The basics.
orca is the platform for processes around supplier tools in the automotive industry.
Vendor toolings are manufacturing tools in the part supplier´s posession, but typically owned by the manufacturer of the final product (in the automotive industry, the OEM). They are manufactured specifically for the production of model-specific parts and are generally paid for in a single payment.
orca connects the process partners of the tools across companies as clients, contractual partners, operators and tool manufacturers.
The process partners can access production equipment according to their relationship to the tool. A relationship is, for example, the client to the tool ("owner"). In orca, the relationship of the respective company as process partner to the tool is leading, only then the organisation or allocation to persons within the company. This means that, for example, a contractual partner "Müller & Söhne GmbH & Co KG" of the client "BMW AG" can only see the tools ordered from him, regardless of who takes on further roles as a person at Müller & Söhne.
Certain processes, e.g. inventory, can be triggered for production equipment.
Every piece of production equipment has a location where the production equipment is physically and permanently located. In orca, the location is a property of the production resource and an organisational characteristic of the supplier. The location is identified by an address and a geo-location. The possible locations are maintained for each company.