Industry News Inspirations and innovations for the financial transformation of the automotive industry in China Outside, a constant stream of vehicles and cold temperatures prevailed; inside, innovations in the automotive industry were debated in a warm atmosphere. That was the "2019 Automotive Industry Supply Chain Innovation and Financial Transformation Forum", which took place in Beijing on October 25, 2019. (more…)
Industry News Game-changing transformation of the aviation industry – how the 9th Aviation Forum contributed Now Munich. After 8 years in Hamburg, an alternating pattern of the Aviation Forum location was practiced for the first time: With one year in Munich and the next year again in Hamburg. Once again, this year’s Aviation Forum set a new record: 800 attendants, 145 exhibitors and 55 speakers raised the bar even higher. (more…)
Industry News · Use Cases Two days of e-invoicing insights in Vienna This year, we had for the first time our own booth at the E-Invoicing Exchange Summit (EXCS19) in Vienna. During this event, we had the opportunity to engage in many highly interesting discussions with invoicing experts from all over the world on the current trends in e-invoicing. (more…)
Industry News The future of the mobility industry is digitized and automated As the 6th Railway Forum impressively demonstrated, digitization and automation are the predominant topics in the railway industry. And this is true at all levels: From infrastructure technology and supplier management to the customer experience, everything is to be digitized and automated in the future. Under the patronage of Deutsche Bahn, around 1,400 experts from the railway industry met in Berlin at the beginning of October to discuss the current challenges of the future and their possible solutions. (more…)
Industry News · SCM Insights · Technology “Get the future before it gets you”: full-stack Industry 4.0 solution ONCITE launched Finally a feasible and scalable digitization solution for industry 4.0One is almost tempted to twist the eyes and simple go on mute it whenever one hears the terms "Industry 4.0", "Internet of Things" and "digitization" as repeatedly as they are mentioned in media and technical discussions. Much has been and is being said and written about it. However, we are finally seeing very practical developments in our industry. (more…)
Industry News Supply chain challenges in delivering the next generation of Military hardware The Fall AIA Supplier Management Council Meeting took place from September 24-26th at the Omni Hotel in Ft. Worth, TX. There were over 200 attendees including some of the biggest names in Aerospace and Defense.A new wave of manned and unmanned aerial vehiclesThere’s a lot of new use cases being evaluated for aerial vehicles. (more…)
Industry News · SCM Insights Interview: “Standardization and automation create huge opportunities for the rail industry.” The railway industry is getting more and more digital, using new, innovative technologies in many fields. We spoke with André Truszkowski-Jonas, responsible for Business Excellence at Siemens Mobility, about current trends, the benefits of a rail community and the importance of standards for the industry. (more…)
Industry News Manufacturing 4.0 in academia & practice: How SupplyOn contributed to the MIM 2019 conference "In the end, it is all about communication": In his opening speech, Prof. Andreas Zaby, President of the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), welcomed the more than 750 participants from 51 countries worldwide to the MIM 2019 conference. Likewise, Prof. Dmity Ivanov and Prof. Susanne Meyer, Vice President of the HWR Berlin, who were both the driving forces behind this conference, also emphasized this unique opportunity to learn from each other in the context of modelling, management and control of manufacturing processes. (more…)
Industry News Facts, insights & trends: Transport industry moving forward at transport logistic 2019 The transport logistic 2019 trade fair in Munich, which takes place every two years, once again lives up to its claim as the world's leading transport and logistics event: (more…)
Industry News bauma 2019: Digitization gains ground in the construction equipment industry The bauma took place again from April 8 to 14, 2019 at the exhibition grounds in Munich-Riem. With 3,702 exhibitors from 63 countries and regions and an exhibition area of 614,000 m² (more than 6.6 million square feet), it is the largest trade fair in the world.Trending themes: Alternative power systems, autonomous driving and digitizationAt bauma, too, the topic of alternative power sources and the autonomous operation of excavators and other construction machinery was one of the main topics. (more…)
