Automotive Web Process Integration

In the automotive manufacturing industry automotive manufacturers (OEM) and their direct suppliers as well as other members of the supply chain communicate via supplier portals. The increasing number of portals and a higher information density on the individual platforms have led to a tremendous information research and collection workload for companies and their employees.

Lixto Automotive Web Process Integration provides an integrated end-to-end solution that extracts information from OEM supplier portals, prepares the data in the preferred data format and relays the data to backend system for further processing.

Use reliable and automated data exchange with automotive manufacturers for

• Decreased quality costs
  by quick responses to complaints and rejection of unjustified complaints
• Fewer product callbacks and erroneous production
  through continuous compliance with documents on regulations and standards and alerts in case of changes
• Increased customer satisfaction, better supplier ranking
  through less defective parts and improved response times
• Less logistic costs
  due to automated updates and immediate availability of, for example, data on changed packaging requirements
• Fewer errors in data collection and processing
  through the automated integration of data into company-specific systems
• Enhanced process efficiency, cost and time savings
  due to a reduced amount of manual intervention and shorter reaction times

Selected Customer

Webasto AG makes products that contribute to more comfort and enjoyment on the road and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of sunroofs and parking heaters. The family-owned company is a supplier to the automobile industry worldwide, and in 2003 its around 6,000 employees delivered sales of over 1.5 billion euros. Company headquarters are in Stockdorf, near Munich. Webasto AG selected the Lixto Web Process Integration solution to drive its processes on its OEM customer portals.