AVON

Antragsverfolgung Online

The AVON system (German abbreviation for order tracking online) is an efficient change management system which is used throughout the entire Volkswagen group.

Within the framework of vehicle development and production, the well-defined management of changes is of crucial importance to the whole Volkswagen group. AVON was developed in order to avoid carrying out these processes manually or via various systems which would involve the risk of losing transparency with regard to processing statuses and evaluation contents. Regarding the registered changes, AVON assures both technical and commercial evaluations and approvals from the perspectives of development, production, quality assurance, finances as well as other departments. All these are integrated into a coordinated processing and approval process. That way, the group-wide deployment unifies the handling of changes and ensures a high degree of efficiency.

The AVON system features a JAVA Swing-based user interface and integrates all evaluation and authorization processes.

• Information about confirmations and statuses for the requester
• Reminder and escalation functions
• Definable time allowances for activities
• Multilingual
• User-specific rights concept
• Interfaces and integration (JDBC, web service, Excel, XML, etc.)
• Can be interfaced to external systems (parts lists, SAP, etc.)
• Possible to link to further processes

• Redundance-free, cross-brand workflow
• Reduced effort for the initiator of the change (coordination effort)
• Shorter throughput times for changes
• A process with synchronization points incorporating brand-specific requirements
• Assurance of change management for modules and modular systems
• Increased change management quality
• Support of cost transparency in vehicle projects
• One process that flexibly supports all types of changes
• Reduced need for manual work

Used database(s):DB2
Programming languages: COBOL, JAVA and XML
Supported operating systems: MVS, Windows and UNIX

Applications software
Customized Individual software

(Worldwide) Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, AUDI AG, Lamborghini, Skoda, Seat, Bugatti, Bentley