• Market size: USD 3.5 trillion in 2015 with predicted

growth at ~ 2% p.a.

• Top 10 leading car makers accounted for USD 1,6

trillion in 2017

• It is projected that 81,5 mil cars will be sold in 2018

• In 2016 global profit margin was at an all-time high of 7.5%

• On-demand mobility and data-driven services may add up to USD 1.5 trillion in revenue potential in 2030

• Suppliers focused on product innovation continue to main-tain a two percent average margin lead over process-fo-cused suppliers

• Systematic communication, synchronization of processes, continuous supplier development, and execution of joint improvement activities lead car maker to higher excellence

Decentralized application (D-app) on top of blockchain D-app integrated with existing ERP/SCM of each supplier and OEMNo major changes in existing ERP/SCM required, ERP/SCM only has to grant access to D-app to part of its database D-app will convert data from ERP/SCM into messages (transactions/supply chain events) and send them to block-chain network for validation and recordingD-app will maintain a local database (identical with timely blockchain ledger) to enable fast querying and analyzing shared content

• 65% of procurement leaders have limited or no visibility

beyond Tier 1

• It is estimated that the OEMs could save up to US$ 1biliion

p.a. if they introduce capacity management solutions

• 31% of businesses stated that they didn’t analyze the full

supply chain to identify the original source of any

disruption they experienced

• 79% of large companies say that the lack of supply chain

process visibility is their top concern

• Production e ciency and inventory management• Improper management of changes to demand

• An occurrence of late or last minute-order changes which

have an impact on Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers

• A Diversity of data produced by various and multiple ERPs

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FUTURE TRENDS

SOPHIATX BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION

KEY CHALLENGES

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TRANSPARENCY AND TRACEABILITY

COST AND COMPLEXITYREDUCTION

TRUSTED RECORD-KEEPING

CONSOLIDATED AUDIT TRIALS

PERMANENT AND IMMUTABLE

PROVEN AND AUTHENTICATED TRANSACTIONS

BENEFITS

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAINLEVERAGING BLOCKCHAIN TO IMPROVE LEAD TIMES AND SECURE CRITICAL DELIVERIES

Connectivity, autonomous vehicles

and electrification are becoming

the dominant trends.

Sources: 1. CPO Survey by Deloitte, 2. Capacity Manage-

ment in the Automotive Industry by EY 3. Aberdeen Bench-

mark Report, 4. Global Automotive Industry by Statista.com

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