Industry News Aviation Reloaded: how the hybrid Aviation Forum Hamburg 2021 contributed “Aviation reloaded: New strategies, new technologies, new partnerships”: under this motto Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther, IPM, welcomed about 700 attendants onsite and another 700 online, 155 exhibitors, as well as 55 speakers, all coming from 38 countries. (more…)
Industry News · Inside 10 years of AirSupply – the supply chain platform of the aerospace industry celebrates Exactly 10 years ago, on 22 November 2011, the SCM solution for the aerospace industry AirSupply went online. On this day, the first transaction between Airbus and the supplier of the first hour, Elektro-Metall Export GmbH from Ingolstadt, was exchanged via the jointly developed AirSupply solution. One year later, Airbus had rolled out its entire supplier base for production materials, consisting of 700 companies. As a result, the previously used individual solution could be switched off at the end of 2012. (more…)
Industry News The dawn of a new age of mobility — the rail industry met in Berlin to discuss future issues 1,400 participants and around 150 exhibitors from 60 countries followed IPM's invitation and headed to Berlin for the 7th Railway Forum at the beginning of September. In addition, around 1,000 virtual visitors came to attend the presentations on screen. For many of the participants, it was the first on-site conference since the outbreak of the pandemic more than a year and a half ago. (more…)
Industry News How the first virtual Aviation Forum mastered excellence New Patrons and a new now virtual setupAmid the Covid-caused “Lockdown light”, the 10th anniversary of the Aviation Forum had to be celebrated virtually. Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther welcomed about 1,500 participants and 100 partners, sponsors and exhibitors, during times of unprecedented crisis. The core topics of this conference were Digitalization, Sustainability and Partnership. He thanked the three patrons of the event, Airbus COO Dr. Michael Schöllhorn, Volker Thum, Managing Director of the German Aerospace Industries Association and Dr. Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. (more…)
Industry News Smart farming: how procurement and supply chain can brace for challenging times Digitalisation and rapid technological change are shaping modern agriculture - and are presenting it with completely new challenges. Therefore, the AGRITECH Supplier Summit 2020 had set itself the goal of showing and discussing successful solutions. Around 200 participants attended the event in Augsburg, which was initiated by the Berlin Institute of Supply Chain Management and hosted by AGCO. (more…)
Industry News Smart Construction Machines. The digital construction industry in 2025. 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. (more…)
Industry News 2019 recap: eventful times in Americas’ Aerospace and Automotive industry Aerospace in 2019 and beyondThis was an exciting year in Aerospace! (more…)
Industry News Inspirations and innovations for the financial transformation of the automotive industry in China 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. (more…)
Industry News Game-changing transformation of the aviation industry – how the 9th Aviation Forum contributed 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. (more…)
Industry News · Use Cases Two days of e-invoicing insights in Vienna 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. (more…)
