Automotive

Covisint is one of the most comprehensive online communication systems in the world. Originally developed as a supply chain management solution for the automotive industry, it has expanded in scope and now serves many other purposes for a variety of industries. Covisint has a similar mission now as it did when it began: connecting people, process and technologies so our customers can focus on building their businesses.

Today, Covisint is available to a variety of industries through a large enterprise communication system. In the auto industry, Covisint is used to connect manufacturers or large Tier I suppliers with manufacturing plants, suppliers, dealerships, employees and customers. Additionally, it provides dashboards with complete views into automotive operations so managers can monitor performance in a variety of ways.

You may think a communication network of this caliber requires your IT department to invest a lot of its time, but not with Covisint. Our managed services model lets you begin customizing your communication network today by leveraging a system that was built on auto industry best practices. Our system puts you ahead of the learning curve, helping you avoid many of the obstacles that can occur when developing a large and comprehensive system in-house. Since Covisint’s solution is offered as a Software as a Service model, you will be operational within a matter of months, rather than years that is typically found with traditional “build-it-yourself” models.

Convisints online communication system also includes unique federation capabilities that allow your users to work in a secure environment through a single sign-on. Instead of remembering numerous user IDs and passwords for various software systems, your users can focus on building business. Most importantly, they are encouraged to communicate with one another to build knowledge through the systems that are readily available at their fingertips.

Covisint’s comprehensive online communication system can help you master the art of collaboration. Providing a powerful combination of connectivity, integration, security and collaboration tool sets, the Covisint Automotive Platform includes:

• Portal & Collaboration Services
  Allows your users to communicate with each other by participating in a TeamRoom, sharing large files, creating a best practice wiki or reviewing shipping schedules, all from a personalized and highly secure Web 2.0 workspace
  
  
• Identity Management as a Service
  Ensuring the right people have the right access to the right information at the right time, Covisint delivers a services-based approach for simple, fast and cost effective identity and access management.
  
  
• Messaging & Web Services
  Providing one of the most flexible and reliable B2B messaging services on the planet, Covisint Connect and Supplier Connection enables companies of any size or technical sophistication to exchange custom or industry standard EDI transactions with anyone in the world.
  
  
• Process Packs
  On-demand, shared services that help your community manage manufacturing processes and workflows, Covisint Process Packs include: Global Logistics Shipment Visibility; Continuous Improvement (Problem Solver)