Building on our more than 50-year history with a clear purpose, mission, and vision, Flex is the advanced end-to-end manufacturing partner of choice, helping market-leading brands across a diverse set of industries design, build, deliver, and manage products that improve the world.
Through the collective strength of a global workforce across 30 countries, and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex supports our their customers’ entire product lifecycles with leading design and engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, post production and post-sale capabilities in every major region.
Challenges
- Participate in an automotive OEM-led data chain to track primary CO2 emissions for accurate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) tracking
- Ensure full compliance with Catena-X technology and standards for seamless interoperability
- Enable potential reuse of the solution in other use cases, such as the battery passport.
Solution
- Consulting services for knowledge transfer and solution design
- Implementation of Catena-X-certified "Connect & Integrate" for dataspace connectivity
- Deployment of Catena-X-certified PCF Exchange App for seamless interoperability in PCF data chains
- Migration to the first Catena-X operating environment provided by Cofinity-X
Benefits
- Achieved quick results without the need for complex systems integration
- Delivered on time and within budget, with a live demonstration at the 2024 IMDS-AIAG conference
- Built a scalable foundation for adding more PCF components and expanding to new use cases like the battery passport.
Flex is proud to have participated in launching the first live, cross-organizational data chain for secure scope-3 CO2 emissions data sharing, enabling Product Carbon Footprint calculations based on Catena-X standards and certified products. T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary like T-Mobile, played a pivotal role by delivering CX-certified onboarding services and its innovative 'data phone' and data exchange solutions, just in time for AIAG's announcement as the Catena-X North America hub.
Nicole Stevenson, Vice President Business Strategy & Marketing, Flex Automotive Business
