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Rethinking the Digital Product Passport: Why SupplyOn Is Making Material Master Data a Strategic Backbone

Rethinking the Digital Product Passport: Why SupplyOn Is Making Material Master Data a Strategic Backbone

Global supply chains are at a turning point. What was long considered an operational discipline is increasingly evolving into a data-driven management task under regulatory pressure.Sustainability requirements are becoming increasingly stringent, data requirements are growing exponentially, and companies must manage both across complex, international supplier networks. At SupplyOn, we are observing this transformation across all…

“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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2022 supply chain recap – expert ramblings from “boots on the ground” experiences

It’s always important to take a look back before moving forward. Doing this keeps us from that brain fog thing of wondering why we walked into the kitchen for the third time in a row and still forget to turn off the oven. In 2022 there was a lot, and even though 2020 and 2021…
2022 supply chain recap – expert ramblings from “boots on the ground” experiences

Four steps to get a grip on key requirements of the Supply Chain Act

On January 1, 2023, the so-called Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains — known in common language as the Supply Chain Act — will come into force in Germany. Oliver, you have been dealing with this topic for quite some time. What is your impression? Are the companies that are affected by…
Four steps to get a grip on key requirements of the Supply Chain Act

Aviation Forum 2022: A new era of aviation — sustainable, resilient, together

“A new era of aviation: Sustainable. Resilient. Together!” Under this motto, Prof. Dr. Walther from IPM welcomed around 1,900 participants and 130 exhibiting organizations to this year’s Aviation Forum, now in its 12th year. Munich was the venue for the second time.The event’s title set the central themes: climate-neutral aviation, a resilient supply chain amidst…
Aviation Forum 2022: A new era of aviation — sustainable, resilient, together

How to best manage geo-related risks in your supply chain

The past two years have been marked by unprecedented supply chain disruptions. It’s not just the transport routes, but also the production of goods itself that is severely impacted: New local or regional Covid lockdowns keep slowing down manufacturing, especially in Asia. The ongoing chip shortage hits more and more industries. The power outage in…
How to best manage geo-related risks in your supply chain

Employee’s voice: why did I return to SupplyOn?

Pinpin Qu joined SupplyOn first in 2017. After 4 years of consulting experience, she left SupplyOn and joined us again in 2021 as Client Executive. Let’s hear why she came back again:“SupplyOn is a global IT company focusing on supply chain collaboration. The company respects each individual’s personality and empowers colleagues in their career development.Work…
Pinpin Qu · November 30, 2022 - Reading time < 2 Min.
Employee’s voice: why did I return to SupplyOn?

Aircraft Supplier Summit 2022: successful premiere at Leipzig Airport

Co-organized by the Berlin Institute Supply Chain Management, the German OEM Deutsche Aircraft hosted the first Aircraft Supplier Summit on November 15 and 16, 2022 at Leipzig Airport.Leipzig is the chosen final-assembly-line (FAL) location for the D328eco, the groundbreaking, forward-looking platform building upon the legendary Dornier Do328 aircraft, for which Deutsche Aircraft is the type…
Aircraft Supplier Summit 2022: successful premiere at Leipzig Airport

100% compliance in purchasing: from duty to high performance

As explained in my last blog article “Four steps to achieve 100% compliance in purchasing“, purchasing organizations that take the topic of compliance seriously should first create a solid basis with the introduction of standardized processes and tools in order to achieve company-wide transparency and consistency in their purchasing activities. This allows mandatory topics such…
100% compliance in purchasing: from duty to high performance

Supplier Community Event: relevant CO2 information for suppliers — for the first time live from the studio

Our Supplier Community Events are highly appreciated by suppliers. High attendance figures and constant positive feedback from the audience have now prompted us to give it an even more professional touch: Our new SupplyOn Studio debuted at the last Supplier Community Event — and it was a complete success! Read all about it here for…
Lena Zuber · November 11, 2022 - Reading time < 4 Min.
Supplier Community Event: relevant CO2 information for suppliers — for the first time live from the studio

Sustainability Kongress 2022: solving the challenge of sustainable business operations

The Sustainability Kongress, organized by the Berlin Institute of Supply Chain Management, was a high-profile event, with keynotes by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Alongside Joschka Fischer and Michael Kellner, various corporate executives and purchasing managers presented their views…
Sustainability Kongress 2022: solving the challenge of sustainable business operations

News from Visibility & Analytics, Quality Management, Supply Chain Collaboration and Invoicing

Our development teams have done a great job in the past three months. Here is a summary of the most important new features:
News from Visibility & Analytics, Quality Management, Supply Chain Collaboration and Invoicing