ZF, one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive Driveline and Chassis Technology with 121 production companies in 27 countries has just launched the use of the Global MMMOG/Logistics Evaluation to its supplier base, which numbers over 2700 around the world.
We are pleased to learn that Daimler has adopted the latest OFTP2 specification for file transfers and started to roll it out last month. They will connect the current waiting list of approximately 300 suppliers by the end of the first quarter of 2012 and there is no upper limit.
Odette, along with our colleagues from JAMA, JAPIA and AIAG, created and published the full suite of JAIF Global EDIFACT messages some time ago in readiness for future use by companies with a worldwide presence. There was early adoption by several European companies, but recently we have seen a surge in demand as the industry wakes up to the fact that the best way to exchange business data with global partners is by using global standards.
