    • Gear ratio
    • Material
    • Heat-treatment specification

  • Manufacturing

    • Turning
    • Hobbing
    • Shaping
    • Broaching
    • Grinding
    • Heat treatment
    • Finishing

  • Quality

    • Gear measurement
    • Tooth profile and lead
    • Runout and backlash
    • Hardness and case depth

  • Traceability

    • Raw material heat
    • Forging batch
    • Heat-treatment batch
    • Machining batch
    • Final inspection

Challenges

Challenges without industry-specific software

What gear and transmission component manufacturers typically face when the business runs on spreadsheets, paper and disconnected tools.

  • Gear data — module, number of teeth, pressure and helix angles — lives in drawings and personal files instead of the item master.
  • Multi-stage routes with outside heat treatment make it hard to know where each batch is.
  • Gear inspection results sit in lab registers, disconnected from the batch they belong to.
  • Bottlenecks at hobbing or grinding machines show up only when deliveries slip.

Generic ERP

Where generic ERP falls short

Generic ERP is built around a clean, linear order-to-invoice flow. These are the gaps that usually push teams back to spreadsheets.

  • Has no place for gear engineering parameters beyond free-text descriptions.
  • Tracks orders, not the forging, heat-treatment and machining batches inside them.
  • Does not link inspection characteristics such as profile, lead and runout to production lots.
  • Plans capacity without considering specific gear-cutting and grinding machines.

Why Navigator

Our USP and key benefits

Navigator is customized to how gear and transmission component manufacturers work, on a manufacturing-first core — engineering, PPC and MRP, purchasing, production, quality, maintenance and finance — shaped by customized ERP work across varied manufacturing segments since 1997. Our no-code development tool, launched in 2020, greatly speeds up that customization, so the system follows your process instead of forcing you into a generic template.

  • Engineering in the system

    Drawing master, revision control through ECN and DCN, multi-level BOMs and routing in Navigator - ERP.

  • Machine-level planning

    Machine loading sheet, MRP, shortage lists and work-order delay tracking in Navigator - PPC.

  • Quality evidence per batch

    Inspection plans with characteristics, incoming, in-process and final inspection, NCRs and corrective action in Navigator - QMS.

  • Batch traceability

    Lot-wise material usage and traceability from order to dispatch in Navigator - ERP.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which segments does Navigator cover in gears & transmission?

Gears & transmission covers gears, transmission components, gear shafts and spline components.

What do gears & transmission businesses need to manage?

Typical requirements include gear geometry, module and number of teeth, pressure angle and helix angle, gear ratio, material, heat-treatment specification, turning, hobbing, shaping, broaching, grinding, heat treatment, finishing, gear measurement, tooth profile and lead, runout and backlash, hardness and case depth, raw material heat, forging batch, heat-treatment batch, machining batch and final inspection.

What challenges do gear and transmission component manufacturers face without industry-specific software?

Gear data — module, number of teeth, pressure and helix angles — lives in drawings and personal files instead of the item master. Multi-stage routes with outside heat treatment make it hard to know where each batch is. Gear inspection results sit in lab registers, disconnected from the batch they belong to. Bottlenecks at hobbing or grinding machines show up only when deliveries slip.

Why is generic ERP not enough for gear and transmission component manufacturers?

Has no place for gear engineering parameters beyond free-text descriptions. Tracks orders, not the forging, heat-treatment and machining batches inside them. Does not link inspection characteristics such as profile, lead and runout to production lots. Plans capacity without considering specific gear-cutting and grinding machines.

What are the benefits of Navigator for gear and transmission component manufacturers?

Navigator is customized to how gear and transmission component manufacturers work, on a manufacturing-first core — engineering, PPC and MRP, purchasing, production, quality, maintenance and finance — shaped by customized ERP work across varied manufacturing segments since 1997. Our no-code development tool, launched in 2020, greatly speeds up that customization, so the system follows your process instead of forcing you into a generic template. Key benefits: Engineering in the system — Drawing master, revision control through ECN and DCN, multi-level BOMs and routing in Navigator - ERP. Machine-level planning — Machine loading sheet, MRP, shortage lists and work-order delay tracking in Navigator - PPC. Quality evidence per batch — Inspection plans with characteristics, incoming, in-process and final inspection, NCRs and corrective action in Navigator - QMS. Batch traceability — Lot-wise material usage and traceability from order to dispatch in Navigator - ERP.

Which Navigator products are relevant for gears & transmission?

Products to look at first are Navigator - ERP, Navigator - PPC and Navigator - QMS.

Next step

See Navigator against your own process

Tell us how you manufacture and where planning breaks down. We will walk you through the parts of Navigator that fit.

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