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Fly like you drive – 2023 mid-year recap: supply chain digital transformation insights

Managing both automotive and aerospace, as well as complex manufacturing, has kept me busy attending back-to-back conferences in 2023. It’s only fitting to title my latest blog post with a nod to an old advertising colleague and friend, Steve O’Connor, who used to host an annual “Ski Like You Drive” event in Wisconsin (the Vail…
Fly like you drive – 2023 mid-year recap: supply chain digital transformation insights

Aviation Forum 2022: A new era of aviation — sustainable, resilient, together

“A new era of aviation: Sustainable. Resilient. Together!” Under this motto, Prof. Dr. Walther from IPM welcomed around 1,900 participants and 130 exhibiting organizations to this year’s Aviation Forum, now in its 12th year. Munich was the venue for the second time.The event’s title set the central themes: climate-neutral aviation, a resilient supply chain amidst…
Aviation Forum 2022: A new era of aviation — sustainable, resilient, together

Aircraft Supplier Summit 2022: successful premiere at Leipzig Airport

Co-organized by the Berlin Institute Supply Chain Management, the German OEM Deutsche Aircraft hosted the first Aircraft Supplier Summit on November 15 and 16, 2022 at Leipzig Airport.Leipzig is the chosen final-assembly-line (FAL) location for the D328eco, the groundbreaking, forward-looking platform building upon the legendary Dornier Do328 aircraft, for which Deutsche Aircraft is the type…
Aircraft Supplier Summit 2022: successful premiere at Leipzig Airport

Sustainability Kongress 2022: solving the challenge of sustainable business operations

The Sustainability Kongress, organized by the Berlin Institute of Supply Chain Management, was a high-profile event, with keynotes by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Alongside Joschka Fischer and Michael Kellner, various corporate executives and purchasing managers presented their views…
Sustainability Kongress 2022: solving the challenge of sustainable business operations

All good things come in threes: ZF Lake Constance Mobility Summit, Automotive Procurement Forum and Automotive Logistics Forum

Due to the pandemic, numerous important conferences had to be postponed over the last two years – this meant that SupplyOn was represented as an exhibitor at three important automotive conferences in the first half of May. A common theme running through all three events was the current challenges facing the industry, above all the…
All good things come in threes: ZF Lake Constance Mobility Summit, Automotive Procurement Forum and Automotive Logistics Forum

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.
Aviation Reloaded: how the hybrid Aviation Forum Hamburg 2021 contributed

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…
10 years of AirSupply – the supply chain platform of the aerospace industry celebrates

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…
The dawn of a new age of mobility — the rail industry met in Berlin to discuss future issues

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…
How the first virtual Aviation Forum mastered excellence

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…
Smart farming: how procurement and supply chain can brace for challenging times