The world’s biggest supply chain network for the automotive and production industries Hallbergmoos/Bretten, May 6, 2008 – SupplyOn AG and SEEBURGER AG today announced an extensive cooperation, at the heart of which lies the two companies integrating their B2B service platforms. The partnership will produce the world’s biggest supply chain network in the automotive and production industries.

SupplyOn and SEEBURGER integrate their B2B service platforms

06. maggio 2008 – 

With several thousand customers, SupplyOn AG is the largest supplier of web-based services for supply chain management in the automotive and manufacturing industries worldwide. SupplyOn’s services in this sector are considered the standard for electronic processes between customers and suppliers. SEEBURGER AG is a leading specialist in B2B integration on a global scale and provides these solutions both for customer implementation and as a complete outsourcing package.
More than 15 000 customers around the world rely on the software and service solutions offered by these two companies.

Seamless process over several supply chain links
Many companies face the challenge of seamlessly integrating their supply chain both with all customers and with all suppliers. The basis for this is a consistent, automated B2B process. Until now consistent processes across several links in the supply chain have most often failed due to the fact that introducing a classic EDI system has proved too expensive and time-consuming for small companies or when working with small order volumes. This gap can be closed through the use of web-based logistics services from SupplyOn – regardless of company size or system requirements.
The joint solution from SupplyOn and SEEBURGER is very attractive for those companies that want smooth integration with both customers and suppliers through a single service provider. They can benefit from around 5000 suppliers who already use SupplyOn and the many customer links (hubs) that SEEBURGER’s outsourcing services can already provide.
The other party to benefit from the partnership are the some 5000 suppliers who already communicate with their customers via SupplyOn by WebEDI because they will be able to conveniently reach all other customers through one central system.

The SEEBURGER outsourcing services will give both target groups faster and much simpler access to customers. The content and connections for linking to B2B hubs are already available from SEEBURGER and can therefore be used by SupplyOn customers.

“The partnership of the SupplyOn and SEEBURGER B2B service platforms will produce the biggest and most important network in the automotive and production industries. It will open up new potential in terms of supply chain management quality and efficiency for the whole of the industry”, says Markus Quicken, a member of the board at SupplyOn AG. “SEEBURGER has been synonymous with leading innovations for more than 20 years and will work with us to consistently and jointly drive forward technological developments.“

“The cooperation will enable our customers to smoothly integrate not only large suppliers by EDI, but also smaller suppliers by WebEDI,” adds Axel Haas, a member of the board at SEEBURGER AG. “This will bring them benefits both in the form of the rollout and user support provided by SupplyOn but also the large number of suppliers who are already activated and who can be very quickly approved for new customer-supplier relations.”

With several thousand customers in over 70 countries, SupplyOn AG is the largest supplier of web-based services for supply chain management in the automotive and manufacturing industries. Its solution portfolio covers purchasing, development, logistics, finance and quality and facilitates transparent and efficient communication with business partners. SupplyOn handles transactions worth of over €50 billion annually.

In 2007 the company based in Hallbergmoos near Munich generated a turnover in excess of €20 million.
SupplyOn’s customers include well-known industrial concerns like BERU, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Georg Fischer, Kautex, Hella, L&L Products Europe, MANN+HUMMEL, Schaeffler, Schindler, Webasto and ZF. More than 75 percent of the world’s top 100 automotive suppliers rely on SupplyOn in their work with business partners.

It is SEEBURGER AG’s goal to smoothly integrate external and internal processes such that the processes between different applications systems or business partners pass off without switching between different media. The company’s range of services covers infrastructure products for exchanging data and the interpretation of activities, and process-focused solutions like the automatic handling of orders and bills. The portfolio also includes integrating technical systems that match the product life cycle and solutions for cutting stock levels, e.g. using RFID. Alongside proven software solutions and experienced project management SEEBURGER also offers extensive outsourcing and consultancy services. SEEBURGER has been named the number 1 integration provider by international IT analysts.
More than 7000 customers around the globe, like Beiersdorf, EnBW, Kraft, Novartis, OBI, Porsche, REWE, Ritter Sport, Siemens, s.Oliver, Varta, Volkswagen and many more benefit from this know-how.
SEEBURGER AG was founded in Bretten in 1986 and has 16 offices around the globe.


Press contact:
SupplyOn AG
Cornelia Staib
Head of Communications
Ludwigstraße 49
D-85399 Hallbergmoos
Tel.: +49 (8 11) 9 99 97-2 90
Fax: +49 (8 11) 9 99 97-1 10
Cornelia.Staib@SupplyOn.com
www.SupplyOn.com

SEEBURGER AG
Konstanze Prinz
Edisonstraße 1
75015 Bretten
Tel.: +49 (89) 41 92 96 74
k.prinz@seeburger.de
www.seeburger.de

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