Inside · Technology Certificate Management and Artificial Intelligence If autonomous vehicles driving with artificial intelligence were used, would the problem with speeding cars in built-up areas be completely solved? And who is liable if such a vehicle causes an accident? Does facial recognition in public spaces serve general safety or does this result in a surveillance state? You only have to watch the news: the topic of "Artificial Intelligence (AI)" is stirring the public. (more…)
SCM Insights · Supplier Community How to do successful customer portal management (guest article by Klüber Lubrication) In business relations between us (Klüber Lubrication) and our customers, a digital and efficient exchange of information is nowadays the be-all and end-all for successful cooperation. To ensure this, portal solutions — such as SupplyOn — are used. These usually combine several applications that support data exchange of cross-business and customer-specific processes, from tenders to invoices to quality management. (more…)
Use Cases Deutsche Aircraft moves one step closer to fully integrated future-proof digital supply chain with SupplyOn Innovative German new-purpose aircraft OEM Deutsche Aircraft GmbH partners with SupplyOn to develop a state-of-the-art digital management system for its supply chain, aligned with its 100% paperless, full digitalisation objective. (more…)
SCM Insights Supply chain resolutions 2022: (2) make digital processes a daily habit The pandemic has revealed to businesses all at once exactly where digitization is not yet going so well. Processing paper invoices, for example, suddenly becomes much more complicated when all employees are working from home.The same is true in other areas, as well. (more…)
Industry News · Inside 10 years of AirSupply – the supply chain platform of the aerospace industry celebrates Exactly 10 years ago, on 22 November 2011, the SCM solution for the aerospace industry AirSupply went online. On this day, the first transaction between Airbus and the supplier of the first hour, Elektro-Metall Export GmbH from Ingolstadt, was exchanged via the jointly developed AirSupply solution. One year later, Airbus had rolled out its entire supplier base for production materials, consisting of 700 companies. As a result, the previously used individual solution could be switched off at the end of 2012. (more…)
Industry News How the first virtual Aviation Forum mastered excellence New Patrons and a new now virtual setupAmid the Covid-caused “Lockdown light”, the 10th anniversary of the Aviation Forum had to be celebrated virtually. Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther welcomed about 1,500 participants and 100 partners, sponsors and exhibitors, during times of unprecedented crisis. The core topics of this conference were Digitalization, Sustainability and Partnership. He thanked the three patrons of the event, Airbus COO Dr. Michael Schöllhorn, Volker Thum, Managing Director of the German Aerospace Industries Association and Dr. Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. (more…)
SCM Insights Seven success factors of supplier onboarding There is much more behind the connection of suppliers to the SupplyOn platform than just the technical rollout, which involves sending registration links for logging onto the SupplyOn portal. Rather, onboarding is an overall process consisting of various components. (more…)
SCM Insights · Technology How to automate transport logistics with multi cloud and RPA Integrated transport management thrives on real-time data exchange between all logistics partners. Once this basis has been established, logistics and transport processes can be automated by intelligent mechanisms. Multi-cloud platforms in combination with automation methods such as RPA (Robotic Process Automation) play a key role in this. (more…)
SCM Insights Four reasons to accelerate your digital transformation in times of Covid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic has put supply chains under pressure. From Fortune 500 companies to SMEs, through all kinds of industries, the impact on operations and planning activities was and remains real. Supply and demand forces have been tremendously shaken by the accentuation of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) driven by the pandemic.As for digital transformation, the question is not if or what, but when. (more…)
SCM Insights Is your supply chain ready to navigate towards the new normal? Covid-19 has kept big and small players across all industries in check. Given the high levels of interdependence among customers, suppliers and other value-adding partners throughout the supply chain, the domino effect is not yet over. And recovery will be even harder. (more…)
