Global mobility for Automotive & Manufacturing

Manufacture worldwide. Protected by WorkFlex.

Let WorkFlex track, assess and legally protect all your cross-border travel. Work permits, visas, A1s, CoCs, PWDs, and 24/7 Duty of Care. All handled on a single platform, backed by 150+ in-house experts.

Engineers working in a modern automotive manufacturing plant

Trusted by 5,000+ HR & Global Mobility managers • Industry-leading NPS of 80+

BertrandtLeoniVitraMazdaTOMRATrenchStadlerZF
Where cross-border manufacturing goes wrong

You won the contract. Don't lose the ramp‑up to paperwork.

One missing permit can turn an engineer away at the border - or halt a plant ramp-up worth millions.

Plant manager

"They fly out to the plant tomorrow?"

Last-minute ramp-up trips still need the right visa and A1 by law.
Project team

"A business visa covers a service trip, right?"

Sales visits, supplier audits and commissioning each need different authorization - a business visa isn't always enough.
HR

"Wait - who's on-site in China right now?"

Not knowing where your engineers are won't protect you from fines.
Project Manager

"But the German did not need a visa"

A team with many passports means different visa rules that must be checked every time.
Authority noticeURGENT

"Audit scheduled at the plant gate"

Getting caught with no audit-proof records is expensive. So is dealing with authorities.
Service technicianURGENT

"Detained at the border"

Border issues and on-site incidents can hit your travelling technicians anytime.
Customer story

How Güntner cut per‑trip compliance costs by 34%

Güntner - a global refrigeration and heat-exchange manufacturer whose service technicians travel constantly across Europe, Asia and the Americas - cut per-trip costs by 34%, halved compliance processing time, and unified business-travel compliance across 27 countries.

GüntnerWhy automotive & manufacturing companies use WorkFlex
Managing business travel compliance across 27 countries was a full‑time job - especially for our service technicians. WorkFlex changed that completely.
Güntner
Refrigeration & heat exchange · worldwide service teams
-34%per-trip compliance costs
-50%compliance processing time
27countries, one system
How WorkFlex supports you

Full visibility - with no touch from your team.

01 · Track

Every engineer - one dashboard

See exactly which engineers and service technicians are travelling where, and why - automatically synced from your booking tool. Track day thresholds & get expiry alerts for every permit.

Project Monitor12 engineers travelling
Work permit expires in 12 days
M. Schneider · Plant ramp-up · CN
Renew
JW
J. Weber
DE → FR · Service technician
A1 filed
LK
L. Krause
DE → US · Commissioning
Visa active
TS
T. Sauer
DE → CH · Supplier audit
118/120 d
Every traveller, reason and threshold - in one view
02 · Assess

Every rule, every trip type - checked

Sales visit, service trip, supplier audit or plant ramp-up - WorkFlex checks every requirement per country and turns it into a clear list of actions to complete.

MS
Markus Schneider
Plant ramp-up
DE CN
Actions required
Compliance summary
Comments
Your actions·1 of 3 done
Apply for business visa (M)
Fill out travel calendar
You, employee or manager can do this
Sign plant safety (HSE) card
Every requirement becomes a clear action
03 · Document

Documents automatically done

We don't just flag what's missing - we file it. Visas, work permits, A1s and posted-worker declarations, generated and stored audit-proof.

KB
Klaus Berger
Quality Engineer
DE AT
Trip documents
Download all
ZKO3.pdf
A1 Certificate.pdf
Assignment letter.pdf
Posted-worker notification.pdf
Health & Safety training.pdf
Audit-proof · filed with no touch from your team
Covered worldwide

24/7 SOS & audit coverage - worldwide

Our in-house lawyers deal directly with authorities for inspections and audits. When a crisis hits or an employee needs help abroad, WorkFlex SOS support is there 24/7 - wherever your people are.

  • Up to €5M liability cover - insurance-backed
  • In-house lawyers for every audit and inspection
  • SOS response in under 8 minutes, day or night
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BulgariaSOS
Live · 24/7 SOS
SOS alertBulgaria · 02:14 CET
Site accident in Bulgaria
Worker in hospital · medevac arranged
JR

Handled by Dr. Jörg Reichel · Medical

Resolved
150+
In-house experts
1,200+
Audits handled
8 min
Avg. response
The people behind the platform

Our software does the heavy lifting.
Our in‑house experts own the outcome.

Pieter Manden
TaxPieter Mandenex-PwC · Dutch tax lawyer · 16+ yrs
Dorothee Schweigard
LegalDorothee Schweigardex-EY / Audi · Certified lawyer · 25+ yrs
Frank Jura
ImmigrationFrank Juraex-EY / CIBT · LLM MBA · 20+ yrs
+145 more
More than software

WorkFlex ensures legal compliance for every trip, backed by €5M liability cover.

Any tool can automate the paperwork. WorkFlex adds what software can't: in-house immigration and labour law experts, up to €5M liability cover, and real humans on call behind every cross-border deployment.

How WorkFlex compares with other options
CapabilityCompliance softwareBig 4 & law firmsIn-house team
Business travel, workation and assignment - one platform
All employee mobility scenarios handled in a single workflow.
Visa and work permit handling for technical roles
From business visas for service trips to multi-year work permits for plant assignments.
Workflow and document automation
Audit-proof documentation, approvals, and proactive expiry alerts.
150+ in-house immigration and legal experts
Ready for inspections, authority requests, and any situation your people face abroad.
24/7 SOS support for employees abroad
Real people on the phone - medical crisis, border issue, or on-site incident.
Up to €5M liability cover
Insurance-backed protection covering your business for compliance failures.
HRIS/payroll integrations
Auto-sync with your existing HR systems - less manual admin.

Ready to deploy your engineers anywhere without the compliance risk?

See in a 20-minute demo how WorkFlex covers every cross-border deployment in automotive and manufacturing, from business visas and A1 certificates to long-term work permits and 24/7 SOS support.

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