The Global Electronics Association will be the contact for electronics companies that want to join the initiative
The Global Electronics Association and Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. have signed a deal to promote secure and interoperable data exchange across the global electronics supply chain. The collaboration aims to bring electronics industry stakeholders into the Catena-X ecosystem and develop approaches to sharing trusted data across suppliers, customers and business systems.
Under the agreement, the organisations will identify industry requirements. Address concerns. They will encourage electronics companies to take part in pilot projects that focus on high-priority use cases. The results will help create an industry roadmap for data exchange, across electronics market sectors.
The initiative seeks to address a challenge facing electronics manufacturers: making supply chain data accessible, reliable and usable across multiple organisations and business systems. By combining the Global Electronics Association’s industry expertise and standards development capabilities with Catena-Xs automotive data ecosystem, the partnership aims to establish practical solutions for secure data sharing, across industries.
John W. Mitchell, president and CEO of the Global Electronics Association, said the collaboration would help electronics manufacturers develop common approaches to data exchange that address their operational requirements, rather than creating additional disconnected reporting processes.
The need for standardised data exchange is particularly evident in product carbon footprint (PCF) reporting. Flex Automotive has highlighted growing demand from automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for PCF information during the request-for-quotation (RFQ) stage. However, inconsistent calculation methodologies and unreliable data collection across supply chain partners continue to create challenges.
Shanawaz Sheik, director of sustainability at Flex Automotive said the company wants to use Catena-Xs PCF rulebook and secure data-sharing framework to create PCF data chains across the electronics supply chain. The pilot project is expected to be the beginning of looking into business uses beyond just tracking carbon footprints.
The Global Electronics Association will be the contact for electronics companies that want to join the initiative. This will make sure that what the industry needs and the technical skills are part of the conversations with Catena-X.
Hanno Focken of Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. said the automotive and electronics supply chains are closely interconnected, making cross-industry data exchange essential. The collaboration is expected to bring additional electronics industry expertise into the Catena-X ecosystem and support the development of practical data-sharing approaches for suppliers and customers.
