Procurement & Finance in Supply Chain Management

We enable the digital transformation of supply chains

Optimize your supply chains! We use innovative approaches to connect material, information, and financial flows, enabling seamless integration through technologies such as IoT, AI, and blockchain. Take advantage of “digitalization in purchasing,” “blockchain technologies,” and “supply chain finance” to make your processes more efficient, resilient, and sustainable.

Our goal: to create modern methods for automated transactions, embedded finance, and sustainable value creation. Learn how to use resources efficiently and successfully master the digital transformation.

In the space logistics research field, the focus is on the design of interplanetary supply chains in a dynamically growing space economy.

The detailed topic page of the Fraunhofer IML outlines research priorities from to-space logistics to in-space logistics, shows applied transfer approaches, and bundles further information on supply chain management in space.

Research and services related to space logistics

In global supply chains, blockchain increases transparency, traceability, and security in logistics across company boundaries.

This topic page presents technological fundamentals, fields of application, open-source building blocks, and reference projects, and explains services for blockchain-based value creation networks.

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In the research field of “Digitalization in Skilled Trades,” Fraunhofer IML develops digital solutions that optimize skilled trade processes and strengthen cross-trade collaboration.

The linked topic page presents research projects such as ‘MINERVA’ and “GreenCraft,” explains practical tools ranging from digitalization checks to AI platforms, and offers in-depth information on digital transformation in skilled trades.

Research topic in detail

Changing supply chains are putting financial supply chain management in the spotlight because integrated financial processes specifically strengthen liquidity, cash flow, and competitiveness.

This topic page brings together areas of action, technologies, services, and projects related to financing, payments, automation, sustainable finance, and tokenization in financial supply chain management.

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Digital technologies act as enablers for supply chain transparency and allow for the structured use of relevant data along the entire value chain.

This topic page brings together analyses of regulatory requirements, technologies such as blockchain and AI, and research and industry projects, and outlines services for transparent, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

More info on transparent supply chains

Processes along the value chain are at the heart of modern supply chain operations. They increase efficiency, resilience, and sustainability in purchasing, production, and logistics.

The Fraunhofer IML topic page shows how digital technologies analyze and optimize core processes along the supply chain and offers in-depth insights into research, projects, and services.

More about supply chain operations