PipeChain Network Connect
Connectivity and global reach

In the Automotive industry, there is a long-established and standardized EDI process that Is common between automotive manufacturers (OEMs) and their direct suppliers (Tier 1).

PipeChain eats, breathes, and sleeps these processes and has the knowledge and experience. To not only make you successful in using EDI towards OEM´s, but also to digitalize your End-to-end supply chain. Since the 1990s, PipeChain has been closely involved in the EDI development within the industry. Today, the scope is broader and is usually related to “supply chain digitalization”. Partner up with PipeChain, and get connected, stay connected, and be constantly updated on what´s going on in the industry.

PipeChain Network Connect is the core of communication and message format handling for the digitalization era – A modern future-proof system-to-system integration service in the cloud.

In Europe, the standardization is very much driven by Odette International (www.odette.org) and Verband der Automobilindustrie (www.vda.se). The challenge for the Automotive industry, and related industries, is to establish a close collaboration with suppliers in more than one tier. The industry needs to reach several Tiers (1st, 2nd, 3rd) to achieve effective supply chain visibility, higher resilience, and better performance. One initiative to address this challenge, is the -global MMOG/LE (Logistics evolution tool) standard for evaluating supply chain processes in several tiers in the Automotive supply chain (www.odette.org/services/mmog).

Naturally, PipeChain Networks is a member of Odette, and driving force in the industry standardization.

Functionality

The functionality of Network Connect covers the

Following main areas:

1. Integration of business transactions System-to-system

2. Format conversions & pre-set standard formats

3. Communication & pre-set standard protocols

4. Data management & monitoring

Network connect handles all kinds of sophisticated communication protocols.

FTP (sFTP/FTPS)/OFTP/OFPT2/AS2/HTTP/Peppol/API´s & more.

Network Connect converts any-to-any file format.

EDIFACT/VDA/X12/Odette/XML/Peppol/CVS and more.

Customer EDI processes, examples

• Delivery Schedule (Forecast)
• JIS (Just in sequence) and JIT (Just in time)
• Order, Order Change and Order Confirmation
• Delivery & Packing
• Transport, Booking & Status
• Invoice

Supplier EDI processes (including outsourced processes to 3rd parties), examples

• Delivery Schedule (Forecast)
• Order, Order Change and Order Confirmation
• Delivery & Packing
• Transport, Booking & Status
• Invoice