Supply chain resolutions 2022: (1) ensuring transport flow
Matching themes: resolutions 2022, security of supply, transport management
Transport woes have not eased with the turn of the year. Rising consumer demand, container shortages, congestion at or closures of major ports in the U.S. and China, significantly fewer airline movements and, last but not least, an ever-increasing driver shortage have led to significant bottlenecks in shipments and a massive increase in freight rates. Read more
Program Increment (PI) 2021-04: What’s new in the SupplyOn solutions?
Matching themes: enhancements, Neuerungen, PI, SAFe, SAFe
Many exciting projects lie ahead of us in 2022. But before we get started, let’s take a look back at what we have achieved in the past development period. The following projects turned out to be particularly exciting:
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. Read more
How to best manage geo-related risks in your supply chain
Matching themes: Risk Management, security of supply, supply risks
2021 is the year of supply chain disruptions. It’s not just the transport routes, but also the production of goods itself that is severely impacted: New local or regional Covid lockdowns keep slowing down manufacturing, especially in Asia. The ongoing chip shortage hits more and more industries. The power outage in Texas first knocked out the local petrochemical plants in February — then, its effects swept across the entire plastics supply chain worldwide. … The list could go on and on. Read more
Joining SupplyOn: Tamara’s path from working student to full-time employee
Matching themes: jobs at SupplyOn, students
New talents will find attractive opportunities at SupplyOn. In particular, students who want to gain practical experience during their studies have great prospects with us. I talked to Tamara, who has just made the step from working student to full-time employee at SupplyOn. Read more
10 years of AirSupply – the supply chain platform of the aerospace industry celebrates
Matching themes: aerospace, AirSupply, digital supply chain
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. Read more
Exclusively for suppliers: Roadmap plus tips and tricks on SupplyOn’s Logistics & Finance solutions
Matching themes: Community, supplier collaboration
As Head of Supplier Management at SupplyOn, it is not only my job but also my personal ambition to give suppliers on our platform a voice. Me and my team want to understand their everyday life and processes in great detail to be able to support them even better. Therefore, we have already driven forward a number of Supplier Community activities this year. Three weeks ago, we welcomed over 300 participants at our second Supplier Community Day. Find out everything about the event here: Read more
SupplyOn’s integrated Purchase-to-Pay process solution enables high invoice auto-booking rates for Airbus
Matching themes: aerospace, AirSupply, e-invoicing, Purchase to Pay
Fully electronic processing of all steps from order through to invoice results in highly efficient processes for direct materials, a high level of transparency and a 90 % auto-booking rate for invoices. Read more
SupplyOn apprentices (physically) enter the cloud
Matching themes: apprenticeship, data center
As part of the welcoming events for new apprentices, and at the same time as a team-building program for all SupplyOn apprentices, our two vocational trainers Walter Thiel and Marco Gulluscio came up with something very special: During a two-day excursion, we visited a state-of-the-art Fujitsu data center in Neuenstadt, Germany. Such a visit is, of course, a particular highlight for anyone with a passion for information technology, be it professionally or privately. Read more
Program Increment (PI) 2021-03: the new SupplyOn features at a glance
Matching themes: enhancements, PI, SAFe
As the Scaled Agile Framework for agile software development prescribes, we review the recent development period before we start the final development phase for 2021. And once again, there are exciting new features to discover. Take a look at the highlights of the individual areas that have been implemented in the last three months: Read more