- SupplyOn is the preferred vendor of Siemens AG for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in the procurement process, from ordering through to billing.
Siemens AG has selected the SupplyOn collaboration platform to push the electronic processing of procurement processes group-wide and to optimize cooperation with several thousand suppliers through the efficient elimination of media breaks. The decision was made as part of the Electronic Supplier Integration Project (ESIP) which had the aim of identifying a solution partner for group-wide electronic communication with suppliers.
“Through universal use of the central industry platform SupplyOn, Siemens expects a substantial acceleration in the elimination of non value-adding activities in operational procurement of both direct and indirect material,” says project leader Wolfgang Böhme, Corporate Supply Chain Management at Siemens AG, talking about the decision to choose SupplyOn. “Collaboration processes with suppliers will be more efficient, secure and traceable.”
“In addition to the classic procure-to-pay process, partially connected to the electronic exchange of relevant documents, we expect additional improvements through the introduction of VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) processes using SupplyOn,” says Horst Erdel, responsible for projects related to the energy sector that crucially supports the decision to adopt SupplyOn.
Following completion of various pilot projects, SupplyOn solutions are being used in further business units at Siemens. In a further development, forwarding companies for the transport management process will also be tied in using SupplyOn in order to integrate the process into material requirements planning and thus optimize it.
