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Catena-X: Collaborating to Transform
the Automotive Industry
End-to-End Value Chain Networking with the Catena-X Data Ecosystem
In the future, seamless networking among automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers will be essential, enabling digital traceability of material flows across the entire supply chain. Catena-X, a rapidly scalable data ecosystem, represents a significant step towards achieving supply chain transparency and enhancing the automotive industry's competitiveness.
doubleSlash supports the Catena-X initiative as a development partner.
The Automotive Industry's Vision with Catena-X
A data ecosystem for the value chain in which all partners can meet on equal ground – trustworthy, collaborative, open and secure. For a digital, global data exchange based on European values.
- On Equal Footing: All partners have equal rights and data sovereignty.
- Trustworthy: The provided solution and governance are convincing and provide a basis for trust in the community.
- Open: The data ecosystem is based on open source solutions that are transparently available to all.
- Sustainable solution also for medium-sized and small companies.
What It's All About
Digital traceability of material flows along the entire supply chain in the automotive industry.
The Goal
Creating an environment for the development, operation, and collaborative use of end-to-end data chains across the entire automotive value chain.
Catena-X: The Consortium for End-to-End Value Chains in the Automotive Industry
Catena-X Automotive Network: Founded by pioneering companies like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Bosch, this consortium aims to establish end-to-end value chains in the automotive industry.
First announced at the German Federal Government's Digital Summit in December 2020, the Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. association was officially established on May 7, 2021, providing a legally secure framework for collaboration and goal achievement.
The Catena-X consortium is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the funding program "Future Investments in the Automotive Industry", and the current central development work is set to continue until mid-2024.
How Catena-X Supports You in the Real World – Bridging Value Creation and Traceability
Data Chains for Enhanced Value Creation in the Automotive Industry
- Interoperability and data sovereignty are fundamental values of our network.
- The Item Relationship Service (IRS) forms an essential foundation for various services and products within the Catena-X network and increases business value.
- IRS functionalities serve specific requirements such as occasion-based traceability from the Supply Chain Act.
- IDSA and Gaia-X principles, such as data interoperability and sovereignty, are maintained on the Catena-X network and access to dispersed data is enabled. Data chains are established as a common asset.
- With the help of the IRS, data chains can be provided ad-hoc across n-tiers within the Catena-X network. To realise these data chains, the IRS relies on data models of the traceability use case and provides the federated data chains to customers or applications.
Traceability: The Backbone of Catena-X
- The value creation of a vehicle is complex: from production to use to recycling, all processes must be closely coordinated and transparent. This is achieved through traceability.
- Information on each work step is recorded on the basis of process and parts lists. This creates continuous data chains that show exactly when and where which materials, components or software were used.
- As a rule, each company documents its responsibilities itself. There are a small number of cases where traceability information is exchanged, however.
Vehicle Value Chain
Flexible Supply Chain Management Powered by a Data Ecosystem
Standardised data exchange increases the flexibility of supply chains with the goal of establishing a globally active network in the future. To help implement the Catena-X vision and contribute to the creation of continuous supply chains, doubleSlash provides support in the following areas:
- Further development of the IRS (Item Relationship Service)
- Further development of the Traceability FOSS implementation /Trace-X
- Consulting and development of the architecture for Behaviour Twin Generic
The live demo on behalf of BMW for the Catena-X consortium (funded project of BMWK - link to BMWK) was a great success thanks to the dedicated support of doubleSlash. Our apps Trace-X and IRS received excellent reviews and were praised as particularly user-friendly and appealing. This successful collaboration will continue at least until the end of the funding project. – Patrick Strauß as Catena-X Business Owner - Domain PLM and Quality
Our Services
- Requirements engineering
- IT architecture design
- Test management including test automation
- Agile project management with a Proxy Product Owner
- Agile software development
- Quality assurance
- Regular contributions to Eclipse Tractus-X
- Creation and maintenance of FOSS projects based on the Eclipse Foundation Development Process
Technologies Used
- Java/Spring
- MinIO
- Kubernetes/Helm/ArgoCD
- REST, OpenAPI, Swagger
- Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC)
- TypeScript/Angular
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