How to better cope with demand volatility
Matching themes: Analytics, production planning, Production-to-Supply, Risk Management, Security of supply
The coronavirus crisis has revealed a long-standing challenge for suppliers even more clearly: How reliable are the demand forecasts they receive from their customers? High volatility and uncertainties in demand forecasting are not limited to pandemic times. Even in the “normal state”, the originally reported requirements can differ considerably from the materials actually called off. The decisive question is therefore: How can you improve forecasting and thus also achieve a higher level of planning accuracy? Read more
What does it take to become a manager in the IT industry, Isabella?
Matching themes: jobs at SupplyOn
In the series “How does your working day look like?“, employees from a broad range of fields are giving you an insight into their work routine. After speaking with Product Owner Dominik, Isabella, who is team leader in SupplyOn’s Consulting division, now takes the floor.
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Collaboration made easy: Feasibility studies with Technical Review
Matching themes: APQP, project management, quality management, Sourcing, Supply Chain Collaboration
Continental and ZF Friedrichshafen’s customers include numerous automotive manufacturers (so-called OEM). In this industry, the demands on logistics, feasibility, quality, quantities and compliance are particularly high. Both companies therefore need absolutely reliable partners.
Until recently, however, they were faced with a challenge: How can they check with both known and, in particular, new suppliers to see whether they can produce newly developed parts in the required quality and quantity, deliver them on time and on the right terms and conditions? Read more
Supply Chain Risk Management – far more than just getting out of the current crisis
Matching themes: Risk Management, Security of supply, supply risks, visibility
The current coronavirus crisis clearly shows how vulnerable and susceptible to disruption supply chains are today. It also shows how important it is to anticipate disruptions of any kind in order to minimize their impact. In this context, supply chain risk management plays a major role. Essentially, it is a matter of finding answers to the following questions:
- What risks is my supply chain exposed to?
- How can I identify problems in my supply chain as quickly as possible, catchword early warning system?
- What do I need to do to minimize loss and to be even stronger in the end?
- As well as the lessons learnt: Which measures should I implement to ensure that I can effectively respond to any future risks?
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Bosch provides suppliers with a comprehensive view of their invoice status, independent of the invoicing channel
Matching themes: eInvoicing, Purchase to Pay
The Bosch Group receives its suppliers’ invoices through many different channels, from paper to eInvoicing. Until recently, however, suppliers could obtain an overview of the processing status only for electronically sent invoices. As a result, in addition to balance confirmations or reminders, general inquiries about payment dates or the status of an invoice began to accumulate. For this reason, Bosch, together with SupplyOn, developed a Finance Portal that provides suppliers with a comprehensive view of the processing status regardless of the invoice channel. A request channel in the Finance Portal, which is integrated with other Bosch tools, further reduces internal administrative work and increases the service level. Read more
Is your supply chain ready to navigate towards the new normal?
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, Risk Management, Security of supply, visibility
Covid-19 has kept big and small players across all industries in check. Given the high levels of interdependence among customers, suppliers and other value-adding partners throughout the supply chain, the domino effect is not yet over. And recovery will be even harder. Read more
How you benefit from a central procurement solution when having various ERP systems in place
Matching themes: e-Procurement, procurement
Many companies operate historically grown multi-backend system landscapes. Mergers and acquisitions, international expansions, new sites and plants, different update cycles, etc. have multiplied the number of ERP systems within the organization over time. This in itself is not a problem. However, if you wish to use a central procurement system for all your plants and locations at the same time, things become tricky. Today’s Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) systems often support only a single ERP as a backend system. So, what to do?
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Restarting production: How to ensure the flow of materials
Matching themes: Risk Management, Security of supply, transport management
The coronavirus pandemic has turned everything upside down: Plants around the world had to shut down production. As a result, supply chains and thus transport networks often collapsed across the board. This is precisely what is now confronting companies with a major problem when they re-start production: even if suppliers are producing the required materials again, how do these get from the supplier’s premises to their plants?
Transportation problems are not limited to shipping and air freight, but also to road transport, which has so far been easy to manage. The transport networks that companies could previously use no longer exist for the most part. As a result, the processes with the carriers that used to work well are no longer functioning. So, what to do? Read more
It’s high time to tap the potential of the 4th Industrial Revolution
Matching themes: Analytics, Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, Production-to-Supply, Risk Management, Security of supply, Smart Factory, supplier collaboration
COVID-19, its effects on the industry and the restart of production currently dominate on the agenda. Everyone is longing for a return to normality and this will be the case in a few months’ time. The world will not stand still and it is certainly not standing still at this very moment. Read more
Usability and product design at SupplyOn – it is all about our users
Matching themes: Product Design, UI, Usability, UX
This year we are celebrating a fantastic anniversary: 20 years of SupplyOn. That also means 20 years of experience in supply chain and 20 years of technology. What’s more, there are still a large number of employees who have been with us right from the start. A success story to be proud of.
During all this time, SupplyOn has continuously extended, enhanced and updated its platform. It’s like a house: at some point you simply have to replace the windows or renew the roof. Otherwise things might get a bit uncomfortable. Read more