Company Certificate Management
A streamlined, efficient way for automotive suppliers to manage key documents like ISO and sustainability certificates.
Quick facts
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The Certificate Management Use Case enables companies to manage their certificates and share them automatically with business partners via the Catena-X dataspace. The goal is to reduce manual processes, demonstrate compliance with standards, and increase efficiency in the supply chain.
Supported certificate types:
AEO
CTPAT
IATF 16949
ISO 9001
Key Features
- One-time upload
- multiple sharing
- Common certificate types (ISO, IATF,...)
- Secure and auditable document access
- Less maintenance effort
- Greater competitiveness
- Up to 95% reduction in administrative effort and significant cost savings (based on industry benchmarks)
• Seamless upload and publication of certificates
• Transparent mapping of certificate histories
• Scalable solution for multi-organization collaboration and growth
• Secure and sovereign cross-company data exchange
• Customizable partner management
• Compatible with Catena-X, IDSA and Gaia-X standards
• Streamlines product data exchange across the entire supply chain.
• Reduces the administrative burden of managing multiple customers.
• Ensures secure, reliable, and trusted data sharing via standards.
• Automates validation to eliminate manual processing errors.
• Lowers operational costs through standardized digital workflows.
• Enhances transparency and compliance for all business partners.
• All Catena-X Use Cases in one interface.
• One-time upload, share with multiple partners
• Secure & auditable document access
• Standardized certificate formats
• Automatic expiry notifications
• Up to 95% reduction in administrative effort
• Save time and costs
• Reduce errors and compliance risks
• Management of your company certificates to share them with your business partners easily
• Management: of your PCFs - request, create, calculate and share PCFs along your value chain
Worldwide, the fastest Catena-X BPN Release
- Provides a dedicated link to issueBPN via Cofinity-X ecosystem
- Issue BPN quickly through a simplified process at no additional cost
Global OEM data submission requirements fully addressed
- Global-standard data exchange, Catena-X certified solution provider (data exchange between certified solutions)
- Cofinity-X’ use case marketplace updates via Cofinity-X (provides customers with the latest information)
The only single-platform among Catena-X certified applications
- Core Setup from ECOPASS(DPP & BatteryPass) / PCF Exchange / CCM and more
- Diverse Usecaseapplications provided on a single platform
Enterprise data security
- To protect sensitive manufacturing data, on-premises or DMZ deployment is available
1. Join the Catena-X ecosystem
To manage your certificates 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 to access the dataspace
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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 dataspace
- Access to a CCM-capable application (most EDC connectors already come with a CCM solution).
Your organisation can now securely provide and consume certificate data.
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3. Digitise your company certificates
Upload your existing company certificates in Catena-X compliant formats (pdf).
Typical certificates: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, IATF 16949, AEO, VDA certificates, other supplier compliance certificates
4. Configure partner access
Decide which customers, suppliers or business partners can access specific certificates.
What you'll do:
- Define visibility rules
- Grant access to selected business partners
- Configure bilateral sharing where required
5. Start certificate exchange
Share certificates with your business partners.
Supported scenarios:
- Publish certificates for discovery
- Push certificates directly to customers
- Respond to certificate requests
- Receive certificates from suppliers
6. Manage certificate lifecycles
Use CCM to monitor and maintain certificate validity.
Key capabilities:
- Expiry tracking
- Missing certificate detection
- Certificate status overview
- Audit readiness
- Compliance monitoring
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.