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The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is coming – and here’s what you need to know

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is coming – and here’s what you need to know

The European Union wants to promote the circular economy and will therefore gradually introduce the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for various product groups by 2030.It will start in February 2027 with the battery passport, which will then be mandatory for all batteries with a capacity of more than 2 kilowatt hours. This will be followed…

“Success as a Service”: Supplier Onboarding at SupplyOn

“Success as a Service”: Supplier Onboarding at SupplyOn

Supplier Onboarding is the first and most important step for successful digital collaboration with your business partners via SupplyOn. But what does it take to get started smoothly? Here we show you in words and pictures how we successfully bring our customers and their suppliers on board through expertise, communication, and experience.Why Supplier Onboarding is…

Four reasons to reshore and diversify your suppliers

Four reasons to reshore and diversify your suppliers

In 2025, global trade has gone from unpredictable to adversarial. Dramatic tariff peaks and valleys on Chinese goods. Painful U.S.–EU duties and countermeasures. Pendulum swings on steel and aluminum levies. And volatile conflicts in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia all at once.Procurement and supply chain executives understand that diversified sourcing is now a strategic…

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How the 6th Aviation Forum contributed to the digital transformation of the aviation industry

The best comes at the end: This statement again came true for the 6th Aviation Forum in Hamburg, as the last but probably best aerospace event of 2016 opened its doors to more than 600 attendees and about 110 partners, sponsors & contributors on December 6th. This event is one of the key platforms for…
How the 6th Aviation Forum contributed to the digital transformation of the aviation industry

Digitalization of the aerospace supply chain – the dream and the reality

70 percent of respondents in a new study on the digitalization of the aerospace supply chain say they are convinced that digitalization can be advanced only if all parties use the same system. But the reality proves to be different. More than 80 percent of the respondents confirm having to use multiple portals to communicate…
Digitalization of the aerospace supply chain – the dream and the reality

Supply chain integration in aviation: AirSupply case study

Supply chain integration is one of the key challenges in the commercial aviation industry. A new textbook titled „Supply Chain Integration Challenges in Commercial Aerospace. A Comprehensive Perspective on the Aviation Value Chain“, introduces successful approaches and strategies to manage these challenges. SupplyOn AirSupply is one of the solutions examined in this textbook.
Supply chain integration in aviation: AirSupply case study

Successful realignment of indirect procurement: SupplyOn congratulates its customer Bosch on winning the “BME-Innovationspreis 2016”

Robert Bosch GmbH was awarded the “BME-Innovationspreis 2016” for its innovative realignment of indirect procurement – a step which will further strengthen the company’s long-term competitiveness.Integrated IT solutions form a key element of this realignment – and SupplyOn has made a decisive contribution in this respect: It is only thanks to the interplay between the…
Successful realignment of indirect procurement: SupplyOn congratulates its customer Bosch on winning the “BME-Innovationspreis 2016”

Global supply chain management: AirSupply as best practice

The Springer Verlag recently published a new textbook on global Supply Chain and Operations Management (SCOM) titled: „Global Supply Chain and Operations Management. A Decision-Oriented Introduction to the Creation of Value”. It was written by the authors Professor Dmitry Ivanov and Professor Alexander Tsipoulanidis of the Berlin School for Economics and Law and Professor Jörn…
Global supply chain management: AirSupply as best practice

Digitalization of the rail supply chain with SupplyOn: Faiveley Transport benefits from the network effect

Digitalizing the supply chain is a top priority today – both in terms of the customer and the supplier. Faiveley Transport, a provider of air-conditioning technology, brake and door systems and a key system supplier for the railway industry, has responded to this need and decided to use the same online platform as its customers…
Digitalization of the rail supply chain with SupplyOn: Faiveley Transport benefits from the network effect

Easy transfer of inspection certificates with the Advance Shipping Notification (ASN)

We are frequently approached by customers seeking a solution for transferring quality and production data generated by a supplier as part of the manufacturing and quality assurance processes. As an attachment to SupplyOn’s electronic delivery note, the so-called ASN (Advance Shipping Notification) is exactly what they are looking for. Following the transfer, structured electronic certificate…
Easy transfer of inspection certificates with the Advance Shipping Notification (ASN)

Purchasing processes via SupplyOn Sourcing: As simple as possible, as complex as needed

How effective is a sourcing tool that, while it basically covers all conceivable purchasing processes, is so complicated that not all buyers use it, since it requires too much training or because even trained buyers soon forget how to operate it?The company-wide adoption of a sourcing tool is the only effective way to standardize purchasing…
Purchasing processes via SupplyOn Sourcing: As simple as possible, as complex as needed

Successful supplier rollout in China: Strategic onboarding in the Middle Kingdom

January 1, 3:55 a.m. Just back from a New Year’s Eve party and full of excitement, I take a look at the Seeburger EDI monitor and press the refresh button again. Then once more. Then again and again. But nothing happens.4:09 a.m. Still nothing. I’m starting to get a little nervous. My customer in Shanghai…
Successful supplier rollout in China: Strategic onboarding in the Middle Kingdom

Success factor Supply Chain Visibility: Gartner presents SupplyOn project as best practice

Supply Chain Visibility (SCV) is one of the most important success factors when it comes to managing complex supply chains successfully. And it is an initiative at the top of every CSCO´s agenda. Therefore, Gartner has focused a recently published report “Lessons Learned from Supply Chain Visibility Initiatives – Supply Chain Logistics and Transportation” on…
Success factor Supply Chain Visibility: Gartner presents SupplyOn project as best practice