Both partners are specialists in their field: with IQSteel.ERP, IQSoftware offers a software solution that is tailored to the special features and specific requirements of steel, plant, metal and industrial construction. It supports all areas of the company on the basis of standardized data management - from planning, costing and document management to machine control. With its advanced manufacturing solutions, the globally active company Lantek is the IT specialist for sheet metal processing: with its modular portfolio for the comprehensive control of the entire operation in a networked environment, it is, according to its own statements, the driver of the digital transformation of the sheet metal industry.

Companies in the steel construction industry also need sheet metal parts in production, such as head or base plates for connecting steel profiles. If they produce these themselves, it is helpful to have software that intelligently controls the production of the sheet metal parts and integrates them into the higher-level steel processing workflow. This is the aim of the cooperation between Lantek and IQSoftware. "We are delighted that IQSoftware's steel construction customers are getting real added value for their sheet metal processing with our solution - regardless of which manufacturer their sheet metal cutting machines come from," says Christoph Lenhard, Lantek Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, about the collaboration. "Thanks to the cooperation with Lantek, we are able to offer our users an ERP specialized in steel construction with integrated, automated sheet metal production," says Alfredo Lemke, Managing Director of IQSoftware. "This enables us to move away from isolated solutions towards optimized processes."

Production orders for sheet metal parts are automatically forwarded to the Lantek Expert CAD/CAM software system via common interfaces using the Lantek Manager software module from IQSteel.ERP. Its optimized nesting algorithms and processing strategies guarantee optimum programming results for the automated CNC control of sheet metal cutting machines using a wide range of technologies. Once cutting has been completed, the Lantek system automatically sends feedback to IQSteel.ERP for integration of the sheet metal parts into further production.