Customers have high and strongly individualized expectations when it comes to configuring their dream car. Do they want to drive electric, petrol or diesel? What color should the car be? Which interior fittings do they choose? As the automotive industry faces increasing pressure to deliver costumized products, supply chains have become more complex than ever. With tens of thousands of components and an extensive network of suppliers, remaining competitive relies on efficient long-term planning by the demand and capacity management. Thus, as much transparency as possible is required among the supply chain. Digitization plays a crucial role in this transformation, providing real-time data as a basis for smarter decision making. A well-defined planning horizon, supported by advanced technical tools, empowers companies to optimize capacity and proactively align demand.
Car configurator. Source: BMW
CatX Service GmbH is a Munich based company, operating within and for the automotive field. The innovative SaaS firm and their highly experienced team support companies in the industry with their supply chain.
MIRA by CatX is an application that supports companies with their demand and capacity management. The goal is to avoid bottlenecks and demand peaks that lead to a state of constant firefighting. The DCM (Data and Capacity Management)-Suite provides a single point of truth for every part of the supply chain by matching and continuously comparing demand and capacity data. Providing a strategic outlook for up to 24 months, activities in the supply chain can be adjusted accordingly.
Screenshot MIRA
In order to offer customers an all-inclusive package, sovity delivers the EDC (Eclipse Dataspace Components) Connector for the data space, in which the exchange of information between the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and the automobile producers takes place.
Founded in 2021 in Dortmund, sovity GmbH offers data space technology as a service. sovity enables companies of any size and industry an effortless and safe connection and collaboration by providing technology to share data in a standardized way.
Logo Catena-X
Just like MIRA, the sovity EDC Connector is Catena-X-certified, which means it fulfils the highest standards for data sovereignty (data owners have full control over data usage) and interoperability (ability to interpret data that is exchanged between parties).
Catena -X is a data space from the automotive sector that solves the regulatory challenges of building a data space, while striving for economic sustainability. Catena-X was established in response to several critical developments in the automotive industry, including the complexity of value chains for companies.
In this upcoming world of data spaces, strong and trusted partnerships to drive the topic forward are needed, as demonstrated by the current collaboration between CatX and sovity.
Katharina Zipse, CEO of CatX, says “We are happy to complete our product offer with this partnership. Together with the sovity EDC Connector, our customers can use MIRA as a plug-and-play solution that will drive the industry forward!”
After sovity supported the companies in the onboarding process to Catena-X to share their data and a successful beta-phase, the project is now operating in a standardized way, in which sovity takes care of the data exchange according to the Catena-X standards. Using their combined extensive expertise, CatX and sovity are able to offer a stable, reliable and easy solution for the hidden heros within the supply chain.
“The DCM app MIRA provides a crucial component to enable better planning between partners along a complex supply chain. We are excited to enable the Catena-X compliant data exchange for MIRA and looking forward to a strong partnership”, says Sebastian Kleff, CEO and co-founder of sovity.
Transparency along the supply chain, enabled by data spaces, will help the automotive industry to fulfil their demand and capacity management – and customers will drive their dream car!
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