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Driving Collaborative Supply Chain Digitalization through Catena-X​

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Building a more transparent, resilient, and sovereign supply chain for a leading automotive manufacturer

The BMW Group and Siemens are key founding members of Catena-X and have actively contributed to the ecosystem from its inception. Both companies contribute their expertise to the development of standards, the evolution of the network, and the implementation of use cases. In addition, Siemens offers certified solutions and acts as Qualified Advisor.

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The challenge

Accelerating digital transformation of the supply chain through Catena-X, the BMW Group aims to strengthen quality, increase resilience, and enable trusted data exchange across the value chain. At the same time, growing regulatory requirements require scalable and efficient collaboration with suppliers worldwide.

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Our solution

Siemens Advanta and the BMW Group are jointly scaling Catena-X across the supply network. The collaboration focuses on enabling quality and sustainability use cases, improving transparency and traceability, and establishing a scalable foundation for cross-company data exchange. In parallel, AI-supported onboarding approaches help accelerate supplier integration and reduce implementation effort.

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The impact

The collaboration has accelerated Catena-X rollout within the BMW Group and strengthened the company's position as a pioneer in industrial data ecosystems.​

Key outcomes include:

  • More transparency across the supply chain​
  • Earlier quality insights and faster collaboration with suppliers​
  • Faster supplier onboarding and lower implementation effort​
  • Scalable support for ESG and sustainability requirements​
  • Foundation for AI-powered, data-driven supply chain management​

Data can transform complexity into clarity and resilience.  But transformation needs openness and trust - this is the vision Catena-X stands for.​

The partnership between Siemens Advanta and us has always been collaborative and on eye level, characterized by a constructive mindset and a strong ability to solve challenges together.​

Anja Lang, Head of Catena-X (BMW Group)​

Why Catena-X is right for your supply chain

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Better resilience for the entire supply chain
Transparency in supply chains makes the entire industry more resilient. With Catena-X, all participants, from raw materials suppliers to automotive manufacturers, can securely exchange demand and capacity data to prevent bottlenecks and protect against material fluctuations.

2

Greater efficiency through data-driven operations
Catena-X enables secure, sovereign data exchange for production planning, forecasting via Digital Twins, and predictive control of material flows, stabilizing production and supply processes while linking quality management for greater precision.

3

Data sovereignty you can trust
Companies that share data in the Catena-X data space retain full control, deciding on an individual basis who, how, when, where, and under what conditions data is exchanged.

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Unlock innovation through collaboration
By connecting all parties in the supply chain, Catena-X makes it possible to find partners for developing creative solutions and business models, overcoming challenges no single company could tackle alone.


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Your trusted Catena-X partner

As a founding member of the Catena-X Association and a certified Catena-X Qualified Advisor, Siemens Advanta brings unmatched depth to every engagement. With 800+ experts worldwide and 25+ years of industrial consulting experience, we blend strategic thinking with hands-on technical expertise to help you unlock the full value of Catena-X.

Siemens is a founding member of the Catena-X Automotive Network and holds a seat on the Catena-X Association board. This means we do not just participate in the ecosystem, we actively shape its direction, standards, and governance. Our clients benefit from early access to strategic developments, direct influence on industry standards, and a partner who understands the ecosystem from the inside out. When you work with Siemens Advanta, you are working with the people who helped build Catena-X from the ground up.

Founding Member and Board Representation

Siemens Advanta is officially recognized as a Catena-X Qualified Advisor, a certification that validates our deep expertise in guiding organizations through every stage of their Catena-X journey. From initial readiness assessments and use case evaluation to technical onboarding and ecosystem integration, our advisory services are grounded in real-world implementation experience with leading automotive OEMs and suppliers. This certification is not just a badge. It reflects proven capability and trusted delivery.

Catena-X Qualified Advisor

With more than 800 consultants and technical experts spread across Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Canada, China, India, and the UAE, Siemens Advanta delivers global scale with local expertise. Whether your supply chain spans a single region or stretches across continents, our teams can support you on the ground, in your time zone, and in your language. We have completed over 700 projects globally per year and optimized 100+ factories in the last two years alone.

Global Reach with 800+ Experts

Many consultancies can help you build a strategy. Others can handle technical implementation. Siemens Advanta does both, and everything in between. Our services span strategy and innovation, digital engineering, manufacturing and supply chain optimization, sustainability, data analytics and AI, and cybersecurity. This end-to-end capability means you get a single partner who can take you from initial Catena-X vision all the way through to a fully operational, integrated solution without handoff gaps or lost context along the way.

End-to-End Services from Strategy to Implementation

Siemens Advanta has a strong and demonstrated history of successfully supporting supply chain digitization with Catena-X for multiple leading players in the automotive industry. Our project portfolio includes work on the Catena-X Traceability use case for connecting suppliers through Digital Twins, implementation of Battery Pass data exchange, Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) pilots, and EUDR-compliant supply chain processes. From BMW to major Tier-1 suppliers, our clients trust us because we have done this before and we deliver results.

Proven Track Record with Leading Automotive Players

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Daniel Haase
Customer Partner Automotive and Batteries