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Exploiting the potential of Smart Logistics with Production-to-Supply

It’ s nothing new that considerations of optimization focus on excessive inventories and overly high planning or disposition costs. This is all the more true in tougher economic times.This is where the new opportunities of digitization come in: the continuous provision of data from supplier production to transport logistics and even in-house intralogistics is no…
Exploiting the potential of Smart Logistics with Production-to-Supply

“Get the future before it gets you”: full-stack Industry 4.0 solution ONCITE launched

Finally a feasible and scalable digitization solution for industry 4.0One 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…
“Get the future before it gets you”: full-stack Industry 4.0 solution ONCITE launched

3 Use cases how companies benefit from Smart Logistics Data

Transport damages to goods, delays in delivery, poor delivery reliability: These are three typical use cases in which Smart Logistics Data helps to identify and counter risks well in advance.
3 Use cases how companies benefit from Smart Logistics Data

Interview: “Blockchain could create completely new rules for digital collaboration between companies”

In an interview at the end of last year, SupplyOn Group blockchain expert Ralf Knobloch spoke about the potential offered by blockchain technology in the area of supply chain management. This time we talked to him about the criteria he uses to carry out an advance assessment regarding the suitability and cost-effectiveness of a possible…
Anja Weber · June 12, 2019 - Reading time < 8 Min.
Interview: “Blockchain could create completely new rules for digital collaboration between companies”

Interview: “Blockchain offers enormous potential for supply chain management”

Ralf Knobloch, the SupplyOn Group’s blockchain expert, has been involved with distributed ledger technology since 2013. As the founder of the “Blockchain Meet-Up Saxony”, he is a great believer in regular dialog between research, science, users and society. We spoke to him about the impact of the new technology and about concrete use cases in…
Interview: “Blockchain offers enormous potential for supply chain management”

Smart Logistics Data: the intelligent supply chain

A supply chain has to be agile, robust and resilient. Capable of anticipating potential risks and responding in advance, detecting problems early on and flexibly circumventing them.All this requires the intelligent use of data. But how can we really make data “smart”?
Smart Logistics Data: the intelligent supply chain

Why blockchain must be seen (and implemented) differently

Blockchain has been THE trending technology for quite some time now. Hardly a day goes by without new use cases, initiatives, or companies established based on blockchain technology. It is especially promising in the supply-chain environment. But let’s take a step back and take a more sober look at the blockchain hype: What are the…
Why blockchain must be seen (and implemented) differently

Increasing supply reliability and quality with Sensor Clouds

A leading aerospace supplier has further optimized its inbound supply chain with SupplyOn. As part of an innovative industry 4.0 project, sensor tracking was used to implement the real-time monitoring of deliveries. This not only aims at continuously determining location, but also the early detection of quality defects during transport due to excessive temperatures or…
Increasing supply reliability and quality with Sensor Clouds

Maximize your supply chain transparency with track and trace

Track and trace, that is, determining the location of shipments, is definitely nothing new. Yet everyone still seems to be talking about it. How come?Easy: We know that networked production as well as “smart factories” require reliable information on the delivery status of components. But this also translates to delivery logistics, where it’s important to…
Maximize your supply chain transparency with track and trace

Software engineering: Don’t slice the elephant – create a paradise

Often when someone thinks about software engineering, he gets the recommendation to slice the elephant. E.g., you want to design a nice e-commerce pet shop, you need to cut it into individual slices.But for me, slicing the elephant sounds quite strange: An elephant in slices is still difficult to handle – even then those slices…
Software engineering: Don’t slice the elephant – create a paradise