WebSphere solutions for Automotive Industry

As the automotive industry continues to expand, the need for cost-efficient responses to regulation that strives for process efficiency, grows increasingly important. Marketplace growth, outsourcing product development activities, customer demands for improved reliability, human-vehicle interaction software, and competition are changing the dynamics in the automotive industry.

This new economy challenges automotive companies with several complexities like:

• Volatile change, more uncertainty and less predictability in business
• Complexity and interconnected enterprise
• Structurally different organizations – joint ventures, more complex supplier relationships

WebSphere software can help to:

WebSphere software can help automotive manufacturers to optimize business processes across the organization, gain visibility into information for automated decision making, along with providing solutions and scalable infrastructure to support the changing needs of the business. WebSphere offers software and solutions to help in many areas of the business including:

1. Increased accuracy of production lead time up to 90%
2. Reduced warranty claim processing costs during the first six months of deployment, resulting in savings of over $30 million
3. Improved visibility into core processes, such as order management, provisioning or accounting, through real time monitoring and business friendly dashboards
4. Enhanced productivity through standardized, integrated and automated processes across vehicle lines
5. Reduced time-to-market for campaigns, such as seasonal discounts, make/model-specific promotions and partner agreements
6. Empowered business users to own process & policy changes in many areas, such as contract management, production quality control or sale commissioning

Automative Industry Imperatives

• Rapidly launch increasingly complex sustainable vehicles and e-mobility services
• Create new business models with intelligent, connected vehicles
• Transform retail and improve the customer experience
• Optimize manufacturing and supply chains

Automotive industry case studies

• A large automotive manufacturer transforms raw, real-time container tracking data into actionable business intelligence, significantly reducing capital equipment costs and optimizing its global supply chain
• TBC Corporation creates a consistent user experience for mobile devices

Featured videos module

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