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How to establish a New Connection to Ford Motor Company

Connection Type

For help in determining which type of connection is best suited for your business with Ford Motor Company, please see the table below. Click on the type of connection to view the steps necessary to establish that type of connection.

All connection requests must be initiated by a Ford Motor Company Business Sponsor (LL6+) on behalf of Supplier/Trading Partner. For general inquiries, please open a Network Supplier Consultation Request ticket.

Use Case Type Solution Transport Additional Information

System to System Connectivity
Data transfers between applications that are not available via APIs or EDI

Outbound connections
Outbound connections from Ford Motor Company to Supplier/Trading Partner assets

Site to Site IPSec Tunnel Public Internet VPN Public Internet Service Providers (ISP)
  • Preferred option by Ford Motor Company
  • Requires IPSEC Router
Dedicated ANX * Tunnel Service offered by ANXeBusiness
  • Requires contract with Private Network Provider
(*) Declining, not for new connections
Dedicated ENX * Tunnel Service offered by T-Systems
  • Requires contract with Private Network Provider
(*) Declining, not for new connections
Dedicated Circuit ICE - In-Country Extranet Dedicated Circuit with Ford Motor Company
  • Requires IPSEC Router and dedicated circuit with Ford Motor Company
  • In Country Extranet connections should only be provided as exceptions when the other solutions cannot be used. This could be for Legal, Regulatory or physical restrictions which prevent one of the preferred Ford Motor Company Extranet solutions being used
  • Raise a Network Supplier Consultation Request ticket for further guidance
File Exchange with Remote Users External SharePoint M365 SharePoint Public Internet Service Providers (ISP)

Remote Users that require access to Ford Motor Company internal Assets: Systems, Tools or Hardware

Only users, no server-to-server solution

 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) VDI Portal Public Internet Service Providers (ISP)
  • Preferred option by Ford Motor Company
  • Determine with the VDI Team if all your work requirements can be supported: VDI Overview
  • Accessible from Public Internet at: https://go.ford/vdi3
Client-Based Connection Zscaler Connectivity Client (ZPA) Public Internet Service Providers (ISP)
  • Software client to be installed on Supplier/Trading Partner's laptop
ANX PPRO * Service offered by ANXeBusiness
  • Requires contract with Private Network Provider
  • Software client to be installed on Supplier/Trading Partner's laptop
(*) Declining, not for new connections
Global Protect ** Public Internet Service Providers (ISP)
  • Software client to be installed on Supplier/Trading Partner's laptop
(**) Not yet available