EDI for Automotive: Connect and Automate Your Supply Chain
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EDI for Automotive: Connect and Automate Your Supply Chain
Still Managing Your Supply Chain Manually? EDI Is a Game-Changer for the Automotive Industry
Operating with efficiency, traceability, and reliability is impossible if data doesn’t flow smoothly.
You manufacture with maximum precision. You plan down to the minute. Your deliveries can’t fail. So why keep relying on manual, disconnected processes in your supply chain? In such a competitive industry, the difference between moving forward or falling behind lies in how your systems communicate with your partners’. Our automotive EDI solution is designed to automate and synchronize every critical business message from orders to invoices with full compatibility with VDA, OFTP, and other key standards.
Logistics speed. Accuracy in every delivery.
Optimize your Just-in-Time operations by automating data exchange with your suppliers. Gain agility, reduce bottlenecks, and respond quickly to changes in demand.
Automation of key messages such as DELFOR and DELJIT
Full synchronization of deliveries in time, quantity, and destination
Elimination of manual tasks and reduction of critical errors
Greater responsiveness to unexpected logistics events
Compliance in 80+ countries. No hassle.
Digitize your invoicing and automate international tax compliance from a single integrated solution. From order to payment, without errors or duplicated tasks.
Automatic compliance with 80+ tax regulations
Validation, submission, and archiving of invoices in one environment
ERP, WMS, and TMS integration without altering your systems
End-to-end traceability
Reduced operating costs and risk of penalties
Connect with all your partners. No technical barriers.
Speak the same language as every customer or supplier without changing your systems or complicating your operations. Integrate your entire ecosystem, even if they don’t have EDI.
Compatibility with formats such as VDA, EDIFACT, X12, UBL, XML...
Secure protocols: OFTP2, AS2, Web Services, SFTP
Web access for partners without EDI infrastructure
Fast, secure, frictionless data exchange
Scalability to operate with any partner, in any country
Full visibility. Total control of your supply chain.
Monitor every message, order, and delivery in real time. Make fast decisions, anticipate issues, and ensure uninterrupted operations without blind spots.
Real-time monitoring of all EDI flows
Dashboards with logistics KPIs and proactive alerts
End-to-end traceability from order to delivery
Automatic validation of confirmations and shipments
Greater responsiveness to any incident
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How OEMs Optimize Their Supply Chain with EDI
You produce vehicles, but what you really manage is an ecosystem.
If you’re an OEM, you know your real product isn’t just a car: it’s a perfectly synchronized supply chain. Every vehicle you produce is the result of thousands of parts that must arrive at the right time, in the right condition, and with guaranteed traceability. Coordinating suppliers across countries, languages, time zones, and technical standards requires far more than spreadsheets, emails, or follow-up calls.
We’re talking about a living ecosystem that changes every day, where a small deviation can cause line delays, production stoppages, or contractual penalties. You need to know not only what’s arriving—but also when, how, and under what logistics and technical conditions. And you need that information in real time, with no margin for error or manual dependencies.
The challenges are clear:
Just-in-Time planning that doesn’t tolerate delays or inaccurate data
Constant exchange of orders, specifications, confirmations, and invoices
Multi-ERP environments with different requirements by plant, group, or country
Internal demands for traceability, efficiency, and compliance
How does EDI solve it?
Centralizing data flows with all your suppliers, regardless of their technology
Automating forecasts, delivery orders, shipping notices, and invoices with no manual work
Detecting issues instantly with monitoring dashboards and proactive alerts
Adapting to industry standards such as VDA, OFTP2, and more
EDI for Tier-1 Automotive Suppliers
The balance between compliance, coordination, and anticipation
You sit right at the center of the balance point between two fast-moving worlds. On one side, you must meet the OEM’s exacting standards: on-time deliveries, flawless technical data, error-free documentation. On the other, you must keep your sub-suppliers aligned, informed, and synchronized even when requirements change overnight.
That means every order, update, technical validation, or design adjustment must flow smoothly across different systems, incompatible data structures, and processes that don’t always speak the same language. Often, you’re the one translating those differences to make things work. You do it well but you know you can’t rely on manual effort once volume increases and pressure builds.
Your day-to-day includes:
Adapting to multiple customers, each with their own format, deadline, and protocol
Synchronizing deliveries with forecasts that change week by week
Exchanging technical files and product versions with total precision
Responding quickly to demand peaks or supply chain incidents
How does EDI help you?
Connecting your system with each customer and sub-supplier without building every link from scratch
Automating updates for forecasts, deliveries, inventory, and specifications
Eliminating errors from repetitive or duplicated tasks, freeing time for real planning
Giving you real-time visibility to make decisions based on data, not guesswork
Benefits of EDI for Tier-2 Automotive Suppliers
Meet customer demands, gain traceability, and digitize your processes without heavy infrastructure.
You’re the gear that keeps the chain moving from the bottom up. You may not be in the spotlight, but nothing advances without you. You probably don’t have a dedicated IT team, a sophisticated ERP, or unlimited resources. Yet your customers, often large multinationals, expect the same from you as they do from a global supplier: on-time deliveries, accurate data, adaptability, and full compliance with industry standards.
You face formats that change by customer, platforms you don’t know, and technical requirements that are assumed but fall on you to figure out. You know compliance opens new doors, but you also know how hard it is when the tools aren’t on your side.
Your reality includes:
Receiving orders in different formats and having to adapt with minimal technical resources
Sending confirmations or invoices through platforms you don’t know (or don’t even have access to)
Wasting time filling documents manually and fixing communication errors
Feeling like you’re always one step behind, even when you deliver well and on time
How does EDI fit in here?
Let’s you integrate with customers without changing how you work
Provides simple web portals to send and receive documents without technical expertise
Gives shipment traceability and proof of compliance with customer requirements
Levels the playing field with bigger players, opening the door to new contracts
What Can You Automate with EDI? All These Critical Messages
With our automotive EDI platform, you can automate all the key flows that define your daily operations:
DELFOR
Mid- and long-term delivery forecasts
DELJIT
Short-term delivery instructions
DESADV
Advance shipping notices with package, location, and date details
INVOIC
Automated e-invoices compliant with local regulations
APERAK y CONTRL
Receipt confirmations and syntax validation
CAD/CAM
Secure exchange of design files and technical specifications
Key Features of EDI in Automotive Industry
Transforming the automotive sector through electronic data interchange.
The world’s leading brands aren’t just looking for a technology provider—they need a strategic partner who understands their complexity, speaks their language, and guarantees results from day one. At EDICOM we combine expertise, reliability, and a global platform to support OEMs, Tier-1, and Tier-2 suppliers in their digital transformation. Here’s why we are trusted:
Full VDA compatibility
We implement all subformats used by European OEMs. Ensure compliance with market technical standards, with no complications or extra developments.
Secure communications with OFTP2
Ideal for sensitive data in this industry. Our solution is validated to operate with major manufacturers under next-generation encryption protocols.
Global connectivity
Interoperability with suppliers anywhere in the world, regardless of their technology level. An open, scalable network available 24/7.
Cloud architecture
24/7 availability with no hardware investment. A high-availability SaaS solution, scalable to demand peaks and adaptable to your production cycles.
ERP integration
SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, and more. We adapt to your infrastructure without touching your systems, ensuring data reliability.
Complete visibility
Dashboards with KPIs, traceability, and proactive alerts to control your operations from a single monitoring point.
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