What is Automail?
Automail is a modular automation software for efficient supply chain operations and collaboration.
It was designed for easy configuration to cover project-specific business requirements.
Decentralized Collaboration with Autoform
Let’s face it. Centralized supply chain collaboration platforms don’t work. Onboarding suppliers is a never-ending task that demands large budgets and extensive manpower.
Automail takes a different approach, simplifying data collection and exchange with supply chain partners through a decentralized model. For this purpose, we developed Autoform — a dedicated, web-based data collection tool.
Autoform combines the functionality of Excel and Google Forms to gather data from supply chain partners in various formats. Integrated natively with Automail, it provides an API to generate unique, context-specific links for each partner.
Embedding these Autoform links in configurable email templates, Automail communicates with partners automatically and efficiently, with no extra support required.
A simple, scalable solution to a complex problem.
Example Autoform link
Filled by a material supplier in the context of a supply chain discovery survey
BUILDING BLOCKS.
Automail is a tailored solution designed for deployment, not a one-size-fits-all platform.
Each module consists of multiple generic building blocks that are assembled in a way to fit the business needs.
Each block has a UI component and a workflow component.
INTERACTIVE INTERFACE.
Automail has an interactive UI that allows users to fine-tune their setup and manage workflows by dragging and dropping items in a decision tree editor or within Excel-like tables and control panels directly within the application.
GIS VISUALIZATION.
Automail features an interactive map interface that facilitates geographical data exploration. Regions are color-coded for quick visual insights and geolocations are marked by individual pins. An adjustable view can be zoomed in for a wider overview or a closer look at specific areas. Users can also filter displayed data to focus on specific criteria, hovering to reveal details about each facility.
SMART DATA INTEGRATION.
Automail makes data integration effortless with built-in API and EDI support for automated loading, plus a simple drag-and-drop feature for Excel uploads. It automatically detects headers, maps fields, validates data, and applies transformations, ensuring fast and accurate data import every time.
WORKFLOW CONTROL.
Apache Airflow is integrated into Automail out of the box, continuously monitoring all workflows and notifying our support team of any issues. This setup allows for timely resolutions, helping prevent disruptions to your operations.
SSO.
Automail comes with a Single Sign-On (SSO) feature that provides seamless access to all modules and integrated services using the same credentials as other applications in your company. Using OpenID as a secure authentication method, Automail enables a unified, password-free experience across modules while allowing centralized user management, enhancing both security and convenience.
INFRASTRUCTURE.
We have a fully automated infrastructure setup using Terraform and AWS, enabling fast and consistent deployments across environments. This approach reduces setup time, lowers costs, and ensures a highly secure, scalable infrastructure for each Automail instance. Automail operates on a fully containerized architecture, with components running as separate tasks in AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS), and each instance isolated within its own ECS cluster.
Updates to your Automail instance and core software upgrades are deployed via a CI/CD pipeline linked to a dedicated project-fork of the core Automail GitHub repository.
Automail Enterprise Architecture.
