Combined ERP forces
The medium-sized ERP providers Step Ahead Software, Godesys and Informing merge to form the Step Ahead Group.
The medium-sized ERP providers Step Ahead Software, Godesys and Informing merge to form the Step Ahead Group.
Products are becoming increasingly intelligent. Getting manufacturing on the same path is one of the key challenges of our time. The key word here is interaction: just as smart devices react independently to our needs, software can redefine manufacturing in such a way that factories will adapt to changing production requirements as a matter of course in the future.

Viastore Software and its partner MPDV Mikrolab will be presenting innovative Industry 4.0 solutions.

Lantek and HSG Laser Group have signed a global cooperation agreement. The Chinese company will integrate Lantek software into its high-end fiber laser cutting machines, one of the company's fastest growing divisions worldwide.
A paradigm shift is currently taking place in mechanical and plant engineering: operational technology and IT are converging. This is accompanied by a number of challenges.
The Paul Kauth Group operates its own toolmaking facility in Frittlingen. This is where progressive tools with a length of up to 6 m and up to 50 stations are produced, which would be impossible to manufacture without a CAM system.

With the introduction of Coscom's holistic tool management process solution, Engel Austria was able to optimize its CNC manufacturing processes in all plants worldwide.

Proxia in the Adaption research project
Proxia Software is involved in the "Adaption" project, in which a self-assessment tool and a model for the step-by-step procedure for migrating to the cyber-physical production system for SMEs was developed. The aim: to support the implementation of I4.0 technologies.

The automotive industry can learn from the aviation industry when it comes to optimizing billable operating hours and fleet availability. There, many processes relating to operations have been optimized. After all, new mobility concepts in the automotive sector based on the "pay per use" principle can only be economically successful if the vehicles are on the move as often as possible.

ERP system for networked production
The demand for concepts for digitizing production processes in mechanical engineering has increased noticeably in recent years. Wedderhoff IT offers a solution with the ERP system Wias Enterprise.