Global Supplier Electronic Communications (GSEC)

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To establish a dedicated ANX tunnel with Ford Motor Company, the following steps need to be completed:

Task	Responsible Organization
Subscribe to ANX network	Trading Partner
To establish connectivity, please contact ANX eBusiness. ANX eBusiness is now Opentext. 877-488-8269 Option 1 - Technical Support Then Option 2 - ANX	Trading Partner
Order circuit.	Trading Partner
Ford Motor Company requires use of the ANXTunnelz IPSec management service for dedicated ANX connections. Register for ANXTunnelz service by phone ANXeBusiness at 1-877-488-8269 or e-mail them at ccc@anx.com. This step may be completed as soon as you receive your IP addresses.	Trading Partner
Submit tunnel request form to Ford. Please have your firewall or network administrator fill this form out.	Trading Partner
Send request for concurrence to Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor.	Ford GSEC Team
Send concurrence to GSEC.	Ford Business Sponsor
Submit necessary firewall and routing requests. This should take 3-5 business days to process.	Ford GSEC Team
Send ANXTunnelz request to Trading Partner	Ford GSEC Team
Accept request to create a tunnel from Ford Motor Company via email.	Trading Partner
Submit an Supplier Consultancy Ticket.	Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor
Obtain necessary user ID's and passwords for Trading Partner if applicable.	Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor

New Connection Process