SupplyOn looks to expand in the US; Munich-based firm's portal is also used by automakers.(Suppliers)(Company overview)

Byline: Ralph Kisiel

SupplyOn has steadily developed into a supply chain management portal mostly for its six founding German automotive suppliers.

Now it's looking for US customers.

SupplyOn provides Web-based software applications for purchasing, engineering collaboration, electronic data exchange, quality control and logistics.

Robert Bosch, Continental, Siemens VDO Automotive, ZF Friedrichshafen, INA-Holding Schaeffler and SAP created the company in 2000. It is based near Munich.

260,000 transactions a month

Suppliers are conducting about 260,000 transactions ...