Company Certificate Management

Company Certificate Management Software for Catena-X

Manage company certificates for Catena-X with PACIFIC. Upload, share, receive and track certificates such as IATF 16949, ISO 9001 and VDA 6.4 through PACIFIC’s Catena-X Company Certificate Management feature. You decide which certificates to share with which partners and stay in full control of access — with complete Catena-X onboarding support if you need it.

THE CATENA-X FEATURE

Standardized certificate exchange

Company Certificate Management (CCM) is the Catena-X use case — standardized under CX-0135 — for the structured digital exchange of company certificates across the automotive value chain. Instead of chasing PDFs over email, you share certificates with your customers and review the certificates your own suppliers send you, all within one secure, sovereign network. It is the entry-level Catena-X use case, and the foundation most OEMs are asking suppliers to start with.

WHY NOW

OEMs are requesting this from their suppliers today

Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are making Catena-X the new standard for sovereign, secure data exchange across the automotive value chain. Company certificates such as IATF 16949 and VDA 6.4 are increasingly sourcing-critical — and the pressure has reached Tier-2 and SME suppliers on tight timelines. Certificate management under the CX-0135 standard is the entry-level use case OEMs like BMW are currently demanding first.

Since April 2025, Catena-X registration has been part of BMW Group’s procurement process — with quality and compliance certificates such as IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 set to be shared centrally through Catena-X, with one click, across all partners in the network.

Source: BMW Group — Catena-X connects digital supply chains

Your Catena-X onboarding can be compensated

Through the publicly funded Data Space Accelerator (IDSA), SMEs and Mid-Caps can receive up to €30,000 in compensation for onboarding to Catena-X with CCM and PCF.

€30k

in onboarding compensation

See Funding Details

CAPABILITIES

Everything you need to manage certificates in Catena-X

CCM in PACIFIC covers the full lifecycle — from uploading your own certificates to reviewing what your suppliers send you — using both the push and pull delivery mechanisms defined in CX-0135. And it’s self-explaining: a guided, intuitive interface your team can use straight away, with no training needed.

Upload & manage certificates

Maintain your company certificates — type, registration number, validity and enclosed sites — in one structured place, ready to share.

Share via push or pull

Grant partners pull access through the EDC catalog, or actively push a certificate to their endpoint — both fully aligned with the CX-0135 standard.

Receive supplier certificates

See every certificate your suppliers share with you, review the details, and send back an Accept or Reject status — directly over Catena-X.

Real-time status tracking

Follow each certificate through its lifecycle — granted, pulled, received, accepted or rejected — with clear status pills and timestamps.

Task-based requests

Incoming certificate requests appear as tasks, so nothing gets missed and your team can respond to OEM requests on time.

Sovereign & secure exchange

Encrypted exchange through your own or connected Eclipse Data Space Connector (EDC), with full ownership of your data at every step.

BUILT FOR SMES

No separate IT project – onboarding in days, not months

You don’t need in-house data-space expertise or a dedicated IT project to get started. If you’d like, we can also handle your complete Catena-X onboarding for you.

PCF + CCM IN ONE PLATFORM

PACIFIC also does Product Carbon Footprints

The same Catena-X-certified platform also calculates, manages and exchanges Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) — so you can cover both use cases with one solution. More about PACIFIC

FAQ

Company Certificate Management, answered

What is Company Certificate Management in Catena-X?

CCM is the Catena-X use case, standardized under CX-0135, for exchanging company certificates such as IATF 16949 and VDA 6.4 digitally across the automotive value chain. Suppliers share certificates with their customers, and customers review certificates from their suppliers — all inside a secure, sovereign data space instead of by email.

Why are OEMs requesting it now?

OEMs including BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz are making Catena-X the standard for supply-chain data exchange. Company certificates are increasingly sourcing-critical, and the requirement has reached Tier-2 and SME suppliers. CCM is the entry-level Catena-X use case OEMs are asking suppliers to adopt first.

Is funding available for onboarding?

Yes. The Data Space Accelerator compensates SMEs and Mid-Caps for Catena-X onboarding — €15,000 for the basic path (onboarding plus CCM) and up to €30,000 when CCM is combined with a second use case such as PCF. See the full funding details

Can PACIFIC also handle Product Carbon Footprints (PCF)?

Yes. PACIFIC covers both use cases OEMs demand most — Product Carbon Footprint calculation and exchange, and Company Certificate Management — within one Catena-X-certified platform. Learn more about PACIFIC

How is the exchange kept secure?

All exchange runs through the Catena-X data ecosystem via an Eclipse Data Space Connector (EDC), with encrypted transfer and full data ownership. You can get your own EDC or connect an existing one.