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JLR Keeps Automotive Business Agile Through Enhanced Supplier Connectivity Covisint Platform Delivers Transparency and Reduces Legacy Costs THE CUSTOMER Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturing business, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel drive vehicles and Jaguar, one of the world’s premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques. THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE After its spin-off from Ford Motor Company in 2008, JLR needed a secure solution for global supplier connectivity and collaboration, similar in scope to its legacy company. Updating legacy systems was also necessary, but replacing existing infrastructure was time consuming and cost prohibitive. As a result, JLR faced several technology and flexibility challenges in providing its 3,000 global suppliers with secure access to critical business information. JLR implemented the Covisint B2B Cloud Platform as a means for secure communication and collaboration between the company and its suppliers. SOLUTION Securing and maintaining reliable B2B systems with increasing complexity, as well as integrating with external user security and administration systems in real-time, are tasks outside the core competencies of most organizations. The need to focus on core business processes led JLR to Covisint. The Covisint B2B Cloud platform permitted rapid implementation and reduced the cost of maintaining a supplier-facing collaboration solution. This allowed JLR to improve and streamline business processes with supplier partners globally. Covisint’s B2B Cloud platform also serves as a means for secure com- munication and collaboration between the company and its suppliers. It permits rapid implementation and reduced the cost of maintaining a supplier-facing collaboration solution. This allowed JLR to improve and streamline business processes with supplier partners globally. Using Covisint’s global platform approach allows users to access applications and information for many of their other customers. On the day of launch, suppliers were able to use one user ID and password to access multiplecustomer sites, instantly replacing multiple passwords the same day the portal was launched. RESULTS JLR leverages Covisint’s B2B Cloud platform to securely share a large number of company-specific applications with its global supply base by providing access to an extensive library of updated documents and information. The JLR solution also leverages Covisint’s platform cap- abilities including wikis, blogs, dashboards and secure file exchange capabilities familiar to users using single sign-on access across JLR and Ford applications. SUMMARY Leveraging the Covisint B2B Cloud platform, JLR has integrated numerous disparate systems that provide a streamlined solution delivered in the cloud while allowing any time, any device access to data, regardless of where suppliers are located across the globe. All Covisint products and services listed within are trademarks of Covisint Corporation. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. ©2015 Covisint Corporation. 1 Covisint Customer Success
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JLR Keeps Automotive Business Agile Through Enhanced Supplier ConnectivityCovisint Platform Delivers Transparency and Reduces Legacy Costs
THE CUSTOMER
Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturing business, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel drive vehicles and Jaguar, one of the world’s premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques.
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE
After its spin-off from Ford Motor Company in 2008, JLR needed a secure solution for global supplier connectivity and collaboration, similar in scope to its legacy company. Updating legacy systems was also necessary, but replacing existing infrastructure was time consuming and cost prohibitive. As a result, JLR faced several technology and fl exibility challenges in providing its 3,000 global suppliers with secure access to critical business information.
JLR implemented the Covisint B2B Cloud Platform as a means for secure communication and collaboration between the company and its suppliers.
SOLUTION
Securing and maintaining reliable B2B systems with increasing complexity, as well as integrating with external user security and administration systems in real-time, are tasks outside the core competencies of most organizations. The need to focus on core business processes led JLR to Covisint.
The Covisint B2B Cloud platform permitted rapid implementation and reduced the cost of maintaining a supplier-facing collaboration solution. This allowed JLR to improve and streamline business processes with supplier partners globally.
Covisint’s B2B Cloud platform also serves as a means for secure com-munication and collaboration between the company and its suppliers. It permits rapid implementation and reduced the cost of maintaining a supplier-facing collaboration solution. This allowed JLR to improve and streamline business processes with supplier partners globally.
Using Covisint’s global platform approach allows users to access applications and information for many of their other customers.
On the day of launch, suppliers were able to use one user ID and password to access multiplecustomer sites, instantly replacing multiple passwords the same day the portal was launched.
RESULTS
JLR leverages Covisint’s B2B Cloud platform to securely share a large number of company-specifi c applications with its global supply base by providing access to an extensive library of updated documents and information. The JLR solution also leverages Covisint’s platform cap-abilities including wikis, blogs, dashboards and secure fi le exchange capabilities familiar to users using single sign-on access across JLR and Ford applications.
SUMMARY
Leveraging the Covisint B2B Cloud platform, JLR has integrated numerous disparate systems that provide a streamlined solution delivered in the cloud while allowing any time, any device access to data, regardless of where suppliers are located across the globe.
All Covisint products and services listed within are trademarks of Covisint Corporation. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. ©2015 Covisint Corporation. 1
CovisintCustomer Success
All Covisint products and services listed within are trademarks of Covisint Corporation. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. ©2015 Covisint Corporation.
Covisint Corporation
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Covisint provides an open, developer-friendly, enterprise-class cloud platform to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of Internet of Things (IoT), Identity Management (IdM), and B2B collaboration solutions. Our platform enables users to securely identify, authenticate and connect users, devices, applications and information, and has been successfully operating globally at enterprise scale for over 12 years. Today, the Covisint platform enables more than 3,000 organizations to connect with more than 212,000 business partners and customers, and supports more than $4 billion in ecommerce transactions annually.
