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 How to successfully steer your supply chain through a crisis: Quick response measures Recently, in the first part of my blog article series "Supply Chain Risk Management - far more than just a way out of the current crisis", I highlighted the importance of linking the two disciplines of Risk Management and Supply Chain Management when managing crises. There is another important aspect to not just surviving times of crisis, but to come out of these strengthened. And that is the time factor.For this reason, the second part of this blog article series is dedicated to the following questions: Where do I start? What ad-hoc measures can I implement to mitigate impact? What can I quickly do to protect my supply chain? (more…)
SCM Insights Restarting production: How to ensure the flow of materials The coronavirus pandemic has turned everything upside down: Plants around the world had to shut down production. As a result, supply chains and thus transport networks often collapsed across the board. This is precisely what is now confronting companies with a major problem when they re-start production: even if suppliers are producing the required materials again, how do these get from the supplier's premises to their plants?Transportation problems are not limited to shipping and air freight, but also to road transport, which has so far been easy to manage. The transport networks that companies could previously use no longer exist for the most part. As a result, the processes with the carriers that used to work well are no longer functioning. So, what to do? (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…)
SCM Insights · Technology Why blockchain must be seen (and implemented) differently Blockchain has been THE trending technology for quite some time now. Hardly a day goes by without new use cases, initiatives, or companies established based on blockchain technology. It is especially promising in the supply-chain environment. But let’s take a step back and take a more sober look at the blockchain hype: What are the odds of a real technological revolution, and where are the potentials for the supply chain? (more…)
SCM Insights Freight cost invoicing begins with the transport order Perhaps you’ve encountered the following situation:You’ve negotiated the best conditions with your carriers, but you’re still paying too much for your transport services. And might we presume that you are not able to fully verify the freight cost invoices that you perhaps still receive in paper form from your carriers?Why not approach the situation from a different angle: (more…)
Industry News · Use Cases Schaeffler wins 2016 elogistics award for innovative transport order management provided by SupplyOn Schaeffler UK Ltd. has been presented with the 2016 elogistics award by the AKJ Automotive working group for its project Seamless Supply Information Integration. To carry out this project, Schaeffler used the transport order management system (TOMS) developed and offered by SupplyOn. With this system, transport orders can be generated, combined and assigned to shipping companies in a global supply chain network. (more…)
Industry News 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 forum was held under the motto "Supply Chain 4.0: stable, synchronized, scalable." (more…)
SCM Insights 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 as a whole, from order to payment. (more…)
SCM Insights · Use Cases Continental Automotive leads the way: Full control of inbound transport management Do you have full control of your inbound freight—even before the forwarder has been actually commissioned?Do you know the actual volumes on your individual supplier and plant routes? Do you also know the available service levels and forwarders for these volumes?Do you have streamlined processes in place for checking freight invoices or possibly even a self-billing invoice process for freight costs? Are you able to break down your freight costs and track them to individual materials? Do you know what materials are in which transport and the current location of each transport? Do you have all this in a single system? (more…)
