Automotive Network Exchange
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ANXeBusiness Corp. is the company that owns and operates the Automotive Network Exchange (ANX), a large private extranet that connects automotive suppliers to automotive manufacturers. Since 2006, ANX has expanded into other areas and now provides managed security, compliance and connectivity solutions to businesses in the healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing sectors.
initially set up and maintained by the Automotive Industry Action Group
, Telcordia , General Motors
, Ford, and Chrysler
. It was built as a private network for the auto industry in 1995 to provide consistent, reliable speed and guaranteed security for data transmissions between the automakers and their suppliers. The ANX Network allows trading partners to collaborate electronically on product design and development; solicit and process orders; and facilitate just-in-time manufacturing and post shipping schedules. In 1999 the Automotive Industry Action Group sold the ANX Network to the Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC). The overseer of the ANX Network became ANX. During the next six years, over 4,000 companies joined the ANX Network making it one of the largest extranets in the world. In 2006, the private equity firm One Equity Partners
acquired ANXeBusiness from SAIC.
and end-to-end encryption, the ANX Network provides secure service to its customers like that of a typical VPN. Where it’s different from a typical VPN is that the routers that make up the network check every packet to make sure it comes from an IP address on the private network. Thus, nobody but customers can get into the network. Triple DES
encryption protects a customer’s data from the potential malicious behavior of another customer.
Automotive Network Exchange Overview
The Automotive Network Exchange is the private extranetExtranet
An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers...
initially set up and maintained by the Automotive Industry Action Group
Automotive Industry Action Group
Automotive Industry Action Group, also known as AIAG, is a not-for profit association based in Southfield, Michigan originally created to develop recommendations and a framework for the improvement of quality in the North American Automotive Industry....
, Telcordia , General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
, Ford, and Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....
. It was built as a private network for the auto industry in 1995 to provide consistent, reliable speed and guaranteed security for data transmissions between the automakers and their suppliers. The ANX Network allows trading partners to collaborate electronically on product design and development; solicit and process orders; and facilitate just-in-time manufacturing and post shipping schedules. In 1999 the Automotive Industry Action Group sold the ANX Network to the Science Applications International Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500 scientific, engineering and technology applications company headquartered in the United States with numerous federal, state, and private sector clients...
(SAIC). The overseer of the ANX Network became ANX. During the next six years, over 4,000 companies joined the ANX Network making it one of the largest extranets in the world. In 2006, the private equity firm One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries....
acquired ANXeBusiness from SAIC.
Business Drivers
The automotive industry is heavily dependent on collaboration between manufacturers and suppliers. These entities act as federated virtual companies for critical materials, parts, components, and services. High velocity supply chains are imperative to the success of these virtual companies. They must be flexible to accommodate the needs of the virtual automotive manufacturer, enabling the formation of “many-to-many” relationships, where trading partners can simultaneously subscribe to multiple model programs or opt out as the situation dictates. The ANX Network was designed, built and operated to deliver highly secure collaboration between strategic business partners.Technology Overview
The ANX Network is a secure private network that uses standard, open Internet protocols but carries all traffic over private lines leased from various carriers. Through IPsecIPsec
Internet Protocol Security is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session...
and end-to-end encryption, the ANX Network provides secure service to its customers like that of a typical VPN. Where it’s different from a typical VPN is that the routers that make up the network check every packet to make sure it comes from an IP address on the private network. Thus, nobody but customers can get into the network. Triple DES
Triple DES
In cryptography, Triple DES is the common name for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm block cipher, which applies the Data Encryption Standard cipher algorithm three times to each data block....
encryption protects a customer’s data from the potential malicious behavior of another customer.