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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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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?
Visibility & Analytics now available in the app store

RUAG Aerostructures future-proofs its procurement with AirSupply

The aircraft supplier RUAG Aerostructures switched its ordering process to AirSupply. Simultaneously, the company extended it to include digital processes for forecasting and goods receipt. This allows RUAG Aerostructures to submit orders faster in bulk processing and to collaborate more efficiently with its suppliers on delivery dates and quantities.
Anja Weber · August 26, 2021 - Reading time < 5 Min.
RUAG Aerostructures future-proofs its procurement with AirSupply

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…
Lena Zuber · August 18, 2021 - Reading time < 4 Min.
In the “SAFe for Teams” training participants learn everything about agile software development at SupplyOn

Swap container and load carriers without conflicts – Simply create transparency to reduce costs

Disappearing containers, isolated systems and inventories, unnecessary transport costs due to empty rides, chaos in billing container rentals. These are just a few of the challenges faced by the manufacturing industry in the daily management of containers and load carriers.
Jens Rese · August 11, 2021 - Reading time < 3 Min.
Swap container and load carriers without conflicts – Simply create transparency to reduce costs

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:
Lena Zuber · July 21, 2021 - Reading time < 3 Min.
Program Increment (PI) 2021-02: What have our development teams implemented in the last three months?

Real-time transport visibility: what really matters

Nowadays, everything is getting ever more complex and volatile. Today’s characteristic all comes down to “disruption is the new normal”. But the key is to defy all odds in the best possible way. To stay agile and resilient. Be it a traffic jam, a shipwreck, a container shortage, a strike, severe weather, a volcano eruption…
Anja Weber · July 15, 2021 - Reading time < 6 Min.
Real-time transport visibility: what really matters

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. 
Lena Zuber · July 1, 2021 - Reading time < 4 Min.
Crowd testing remote: Our trainees and working students are once again chasing bugs

Paperless goods receipt: the automatic link between goods receipt and quality processes

Traceability, transport optimization, goods receipt and inventory automation are top priorities for most logistics managers. Particularly in sectors where safety is crucial, such as aerospace, the rail industry or plant engineering, high legal requirements apply to the testing and documentation of the materials used. For this purpose, suppliers must hand over various documents, test protocols…
Paperless goods receipt: the automatic link between goods receipt and quality processes

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.…
Onur Uzun · June 17, 2021 - Reading time < 4 Min.
International project management: which basic skills you need today

Why Transport Management should be an important component of your digitization strategy

It’ no longer a secret that Transport Management can reduce costs and increase delivery reliability. Consequently, more and more SupplyOn customers are using our Transport Management Solution (TMS) to consolidate shipments, optimize routes and automatically check freight invoices.These are just three reasons which have the potential to cut freight costs by more than 10%. But…
Why Transport Management should be an important component of your digitization strategy