Automakers pay dearly for not knowing where the part is. Your production line can't depend on port inventory.
FollowNet One centralizes the management of parts, components and input imports for automakers and automotive manufacturers — with maritime and air tracking from the supplier's shipment, demurrage alerts, release control and visibility across the entire chain, from planning to the shop floor.
Exceptions resolved before they become costs.
Predictable operations, from planning to final delivery.
FollowNet One unifies events, documents, alerts and KPIs from import and export operations in one platform — so your team works by exception, not firefighting.
What blocks an automaker's import operation
Cargo arrived at the port — and nobody knew
The exporter shipped without notice. The automaker finds out from the terminal inventory list. By the time it does, the free time is already compromised and the cost guaranteed.
Demurrage and storage paid every month for lack of control
With spreadsheet management and no automatic alerts, automakers end up paying hundreds of thousands of reais per month in avoidable demurrage and storage costs — leaving cargo at the port for twice the contracted free time.
Long-term open PO with releases — no tracking per shipment
In the automotive chain, it is not one PO per invoice: it is a PO open for years with weekly or monthly releases. Without tracking by release and shipment, balance control is manual and the risk of discrepancy is constant.
Manual invoice entry into the ERP — with no pre-analysis
The data arrives from the supplier, passes through the freight forwarder and has to be re-keyed into the company system. Each entry is an opportunity for error. And without automatic pre-analysis, the discrepancy only appears at payment time.
Non-productive cargo forgotten at the port and airport
Parts from special projects arrive via express courier or spot with no formal record. Without control, they sit at the terminal with nobody claiming them — generating growing storage that only shows up on the invoice the following month.
Operation split across multiple departments with no unified view
Disposition, logistics operations and trade with different supervisors and managers — each with its own spreadsheet, email and Excel. Consolidating a report for management means merging versions from multiple sources, none reliable.
Tracking starts too late — only when the cargo reaches the port
Knowing the cargo reached the port is old news. The factory planning team needs to know when the supplier stuffed the container or made the air booking — not when the ship docked.
Multinational operation without a unified platform
Imports across multiple Latin American countries with different flows, partners and regulations — but with no system that unifies visibility across operations. Each plant sorts it out its own way.
Domestic procurement out of control — and the line does not distinguish origin
Domestic parts have the same critical lead time as imported ones. But they stay in spreadsheets and email while imports have a system. When a domestic component is delayed, the impact on the line is identical.
How FollowNet One solves automotive supply chain complexity
Tracking from booking — maritime and air, before the shipment leaves
As soon as the booking is registered or the BL is entered into the system, FollowNet One starts tracking automatically — capturing every event from the carrier or the airline: departure, transshipment, estimated arrival, actual arrival. The factory planning team gets the information while the decision can still be made, not after the damage is done.
Demurrage and storage alert — before the cost is incurred
The system monitors the company CNPJ in Mercante and CCT, identifying cargo that arrived even before being entered into the internal system. Set alerts by free time contracted per terminal: when the deadline is near, the person responsible is notified automatically. The end of discovery by invoice.
Tracking by release, open PO and shipment balance
In the automotive chain, the PO stays open for years and the supplier ships partially week by week. FollowNet One controls the balance of each PO by release, linking each shipment to its source PO — leaving no items untracked. Planning knows exactly what is on the way and what is still pending at the supplier.
SAP integration — no re-keying invoices
FollowNet One integrates with SAP and OSGT via API, EDI or data load. The supplier invoice enters the system automatically, already with pre-analysis of value discrepancies, NCM and PO balance — before being keyed into the ERP. The end of the manual entry backlog and of discrepancies discovered at payment.
Unified view for multiple departments and plants
Disposition, logistics operations, trade, planning and finance on the same platform — each area sees what it needs, with information centralized in one reliable source. End-to-end visibility of the automotive supply chain, from the overseas supplier to the production line.
Domestic procurement on the same panel as imports
Domestic items enter the same traceability flow as imports — with configurable steps, deadlines, permissions per department and deviation alerts. Planning, Finance and Operations stop managing two separate worlds. Domestic and imported, visible on the same screen, with the same control standard.
Why automakers choose e.Mix
Understands the automotive supply chain
Open PO with releases, partial shipments, oversize parts, productive and non-productive cargo with distinct flows, integration with SAP and OSGT — FollowNet One was built to handle this complexity, not to force the automotive operation into a generic template.
Implementation that maps each plant
Our Lean Six Sigma certified team interviews every area involved — disposition, trade, planning, finance — before configuring anything. Implementation in up to 90 days, per plant, with documented elimination of each replaced spreadsheet.
Flexible for automotive foreign trade operations
FollowNet One serves the Brazilian automotive chain end to end — overseas suppliers, plants in Brazil, domestic distribution. Part number visibility from the supplier to the production line, on the same platform.
Companies that trust e.Mix
You don't get software. You get a transformed operation.
System + Lean Six Sigma team + progressive integration with your ecosystem + measured continuous improvement — under one contract.
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