ILA Berlin 2018: Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace
Matching themes: Aerospace, Aerospace, Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0
“Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace” – this was the motto of this year’s aviation trade fair in Berlin from 25 to 29 April. More than 1,000 exhibitors presented their know-how at the ILA Berlin 2018 – from civil aviation to defence and security to space travel, from large corporations to highly specialized suppliers. Read more
Eliminating the blind spot: Insights into supplier’s production reduce inventories, lower risks & save costs
Matching themes: Inbound Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, MES, SCPM, Security of supply, Smart Supply Chain
A leading aerospace company optimized its global supply chain with SupplyOn through an innovative Industry 4.0 project: integration of the supplier’s MES (Manufacturing Execution System) gives both customer and supplier a virtually real-time, joint view of the supplier’s situation – in terms of demand, stock and production. Replenishment planning is checked against customer requirements, i.e. production orders against stocks. The result is transparency and trend feedback – enabling stock reduction and increased supply reliability.
Good for land and sea – How to ensure real-time visibility for production materials
Matching themes: Inbound Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, IoT, Material Visibility, SCPM, Security of supply, Smart Supply Chain, Track & Trace
There are plenty of Track & Trace solutions (T&T) available. Logistics Service Providers (LSP) have been offering it as an add-on for years and several start-ups focus on this aspect, too. So it’s nothing new, right? Or is it? Read more
Get rid of the KPI ‘Mille-Feuille’ by getting it right!
Those who have already tasted Mille-Feuille, a tasty French dessert, know how delicious this pastry can be. For those not yet having had the chance, give me a call, I know some nice addresses in Paris, where you can get the best.
The point is, as delicious as it can be at times, at some point it might be too much. Should you try to count whether or not there really are thousands of tasty layers (“mille-feuille”), I wish you good luck.
Why am I telling you this? Well, for KPIs, the situation could be same!
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Increasing supply reliability and quality with Sensor Clouds
Matching themes: AirSupply, Industry 4.0, IoT, SCPM, Sensors, Smart Supply Chain
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 moisture. Read more
Mastering challenges in customer communication
Matching themes: Collaboration, Digital Supply Chain
Many suppliers are still a struggling with unstructured processes when collaborating with customers despite the digital era. TEMA-Fischer GmbH solved this problem many years ago with ZF Friedrichshafen AG in an exemplary way and now handles the most important processes via SupplyOn. This is now also the case with their order processes for Siemens. Every additional customer who takes the same approach to collaboration will increase the benefits for the machining specialist. Read more
Indirect Procurement: The only way is up!
Matching themes: indirect material, indirect procurement, service procurement
At many companies, process optimization in purchasing focuses on direct material. The purchase of indirect material, however, often still takes place under the radar. Perhaps a bit overstated as; What is there to optimize, if I only purchase pencils? Read more
The network(ing) effect at the 52nd BME Purchasing and Logistics Symposium
Matching themes: eInvoicing
“Added value: global networks,” was the topic of the 52nd BME Purchasing and Logistics Symposium last week in Berlin from November 8th to 10th in Berlin. Read more
Six best practice steps for maintaining tax compliance
Matching themes: eInvoicing, tax compliance
Does the e-business solution that supports your business-to-business transactions ensure that your e-invoices remain tax compliant, everywhere, always?
Change in tax legislation is constant
An e-business solution that must comply with multiple countries’ tax requirements has to address the problem of ongoing change. Otherwise, how can a business efficiently deal with the tsunami of new real-time and other regulatory control requirements that governments are introducing? Read more
Aviation Forum: Advancing the digital value chain in a dynamic world
Matching themes: Aerospace, Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation, SCPM
The location and the timing has changed – but the excellent setup prevailed: this year, the 7th Aviation Forum took off at the beginning of November – this time on the grounds of the Hamburg Trade Fair.
Compared to the previous year, even more exhibitors and visitors attended the leading aerospace event in Germany. The Aviation Forum, organized by the Institute for Production Management (IPM) under the patronage of Klaus Richter, Chief Procurement Officer Airbus, offered an international gathering of speakers and exhibitors from Japan, Russia, Canada, USA, India and Abu Dhabi.
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