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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 Aerospace Conference PNAA flies into the future – and which role a “hole in the portfolio” plays

The weather was rainy, but information was hot: this year’s PNAA (Pacific Northwest Aerospace Association) Aerospace Conference in Lynnwod, WA, was again the “place to be” for aerospace decision takers who want to know towards which destination the industry is moving to: Located closely to the Boeing plants of Renton (production of all 737 family…
How the Aerospace Conference PNAA flies into the future – and which role a “hole in the portfolio” plays

Automotive logistics forum makes one point clear: The digitalization of the supply chain is becoming a reality

Nearly 400 people gathered on February 3 and 4 at one of the year’s major automotive logistics events in Frankfurt, Germany.It has become something of a tradition: The “congress season” kicks off the new year with a joint event organized by the German Logistics Association and the German Association of the Automotive Industry. The latest…
Automotive logistics forum makes one point clear: The digitalization of the supply chain is becoming a reality

SupplyOn ranks among the "TOP 10 EDI Solution Providers 2015"

At the end of 2015, SupplyOn was named one of the 10 most promising providers of EDI solutions by the highly respected trade journal Logistics Tech Outlook.A panel of well-known CEOs, CIOs, risk capital providers, analysts and the magazine’s technology editorial board evaluated EDI solutions in terms of flexibility and cost effectiveness.
SupplyOn ranks among the "TOP 10 EDI Solution Providers 2015"

Secure supply despite reduced capital lockup – how is this possible? (Part 2)

The digitalization of the supply chain paves the way for well-synchronized material flowsWhat can be done to create greater transparency and reduce the stock and inventory levels by better synchronizing the material flows?Now, to put it simply, one has to figure out how to eliminate the causes of the lack of transparency and synchronicity of material…
Secure supply despite reduced capital lockup – how is this possible? (Part 2)

Supplier master data remains an issue in the automotive industry

Automobile manufacturers were as conspicuous as never before at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yet the focus was not on the industry’s traditional attractions, such as design or performance, but on infotainment systems that are integrated in the interior and implemented in the form of flat screens fitted in the cockpit:…
Supplier master data remains an issue in the automotive industry

5th Aviation Forum: How to master supply chain integration challenges in commercial aerospace

Same procedure as last year: On December 8th the 5th Aviation Forum in Hamburg opened its doors for more than 500 attendees. This event is one of the key platforms for Airbus and its global suppliers, with industry experts attending panel discussions and sharing insights.
5th Aviation Forum: How to master supply chain integration challenges in commercial aerospace

Secure supply despite reduced capital lockup – how is this possible? (Part 1)

The question above is probably much older than the term “supply chain management”, which first appeared at the beginning of the ’80s, became more pervasive in the ’90s and an established management term by the turn of the century.There is no need to speculate about the point at which this issue began to be addressed…
Secure supply despite reduced capital lockup – how is this possible? (Part 1)

The BVL’s 32nd German Logistics Convention in Berlin takes a look at the bigger picture

This year’s German Logistics Convention was held from 28 to 30 October. The motto was “A moving world” and the organizers proved an acute awareness of the economic and the overall political situation: although at the time the motto for the convention was decided on, such developments as the refugee issue and the extraordinary occurrences…
The BVL’s 32nd German Logistics Convention in Berlin takes a look at the bigger picture

Digital collaboration in the railway industry – optimized with RailSupply

Thorsten Fülling, Director of Consulting at SupplyOn GmbH, gave Privatbahn Magazin #05/2015 an interview on the subject of “Collaboration between suppliers and production companies in the railway industry“.Mr Fülling, what are the greatest challenges in the supply chain at present between suppliers and production companies in the railway industry?The biggest challenge for the railway industry stems…
Digital collaboration in the railway industry – optimized with RailSupply

e-invoicing begins with the order

Today, everybody is talking about Industry 4.0 and the digitalization of the supply chain – and yet the majority of invoices are still being sent in paper form or in unstructured formats that cannot easily be computerized.Many companies wishing to implement an e-invoicing solution focus solely on the invoicing process instead of considering the process…
e-invoicing begins with the order