Asian Automotive Industry and Collaboration Portals Luc Hovan Co-Chairman, APEC Automotive Dialogue, IT Working Group Managing Director, Covisint Asia Pacific Bangkok, 22 May 2002 Covisint Outline • Strategic Procurement Services More than 1500 online bidding events Over 60 billion in transactions More than 200 catalogs with 2.5 million individual skus, over 100000 transactions Quote Management (eRFQ) and Virtual Project Workspace over 500 individual users • Connectivity Services Over 2300 individual users for Fullfilment (inventory visibility) Over 7000 companies registered to Covisint globally Covisint Outline • Covisint LLC headquarterd in Southfield, Michigan, US • Covisint Europe BV, in Amsterdam with presence in France, Germany and the UK • Covisint Asia Pacific, in Tokyo with presence in Singapore Website at www.covisint.com Tokyo headquarters at +81 3 5772 0280 lhovan@covisint.com Mission Statement • Third meeting of APEC Auto Dialogue: IT identified as key tool to expose regional suppliers to global industry • Japan and USA propose jointly the IT Manifesto with Action agenda. Car Industry: from National to Regional • Dynamic Asian Industry - launch regional programs (as part of global platform) - accelerate new product development - specialization of production sites in Asia Pacific - increasing logistics flows in the region - increasing competitiveness of regional suppliers - Europe and US investments in Japan, Korea and Asia - cost reduction plans by car makers and suppliers - increase capacities in North America and Asia Pacific IT: from Ambitions to Solutions • Importance of establishment of portals and contents • Anticipate the changes brought by Internet • Build databases to promote knowledge about companies in the auto sector • Raise up and study the issues concerning infrastructure • Asian deployments of large car makers for portals and collaboration tools to reach up to 2000 suppliers in Asia Pacific in 2002 Supplier Directory (JAPIA directory) Supplier Directory Supplier Directory Supplier Directory [...]... Surveyed national initiatives and accelerate dialogue between APEC members Launched a pilot in Japan Launched a pilot in Thailand Collaboration with AAF/Ecotech group (engineering capabilities database) APEC Auto Dialogue IT Manifesto ‘Action Plan’ Next Steps • Accelerate collaboration among members to establish the regional supplier directory: - define common format - data gathering and maintenance - hosting... establish the regional supplier directory: - define common format - data gathering and maintenance - hosting - timeline • Establish cooperation with other global directory initiatives including industry private market places and other APEC fora (E-commerce steering group) Thank you . Asian Automotive Industry and Collaboration Portals Luc Hovan Co-Chairman, APEC Automotive Dialogue, IT Working Group . global industry • Japan and USA propose jointly the IT Manifesto with Action agenda. Car Industry: from National to Regional • Dynamic Asian Industry -