Inside Visibility & Analytics now available in the app store Haven't you always wanted to keep an eye on all critical supply chain situations? Do you need round-the-clock access to your supplier KPIs to immediately identify supply risks? Or are you expecting critical shipments and want to see where your urgently needed materials are and whether they will arrive on time? (more…)
Inside In the “SAFe for Teams” training participants learn everything about agile software development at SupplyOn The systems and development teams at SupplyOn have been working with the "Scaled Agile Framework" for about three years. The approach for agile software development has become an integral part of everyday development routine and is indispensable. To keep everybody up to date on this topic, we regularly hold internal training sessions on Team Agility and SAFe. (more…)
Inside Program Increment (PI) 2021-02: What have our development teams implemented in the last three months? Another three months have come to an end, during which our development teams have been busier than ever. A review of the last twelve weeks shows: In many of our solutions, there is something new to discover. Below you will find some of the implemented features: (more…)
Inside Crowd testing remote: Our trainees and working students are once again chasing bugs It' time for some testing! As in the SCM crowd testing two years ago, this time it was up to our trainees and working students to log onto the platform and put the system through its paces. The big difference? This time, we're testing from home. (more…)
Inside International project management: which basic skills you need today Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball legends in the US. However, even Michael Jordan knew that his basketball talent alone would not have enabled him to win his many awards and make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame.It took a team effort to win the numerous national and international championships and titles. Michael Jordan was not only a captain. The key to his success was his ablility to motivate himself and the team as a cohesive unit to achieve top performance.The need for adaptabilityInternational project managers face a similarly challenging task: (more…)
Inside May the (e-)Force be with you: The new Business Bike benefit at SupplyOn STePS eBULLITT EP8 XT Di2 - that's the official name of Dominik's new pride and joy. Or to put it more simply, the best-selling cargo bike on the market with versatile uses such as transporting people, groceries or other loads. Dominik, a passionate cyclist, recently picked up his new business bike at the dealer in Nuremberg. This is one of the new benefits that SupplyOn employees can choose from as part of our so-called cafeteria model. (more…)
Inside Program Increment (PI) 2021-01: Find out what has been developed at SupplyOn in the last quarter In 2021, we are celebrating two anniversaries at a time: two years of agile software development via SAFe and one year of virtual PI planning. Since 2019, we have been reviewing the progress achieved in our solutions every three months in large rounds of so-called Program Increments (PI) - and for the past year, we have been following the innovations in virtual PI Plannings remotely. Nevertheless, it is always exciting to see what new functions and features have been developed.What have the development teams already successfully implemented this year? (more…)
Inside User enablement — or how we facilitate usage From the user's perspective, it always involves some effort till she or he can actually successfully use a (new) software or app. This learning process that users go through is also called "user onboarding". It ranges from: "I'll just try this out." All the way to: "I know how to achieve my desired result with this product." Ultimately, it is primarily about teaching users how they can best (or most easily) work successfully with a product. (more…)
Inside Charity “Münchener Geschenkeregen” II: Mission accomplished The year 2020 has passed and it’s hard to believe that even the first month of the new one is almost over as well. At SupplyOn things are also back to normal. In our minds, Christmas is just a distant memory. Therefore, we were all the more surprised when we found thank-you cards and photos of happy children from Christmas Eve in the mail. The mission of our Christmas campaign of the “Münchener Geschenkeregen” (Munich Gift Rain) has been a complete success. We really could bring smiles on the children’s faces, and not too few of them. (more…)
Inside Which enhancements have been deployed in the last three months? The results of the Product Increment (PI) 2020-4 As an important part of our agile software development, we not only plan the next steps at the end of each quarter, but we also look back: What has been developed? Which progress did the different development teams achieve? What has actually been implemented?Here is a summary of the most important enhancements from PI 2020-4: (more…)
