Construction Equipment Forum: Paths to digitizing the industry
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation
The Construction Equipment Forum – the first event of its kind.
On October 9, 2018, the IPM Institutes’s Construction Forum opened its doors for the first time to some 200 participants from various disciplines: building companies, OEMs, suppliers, representatives of the scientific community, and service providers. Professor Walther of IPM opened the event with a keynote speech on “Driving the future”, addressing alternative propulsions, automation, digitization, and competition. He emphasized the need to increase at digital competencies in the building equipment industry.
Due to the large number of speeches and talks held, Walther has compiled a subjective selection of what for him were the most prominent presentations and workshops. 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
5. SCE Forum in Hamburg: On the digital future and structural changes in the aerospace industry
Matching themes: Aerospace, Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation
Hamburg calling: Preceding the ‘Aviation and Space Regions’ day, the Supply Chain Excellence Initiative (an association of regional aerospace associations and clusters, BDLI and SPACE) chose the Hanseatic city for its 5th SCE Forum on September 19.
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Why blockchain must be seen (and implemented) differently
Matching themes: Blockchain, digital transformation, digitale Transformation, Industry 4.0, transport management
Blockchain has been THE trending technology for quite some time now. Hardly a day goes by without new use cases, initiatives, or companies established based on blockchain technology. It is especially promising in the supply-chain environment. But let’s take a step back and take a more sober look at the blockchain hype: What are the odds of a real technological revolution, and where are the potentials for the supply chain? Read more
SupplyOn customer Telair celebrates its 50th anniversary – hidden champion for Cargo Management
Matching themes: Aerospace
Telair CEO Marko Enderlein and his team celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary on July 13, 2018, together with customers, suppliers, business partners as well as political and industry representatives.
The cargo specialist Telair, located in the Bavarian town of Miesbach, Germany, is the world’s leading supplier for cargo handling systems. Among other things, the company manufactures the cargo loading system for the BELUGA transport aircraft, which plays a critical role in Airbus’ internal supply chain. Read more
2nd Siemens Suppliers’ Day – SupplyOn: Ecosystem live
Matching themes: Digital Supply Chain, digital transformation, digitale Transformation, Ecosystem, Purchase to Pay
Following last year’s successful premiere, Siemens once again invited its suppliers to exchange experiences with SupplyOn. And over 60 participants came to Freising on 26 June to advance the digitization of the supply chain. Read more
InSight, InControl: Real-time position and quality monitoring for production material transports
Matching themes: Asset Tracking, Condition Monitoring, Digital Supply Chain, Inbound Supply Chain, IoT, Material Visibility, SCPM, Security of supply, Sensors, Smart Supply Chain, Track & Trace
A materials controller needs up-to-date information at all times for production planning purposes. He needs to know whether the goods required are going to arrive at the plant in time – and whether they will do so in an intact state, a very important point when it comes to sensitive components. And all this preferably in real time, of course. But this is a lot more than what most track-and-trace solutions have to offer. Read more
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, visibility
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: Asset Tracking, Inbound Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, IoT, Material Visibility, SCPM, Security of supply, Smart Supply Chain, Traceability, 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