Automotive
Managed Service meets seamless integration
Many Automotive parts suppliers are turning to NetEDI to provide a managed EDI service including Translation, Connectivity and Onboarding
The Automotive world has changed over recent years, with profit margins shrinking and a need to get products to market quicker, the industry is always looking to streamline processes and reduce costs.
NetEDI provide a Cloud based translation service that is managed and delivered through the Internet. Removing the burden of having to create trading partners maps with on-site software, NetEDI provide a service that streamlines the on boarding process and allows Suppliers to start communicating quicker with their Customers. With NetEDI’s Document API and ability to embed EDI functionality within Accounting and ERP systems the responsibility for EDI moves from the IT department to the Accounting and Order Processing departments. This eliminates bottlenecks in the supply chain and offers greater visibility of Supply Chain documents as they pass through each stage – all from within the familiar user interface of the Accounting and ERP system. A user of NetEDI’s Managed Translation Service, NetIX, benefit from removing the technical headache of having to deal with the EDI data, and puts this responsibility into the hands of the people who work with this data day in day out.
NetIX allows you to concentrate on your business whilst leaving the EDI platform in the hands of experts.
Often in the Automotive industry there are many different manufacturing plants and offices around the world. NetEDI’s web-based Dashboard offers multi-user support, that can be accessed from anywhere in the world that has an Internet access. User restrictions can be put in place to restrict the data that the user can see, very useful for when an Sales Department has clerks that deal with specific Trading Partners.
Integration into an Accounting or ERP system is critical if Supply Chain efficiencies are to be gained. NetIX provides unrivalled levels of Integration with many back-end systems. Embedding core EDI functionality, such as searching by Document number at the Network level to find the delivery status of the batch the document was sent in, further improves efficiency within the supply chain. Embedding this functionality within the Sales Ledger of Accounting and ERP systems, allows the Accounts team to track documents easily and quickly.
Tracking Line Level statuses of Orders is another option for clients in the automotive sector. Keep your Customers systems up to date by acknowledging lines that have changed price, quantity, delivery date or status, streamlining data synchronicity.