Audit readiness · AI for production

Pass the audit.
Automate the busywork.

GembaWorks prepares automotive and manufacturing suppliers for IATF 16949, VDA 6.3 and Core Tools audits — then builds the practical AI tools that take the manual load off production and production management. From someone who runs a plant every day.

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IATF · VDAcertified auditor
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INCOMING FORECAST SUPPLY AUDIT FLAGGED REPORT
status: running_ 3 issues flagged early
Built around the standards you're audited on IATF 16949 VDA 6.3 ISO 9001 APQP · PPAP · FMEA · MSA · SPC
The gap

Your binder is audit-ready. Your floor isn't.

Most suppliers don't fail audits because the paperwork is missing. They fail because the system lives in documents nobody owns — and because hours that should go to improvement are lost to manual reporting.

Where teams get stuck

  • FMEAs and control plans exist, but nobody connects them to real risk
  • Audit prep becomes a fire drill every single cycle
  • Operators fill in templates they don't understand
  • Purchasing and customer service drown in manual data pulls
  • Improvement stalls the moment the consultant leaves

What GembaWorks changes

  • Core Tools taught the way auditors actually probe them
  • A repeatable audit-readiness routine, not an annual panic
  • Teams that own the system instead of feeding it
  • AI tools that pull, sort and flag the data automatically
  • Knowledge that stays after the engagement ends
What I do

Three ways to work together

Focused engagements, scoped to what moves the needle — delivered live online or on-site.

01 / AUDIT READINESS

Audit preparation

Get ready for IATF 16949, VDA 6.3 and customer audits with a certified auditor on your side of the table. Gap assessment, Core Tools coaching, and a readiness routine your team can repeat.

IATF 16949VDA 6.3APQP/PPAPFMEA
02 / AUTOMATION

AI tools for production

Practical AI that takes manual load off production and production management — demand and forecast visibility, data pulls, reporting, early issue detection. Built for a real factory, not a demo.

ForecastingReportingData flagsIntegration
03 / ADOPTION

Change management

The best plan fails if nobody follows it. I help leaders and teams align, communicate the "why," and make new tools and routines stick long after go-live.

Stakeholder buy-inTrainingRollout
How it works

A gemba walk, then a plan

No bloated programs. We start by going to see the real state — then build only what earns its place.

1

Go and see

A free intro call — and for on-site work, a walk through your actual process to find where you really stand.

2

Scope it

A focused proposal: which training or tool, for whom, in what format. TISAX compliant? Only what moves the needle.

3

Build & train

Live sessions and working tools, using real examples from your own floor — not textbook theory.

4

Hand over

Your team should need me less over time. Knowledge transfer is the goal, not dependency.

Proof, not hype

The AI tool I built for my own plant

A Forecast & Demand Planning tool that gives purchasing and customer service a clear view of demand — and flags raw-material ordering issues before they become shortages. No data-science team. No six-figure budget.

That's the model I bring to your operation: start with the process, find the highest-leverage use case, build a working tool, and embed it.

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Daniel Brazelton, founder of GembaWorks
Daniel Brazelton
Founder · Operations & Quality
Why GembaWorks

Built on the floor, not in a slide deck

I lead operations and quality at an automotive plant in Belgium — a multi-standard IATF 16949 system with many processes and many suppliers. All at once. That's the vantage point I bring to your team.

"Gemba" means the real place — where the work actually happens. Every consultant talks about it. I live there.

Whether you need to pass your next VDA 6.3 audit, make a change initiative finally stick, or take a first practical step with AI — the approach is the same. Go and see. Then improve.

VDA 6.3 Auditor IATF 16949 Auditor Change Management Leader 27 yrs international
Go and see

Let's find your highest-leverage fix

A 30-minute intro call costs nothing and tells us both whether there's a fit — audit prep, an AI tool, or making change stick.

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