Quality
Sharing of diagnostic, claim, vehicle, and production data to detect defects early and enable joint analysis.
Quick facts
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Enables data exchange of diagnostic, claim, vehicle, and production data between OEM & Supplier to support collaborative root‑cause and risk analysis.
Key Features
- Earlier error detection
- Faster root cause & risk analysis
- Better identification of affected vehicles/components
1. Join the Catena-X ecosystem
To getting started with Quality Management in Catena-X, your company first needs to have an active registration to the Catena-X dataspace through Cofinity-X.
What you'll need:
- Register with Cofinity-X
- Complete company verification
- Receive your Business Partner Number (BPN) and the required Catena-X credentials
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2. Connect your systems
Before you can exchange data within the ecosystem, you need to set up your technical environment.
What you'll need
- An EDC connector (dataspace connector)
- Registration of your EDC connector in the Catena-X ecosystem
Explore EDC connectors on the Cofinity-X Marketplace
3. Identify your supply chain partners and quality sources
Determine which customers and suppliers will participate in the quality process, define a recurring schedule (e.g., on a weekly basis), and ensure that the necessary data-sharing agreements are established.
Identify the quality data sources that will be part of the collaboration.
Examples:
- Fleet and diagnostic data
- Manufacturing and process quality data
- Parts analysis data
- Warranty claim requests and verifications
4. Get your Quality app
The Cofinity-X Marketplace hosts certified Quality solutions. Choose the app that meets your business needs:
5. Exchange quality data and detect anomalies earlier
Use your quality application to monitor the shared data and identify quality issues before they result in widespread failures, recalls or warranty claims.
Combine OEM field data with supplier production and quality data to investigate and understand the underlying cause of an issue. Deploy corrective measures and continuously monitor results to confirm that the issue has been resolved.
6. Scale across your network
Expand Quality processes to additional suppliers, customers and production sites to improve quality throughout the supply chain.
1. Join the Catena-X ecosystem
Need help?
Further questions can be addressed either through our Help Center or through qualified consultants available in the Cofinity-X Marketplace. For technical details, standards and implementation guidance, please refer to the Catena-X Developer Kit.