Category: From the Community
Smart Construction Machines. The digital construction industry in 2025.
Matching themes: construction equipment, Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation
Smart Construction Machines. The digital construction industry in 2025.
This was the motto of the 2nd Construction Equipment Forum, which took place this time in Mannheim. Professor Dr. Johannes Walter, host and head of IPM, opened the event. With approx. 400 participants, 73 partners and sponsors as well as approx. 60 exhibitors, the Construction Equipment Forum has grown considerably compared to the inaugural event one year ago in Hanover. In addition to the IPM Institute as organizer, the companies Wacker Neuson, Ammann, Bosch and STRABAG are founding partners and sponsors of the event. Read more
2019 recap: eventful times in Americas’ Aerospace and Automotive industry
Matching themes: Aerospace, automotive industry, Digital Supply Chain
Aerospace in 2019 and beyond
This was an exciting year in Aerospace! Read more
Inspirations and innovations for the financial transformation of the automotive industry in China
Matching themes: China, Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation, Golden Tax
Outside, a constant stream of vehicles and cold temperatures prevailed; inside, innovations in the automotive industry were debated in a warm atmosphere. That was the “2019 Automotive Industry Supply Chain Innovation and Financial Transformation Forum”, which took place in Beijing on October 25, 2019.
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Game-changing transformation of the aviation industry – How the 9th Aviation Forum contributed
Matching themes: Aerospace, AirSupply, Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation
Now Munich. After 8 years in Hamburg, an alternating pattern of the Aviation Forum location was practiced for the first time: With one year in Munich and the next year again in Hamburg. Once again, this year’s Aviation Forum set a new record: 800 attendants, 145 exhibitors and 55 speakers raised the bar even higher. Read more
Two days of e-invoicing insights in Vienna
Matching themes: AirSupply, eInvoicing, P2P
This year, we had for the first time our own booth at the E-Invoicing Exchange Summit (EXCS19) in Vienna. During this event, we had the opportunity to engage in many highly interesting discussions with invoicing experts from all over the world on the current trends in e-invoicing. Read more
The future of the mobility industry is digitized and automated
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, Railway Industrie, Railway industry
As the 6th Railway Forum impressively demonstrated, digitization and automation are the predominant topics in the railway industry. And this is true at all levels: From infrastructure technology and supplier management to the customer experience, everything is to be digitized and automated in the future. Under the patronage of Deutsche Bahn, around 1,400 experts from the railway industry met in Berlin at the beginning of October to discuss the current challenges of the future and their possible solutions. Read more
“Get the future before it gets you”: Full-stack Industry 4.0 solution ONCITE launched
Matching themes: Edge Computing, Industry 4.0
Finally a feasible and scalable digitization solution for industry 4.0
One is almost tempted to twist the eyes and simple go on mute it whenever one hears the terms “Industry 4.0”, “Internet of Things” and “digitization” as repeatedly as they are mentioned in media and technical discussions. Much has been and is being said and written about it. However, we are finally seeing very practical developments in our industry. Read more
Supply chain challenges in delivering the next generation of Military hardware
Matching themes: Aerospace, Defense, Digital Supply Chain
The Fall AIA Supplier Management Council Meeting took place from September 24-26th at the Omni Hotel in Ft. Worth, TX. There were over 200 attendees including some of the biggest names in Aerospace and Defense.
A new wave of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
There’s a lot of new use cases being evaluated for aerial vehicles. Read more
Interview: “Standardization and automation create huge opportunities for the rail industry.”
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation, digitale Transformation, Railway Industrie, Railway industry
The railway industry is getting more and more digital, using new, innovative technologies in many fields. We spoke with André Truszkowski-Jonas, responsible for Business Excellence at Siemens Mobility, about current trends, the benefits of a rail community and the importance of standards for the industry. Read more
Manufacturing 4.0 in academia & practice: How SupplyOn contributed to the MIM 2019 conference
Matching themes: Aerospace, Analytics, Digital Supply Chain, Manufacturing 4.0, RailSupply
“In the end, it is all about communication”: In his opening speech, Prof. Andreas Zaby, President of the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), welcomed the more than 750 participants from 51 countries worldwide to the MIM 2019 conference. Likewise, Prof. Dmity Ivanov and Prof. Susanne Meyer, Vice President of the HWR Berlin, who were both the driving forces behind this conference, also emphasized this unique opportunity to learn from each other in the context of modelling, management and control of manufacturing processes. Read more