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Our Supply Chain Management at a glance At Supply Chain Management, our aim is to add value for Siemens and its customers. Our actions are consistently based on striving for innovation, productivity, quality and availability. Together with our suppliers, we rely on a competitive and transparent supply chain. In doing so we act with foresight and responsibility. Our ”Code of Conduct” is thus based on the principles of the ’Global Compact’ of the United Nations and the International Labor Organization.

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"Digital transformation does not happen of its own volition. Its clear benefit lies in making collaboration with our suppliers and customers simpler and more efficient. To this end we put our faith in both new ideas and tried-and-tested applications."

Dr. Klaus Staubitzer, Siemens Chief Procurement Officer

Relationships between buyer and supplier have become much more complex, with suppliers being customers of the buyers at the same time. Modern Supply Chains therefore rather resemble partner networks, or even ecosystems, with a multitude of interdependencies.

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In this second part on building resilient supply chains in times of unexpected global events, I want to explain why I strongly believe that leveraging partner-ecosystems is one of the keys to sustainability – and therefore, resilience of our supply chains. This notion is very much connected to the question of what we buy.

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Globalization these days means not only endless opportunity, but also constant butterfly effects. A storm in California damages a small factory? Countless businesses’ supply chains are interrupted and Procurement strategy switches from the strategic, cost-efficient buying into Availability mode: just get your hands on available product. Our supply chains’ resilience, in short, is constantly challenged.

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A successful digital transformation can come about many ways. We took an adventure route, and it has paid off. It made us resilient during the Corona crisis and we were able to set it up for long-term success. The crucial ingredients: empowerment and trust.

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The swarm makes the success. Learn in part II of the Siemens SCM article series from our CPO Klaus Staubitzer why innovation is a key aspect of the procurement function, how this is leveraged by bottom-up-digitalized processes and how closely this is related to swarm intelligence and our supplier ecosystem.

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How Siemens is revolutionizing global freight handling. A corporation between Siemens Supply Chain Management and Siemens Digital Logistics GmbH.

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Why is cost-cutting not enough by far? Find it out in part I of the article series on the Siemens procurement strategy explained by our Siemens CPO Dr. Klaus Staubitzer.

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Growth mindset connects and empowers employees – one factory is embarking on a new path

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With the new Risk Cockpit, SCM will no longer be short of ingredients for Siemens products.

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The Longterm Flex model created in close collaboration by Siemens and SIXT offers an innovative, flexible and sustainable company car solution that completes our fleet offering. The environmental benefits it opens up will help Siemens to become climate neutral by 2030.

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He is the CEO of Siemens Mobility Israel and, since March 2021, has also been the CEO of Siemens Israel Regional Company: Zahi Golan. This is a manager who has played an instrumental role in the growth of Siemens in the “promised land”.

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“Classic” mentoring involves older colleagues – usually senior management – with a wealth of (professional) experience supporting younger colleagues in their career development by giving them the benefit of this experience along with access to their professional network. Reverse mentoring, however, turns this idea on its head by encouraging these old hands to learn from their younger colleagues.

Reverse mentoring as a two-way learning opportunity

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The innovation strategy practiced at Siemens takes in external sources of innovation as well as internal ones, which means that Siemens Supply Chain Management (SCM) have a role to play. Supplier innovation is all about working in partnership (for example with already existing or potential suppliers, Start-Ups, institutions or universities) to make systematic use of the innovative capabilities of them and breathing life into new ideas through dialog and discussion. Being able to identify innovative solutions and trends is vital for an organization aiming to be and remain a technology pacesetter.

Collaborating with external innovation partners in this way creates a win-win situation, with innovative performance boosted significantly on both sides.

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Growth mindset is all about seeing challenges as new opportunities, developing ourselves from them and learning new things. Nowadays it’s more important than ever. Siemens has made growth mindset to a strategic priority with its 2020+ strategy. How is Siemens Supply Chain Management getting on when it comes to continued growth, learning through curiosity and a willingness to try something new?

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The Siemens SCM DigiNetwork brings the virtual world into the real world. The vision: all facets of supplier negotiations, including implementation of negotiating interactions, completed in virtual 3D worlds. When Siemens Supply Chain Management needs to negotiate prices, the suppliers concerned are ordinarily invited to the negotiating table in person. Why are direct talks with business partners so important? “Building trust is a big part of it,” explains Thomas Holzner. So what happens if a pandemic renders face-to-face talks impossible?

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Digitalization on the rise with several advantages: Siemens Supply Chain Management has developed a new Siemens Bearing Nomenclature which will be relevant for all products and all suppliers. Searching for specific bearing type has now come to an end. The digital system is now available.

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Visionary, creative and unconventional: As part of the SAP Future Makers workshop series, Siemens' SCM DigiNetwork and SAP took on the task of visualizing new options tomorrow's procurement. Let's read an example how hard- and software could change working environment.

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Digital transformation needs people who get involved. The SCM DigiNetwork created by Siemens is a network with a startup culture where everyone can contribute their ideas – vocational trainees and managers alike. The projects range from artificial intelligence to the blockchain and people who get involved in the network are driven to do so by their own motivation.

Business success depends on a number of factors. An essential one of which is: young, intelligent people. They are the future, they drive things forward and they contribute fresh ideas. Siemens Supply Chain Management offers practical experience and the ideal career start for up-and-coming talent in the shape of the Siemens Graduate Program (SGP).

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PROJECT SHOWCASE: When Siemens challenged its employees to suggest ideas that would drive digitalisation forward, the procurement team embraced this initiative and developed a companion powered by artificial intelligence. While it has aided buyers, the innovation has also grabbed the attention of the business and is being rolled out on a much greater scale.

It all started with an idea.

Digital procurement transformation is no longer an option, it is a must. Ignoring it today will ultimately lead to a loss of procurement’s influence in the organization. Matthias Gutzmann, founder at Digital Procurement World, asked four Chief Procurement Officer from major companies how they are digitalizing procurement.

Here is what they revealed.

Digital matchmaking – a massive trend. Looking for everlasting happiness? The internet hosts a plethora of platforms to help you on your way. Register, put your presence out there and let the ride begin: either you find that special somebody or that special somebody finds you. So, why not use the same system for business?

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There is huge hype about blockchain. This technology could make transactions much more secure in the future and there is potential for it to be used in a wide range of sectors. However, actual projects have been thin on the ground to date. This makes it all the more interesting if companies are actually using blockchain and reporting on how it works. Siemens is a case in point. The technology group uses blockchain in its supply chain management (SCM) activities, or, to be more specific, to manage tools in servicing operations for power plants all over the world.

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As Dr. Roland Busch emphasized during the global Corporate Development webcast, it is decisive for Siemens' digital transformation that the company also uses its own technologies. He considers that Supply Chain Management at Siemens is leading the way here, for example with digital twins of cost. Dr. Klaus-Peter Schneider, who heads the Cost and Value Engineering department, explains the important contribution digital twins of cost make to the Siemens' competitiveness.

With Reverse Sourcing Siemens has introduced a system that turns the procurement process on its head. It is not the Procurement Manager who does the buying, but the supplier – and what it buys is the requirements of Siemens. The new RfQ concept was developed in house.

Surrounded by an enormous hype and polarized: some believe AI will save the world, while others think it will be the source of our downfall. How does Siemens Supply Chain Management rate and use this promising technology?

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Henrike Diers spent much time of her professional career looking to embrace change and challenges. Today, as successful working mother, she has become a role model for others looking to do the same.

Becoming a role model for others

It is generally acknowledged across the corporate world that the procurement function needs to make use of digitalization and develop new processes and tools. The various possible pathways to an organization fit and strong for the future are a source of considerable interest. Dr. Klaus Staubitzer, Siemens CPO, spoke with Dr. Robert Fieten and editor Sabine Schulz-Rohde from trade journal "Beschaffung Aktuell" about the change management activities required in his department.

Think hard - act smart

Shaking up the supply chain: “One night, we were sitting in a bar in Berlin,” explains Jonas, “when Max told me he had invested in cryptocurrency. We got talking about blockchain and how it has the potential to radically change things, and then started coming up with ways we could use it totally overhaul the way we do supply chain management.” And so the idea to transform the way engineers log, track, and share data was born.

The future of global exchange

Will we still need managers in future? Digitalization is much more than technological progress, automated processes or tools - it's also about mindset and culture. Digital Leaders give their employees the time to experiment, trying to reduce general control to a minimum. How do today's managers meet this expectation? Dr. Klaus Staubitzer, Siemens CPO and Dr. Robert Neuhauser, Head of People and Leadership at Siemens, explain.

How do today's managers meet this expectation?

As Cost and Value Engineer (CVE), you have two major objectives: help create highly useable customer products while at the same time make them more cost competitive. You want to learn more about our employees and their activities in Cost and Value Engineering?

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How we collaborate Our activities are directed towards creating the maximum value for ourselves and our business partners. For this reason we are always looking for innovative suppliers who are eager to bring their technological expertise and creativity together with that of our own experts. We integrate this network into our customer projects right from the concept phase. In this way we create a crucial competitive advantage along the value chain.

What we expect

Our suppliers are among the best in the marketplace, and are prepared to continue their constant development. We rely on partners who join us in driving groundbreaking innovations right from the idea through to the customer.

What we offer

As a global technology leader, Siemens enjoys broad-based and well-established market access. For more than 170 years, we have stood for reliability, a future-proof approach and high quality standards.

How you benefit

Our suppliers gain access to new global markets. In addition, we support them in their continued development, so that they can optimally deploy their innovativeness with us as their strategic partner.

We are committed to sustainability in the supply chain and act in an ecologically and socially responsible manner.

A network of excellent and innovative suppliers helps us to create lasting value within Procurement. The underlying standards and principles are described in our Code of Conduct.

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