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
A close-up experience of e-mobility made in China
Matching themes: automotive industry, China, E-Mobility
SupplyOn has its roots in the European automotive industry. This makes it all the more exciting to closely observe and support the dynamic developments in China. China is considered a forerunner in the field of electromobility, with numerous start-ups in this space. One of them is Seres, a subsidiary of the Chongqing SOKON Industry Group, one of the largest Chinese OEMs. During his recent trip to China, our CEO Markus Quicken had the honor to visit this company, including a factory tour and test drive. 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
Delivering (even) better service with Design Thinking
Matching themes: Design Thinking, service quality
For us in China, too, Design Thinking is becoming an increasingly important approach to bringing products, solutions and services even closer to the customer. This is because Design Thinking opens up new perspectives and enables innovative solutions by addressing people’s essential needs. Read more
3 Trends for successful digital supply chains
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, Gartner, Trends
Supply chain management is changing fast – and fundamentally. In order to set the right digital course for the future, companies must not only ask themselves which new technologies they want to use but to essentially think about their design. Here, I have compiled the important trends and findings from the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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3 Use cases how companies benefit from Smart Logistics Data
Matching themes: Analytics, Inbound Supply Chain, Inbound Supply Chain, SCPM, Security of supply, Sensors, smart logistics data, Smart Supply Chain, Versorgungssicherheit
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. Read more
5 Common invoicing problems and how to solve them
Matching themes: e-Procurement, eInvoicing, invoicing process, Purchase to Pay, Rechnungsprozess, tax compliance
If you believe what you read in the headlines, we’ve already arrived in the brave new digital world. But when it comes to the subject of invoicing at least, the world is currently far less digital and “brave” than it could be. What’s the problem? What problems do companies face in the invoicing process? And how can these be solved?
These are precisely the questions we’re going to get to the bottom of here.
Interview: “Blockchain could create completely new rules for digital collaboration between companies”
Matching themes: Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
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 blockchain use case. Read more
Facts, insights & trends: Transport industry moving forward at transport logistic 2019
Matching themes: logistics, transport management
The transport logistic 2019 trade fair in Munich, which takes place every two years, once again lives up to its claim as the world’s leading transport and logistics event: Read more
Bug stop with internal crowdtesting
Matching themes: Crowdtest, user experience
Cool music comes out of the speakers. And yet concentrated silence reigns. Many colleagues sit around the large conference table – working student next to manager, product developer next to consultant next to support staff. Everyone is engrossed in their screens, clicking and typing. In between a chat, some jokes or nibbling at sweets. But never do they lose sight of their goal: Finding a bug. Read more