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Optimize and Digitalize Your Automotive Supply Chain

The SEEBURGER BIS Platform connects customers, suppliers, and processes. Automate your supply chain with secure, real-time data exchange and seamless integration.

The SEEBURGER BIS Platform empowers the automotive industry to streamline supply chains, connect systems, and collaborate with suppliers through technologies like EDI, API, and MFT. Flexible deployment options—cloud, on-premise, or hybrid—offer tailored solutions for agility and innovation.

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Optimize and Digitalize Your Automotive Supply Chain

Integration:

Seamless data exchange and supplier collaboration.

Automation:

Optimized processes like order processing and inventory management.

Security & compliance:

Enterprise-grade encryption and adherence to regulations (e.g., GDPR, TISAX).

Future-ready:

Supports AI, IoT, and emerging technologies for smart factories and predictive analytics.

Cost efficiency:

Reduces operational costs through automation and scalable deployment.

SEEBURGER BIS transforms supply chains, ensuring agility, security, and efficiency for automotive manufacturers to thrive in a dynamic market.

The SEEBURGER BIS Platform empowers the automotive industry to securely integrate, automate, and optimize supply chains, ensuring agility, compliance, and cost-efficiency in a rapidly evolving market.

Digital transformation is reshaping the auto industry. Manufacturers are integrating customers and suppliers, automating supply chains, and connecting systems faster than ever before. A major player in automotive supply chain integration is the multi-capability SEEBURGER BIS Platform, with B2B integration technologies like Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Application Programming Interfaces (API), and Managed File Transfer (MFT).

This page explores how the SEEBURGER BIS Platform is enabling automotive manufacturers and suppliers to digitalize their supply chains, streamline supplier collaboration, and leverage new technologies like AI and IIoT. From automating processes to optimizing the digital supply chain, SEEBURGER BIS equips the car industry with the agility, security, and efficiency needed to thrive.

The SEEBURGER BIS Platform supports end-to-end integration for the auto industry, enabling seamless data exchange and secure supply chain automation. Designed for agility and flexibility, the integration platform empowers automotive companies to manage complex integrations. Whether connecting upstream and downstream, automating processes, enabling global e-invoicing for the automotive industry or integrating technologies like IoT and AI, you’re in safe hands with the SEEBURGER BIS Platform

With deployment options ranging from fully managed or iPaaS solutions for the automotive industry in the cloud to hybrid or on-premise setups, the BIS Platform delivers flexibility tailored to every automotive company's needs.

Digital supply chain integration:

from supplier collaboration to software and systems connectivity, the BIS Platform ensures seamless data exchange and process security.

Automated supply chain processes:

Streamline order processing, inventory management, production scheduling, transportation and more.

Security:

robust security measures and API management protect your data across integrations, and your systems and supply chain from attack

Compliance:

robust encryption and advanced data protection support adherence with regulations.

Scalability:

flexible options to grow operations efficiently.

Future-readiness:

supports AI, IoT, and emerging technologies to future-proof business operations.

Business continuity:

high availability and security with advanced disaster recovery measures

Data security is crucial for automotive manufacturers, as breaches or compliance failures can disrupt operations and erode trust. The BIS Platform ensures enterprise-grade security by encrypting and safeguarding all data transfers between suppliers, partners, and systems. This enables the automotive industry to drive innovation while maintaining the highest standards of security and efficiency.

Secure data exchange:

protect sensitive data with end-to-end encryption for EDI, API and MFT integrations, tailored to the automotive supply chain.

Regulatory compliance:

meet international data protection standards, including GDPR and industry-specific regulations such as TISAX.

Auditable trails:

maintain transparency and accountability across the supply chain.

Business continuity:

Robust security measures, clustering, and the availability of 24/7 global support keeps your supply chain running

Effective supplier collaboration is essential for meeting production deadlines, optimizing automotive supply chain management, and ensuring delivery reliability. As Odette International now recommends integrating tier 2 suppliers into the digital automotive supply chain, SEEBURGER BIS provides the tools to make this a reality. SEEBURGER BIS enables smooth, speedy supplier onboarding, offers global e-invoicing, and streamlines communication through EDI, API management, and MFT.

By combining these integration capabilities, SEEBURGER BIS also simplifies supplier scorecard management—essential for evaluating performance, ensuring product quality, and mitigating production risks. Through secure EDI and MFT solutions, SEEBURGER BIS automates supplier data exchange, while managed API integration connects disparate systems to deliver real-time insights into supplier metrics such as delivery timelines, quality compliance, and cost efficiency. This enables automotive manufacturers to identify and address performance gaps before they impact production schedules. The result? Improved supplier collaboration, enhanced visibility, and the agility to manage relationships effectively—whether on-premise, in the cloud, or with a hybrid approach.

And for the suppliers, SEEBURGER’s integration and automation technology help reduce the risk of pesky fines or even losing a contract due to suboptimal performance

Faster supplier onboarding:

Companies leveraging the SEEBURGER BIS Platform have significantly shorter supplier onboarding times.

Easier supplier scorecard management:

Players along the supply chain gain quick access to supplier metrics, improving their own performance and ensuring others meet expectations.

Real-time data flow:

Enable instant communication of parts inventories, orders, and production updates.

Error reduction:

Automate data exchange in the car industry to eliminate manual errors and improve accuracy.

Odette International:

Helps meet Odette, VDA, and AIAG recommendations, including implementing the MMOG/LE standards to improve logistics performance, ensure supplier compliance, and enhance overall supply chain efficiency.

Delivery reliability:

Analyze and optimize on-time delivery performance KPIs for excellent delivery reliability.

WebEDI:

A browser-based portal for connecting smaller partners and hidden champions to your supply chain.

With the SEEBURGER BIS Platform, automotive manufacturers achieve faster turnaround times, better transparency, and improved operational efficiency.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming the automotive supply chain, enabling predictive maintenance, smart factories, and real-time data insights. The SEEBURGER BIS Platform supports seamless integration with AI and IoT technologies, unlocking new possibilities for car manufacturers.

Integrate IoT data for real-time machine diagnostics and predictive analytics to optimize maintenance and production.

Integrate AI to leverage smarter decision-making with predictive analytics for inventory management and demand forecasting.

By incorporating these technologies into existing systems, SEEBURGER BIS ensures manufacturers stay ahead of the curve and ready to compete in a rapidly evolving digital supply chain landscape.

Automating business processes and data flows for automotive manufacturers reduces both operational costs and inefficiencies. SEEBURGER BIS enables companies to:

Automate tasks like order processing, inventory management, the delivery process, and production scheduling.
Scale operations with minimal infrastructure investment through iPaaS, fully-managed and hybrid integration solutions.
Reduce manual intervention, errors, and turnaround times.

SEEBURGER’s scalable, cloud-based deployment options make it a cost-effective solution for automotive players looking to optimize their digital supply chains.

iPaaS (Cloud): Ideal for scalable, flexible integrations.
Managed Services: Hands-off cloud management deployed from the SEEBURGER Cloud or on a hyperscaler.
On-Premise: Maintain full control over sensitive data and systems.
Hybrid Models: Combine on-premise security with cloud innovation, keeping sensitive data local while scaling other operations globally.

This flexibility makes SEEBURGER BIS the ideal solution for automotive manufacturers looking to innovate without sacrificing control or performance.

The automotive industry faces constant challenges, from supply chain delays to evolving consumer demands. SEEBURGER BIS empowers manufacturers and suppliers to integrate, automate, and innovate with confidence. Whether optimizing the digital supply chain, enabling supply chain integration, or adopting emerging technologies, SEEBURGER BIS provides the tools and scalability to thrive in a constantly evolving market.