Tag: RailSupply
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
A convincing industry approach: SupplyOn’s Rail Community boosts the efficiency of the railway industry
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, RailSupply, Railway industry
The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), with around 34,000 employees, a transport network of over 3,000 kilometers and almost a half billion passengers per year, is the national railway company of Switzerland, consisting of the four divisions Passenger Transportation, Cargo, Infrastructure and Real Estate. In 2016, the division Passenger Transportation took the initiative to transition the ordering process, until then carried out with high manual effort by email and fax, to a continuous digital process using the RailSupply solution from SupplyOn. The goal of this changeover was to significantly streamline the SBB’s purchasing and procurement logistics. Read more
Railway Forum 2017: Digital transformation is shaping the innovation agenda of the railway industry
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation, digitalization, RailSupply, Railway industry
The fifth Railway Forum was held in Berlin on August 30/31. Once again, the focus was on the digital transformation that is taking place at all levels.
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SupplyOn Rail Industry Council: The railway community
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, RailSupply, Railway industry
SupplyOn has always made collaboration a top priority. But this includes much more than partnerships between companies and their suppliers. The concept of community is also a key element for these alliances. We develop solutions not just for an industry, but also together with the industry.
As part of this commitment, we created the Rail Industry Council last year. Its main objective is Read more
Digitalization of the rail supply chain with SupplyOn: Faiveley Transport benefits from the network effect
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, Inbound Supply Chain, RailSupply
Digitalizing the supply chain is a top priority today – both in terms of the customer and the supplier. Faiveley Transport, a provider of air-conditioning technology, brake and door systems and a key system supplier for the railway industry, has responded to this need and decided to use the same online platform as its customers to connect its suppliers. In addition, this further expands the rail community that is linked via SupplyOn and utilizes uniform processes. Read more
Railway Forum 2016: A focus on digitalization
Matching themes: RailSupply, Railway industry
The Railway Forum organized by IPM opened its doors for the fourth time on February 29. SupplyOn once again set up a booth at the event. And many other things were the same as well: Factory tours provided by well-known companies in the rail industry on Monday morning, myriad opportunities to talk and network with industry experts and an interesting dinner speech by Dr. Volker Kefer, the Vice Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG, before the guests converged on the excellent buffet.
But the event offered something new as well: Read more
RailSupply on track for success
Matching themes: RailSupply, SCM
Our supply chain management solutions originally focused on the automobile industry. However, now that the aviation industry has shown an interest in our solutions and is already successfully making use of our AirSupply product, the railway industry is now right on track for our services: RailSupply is already in demand and there are a number of companies throughout Europe who are making rapid progress with our solutions..
During a recent visit to southern Europe, a potential customer made it clear to us, just what type of problems train manufacturers are facing. Read more