Cooperation and Partnerships

ERP from the cloud: 1&1 IONOS and proALPHA provide small and medium-sized companies with a powerful solution. With more than eight million contracts concluded with customers, 1&1 IONOS is Europe's leading provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services and hosting services.The company runs its own data centers in Europe and in the United States. These data centers comply with the highest European security standards and privacy policies.

www.ionos.de

With approx. 620,000 customers worldwide, ADP is the market-leading expert of human capital management software and services. Solutions "powered by ADP" will expand proALPHA's portfolio of personnel management products in the future. International payroll accounting is already available. Recruitment and personnel development solutions as well as managed and processing services for completely outsourced personnel management are in the pipeline. ADP currently has subsidiaries in more than 120 countries.

www.de-adp.com

The logistics and foreign trade suite ASSIST4 by AEB provides industrial and trading companies as well as logistics service providers with consistent "end-to-end" IT support for their processes along the supply chain. AEB supports transport management and foreign trade, including customs processing, compliance, risk management, certifications of the origin of goods, and preference determination. AEB has more than 5000 customers in Europe, Asia, and America. Its headquarters are located in Stuttgart, Germany. The company has two development centers in Lübeck and Mainz.

www.aeb.com

Alkyone Consulting combines consulting and strategic development according to the theory of constraints with systematic organizational development in an integrated approach. The company implements the TOC method using software solutions for corporate management, including production control, supply chain management, and project management (CCPM).

www.alkyone-consulting.de

apia systemhaus gmbH is one of the leading IT providers in and around Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. apia focuses on the implementation of comprehensive business software and IT security solutions. Its customers include small and mid-sized enterprises in the industrial and trade sector as well as authorities and medical facilities.

www.apia.de

The Sonic Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) by Aurea integrates business applications regardless of the sites and technologies involved. This facilitates intercompany processes and the connection of external systems.

www.aurea.com

Babtec has developed solutions for business quality management since 1994. The software house based in Wuppertal, Germany offers a modular CAQ system (computer-aided quality management) that covers all business processes from product design through to testing.

www.babtec.de

Bitkom is Germany's digital association. It represents more than 2,300 companies in the digital industry. proALPHA takes an active part in the work groups of the industry association to lay the foundations for digital transformation together with more than 1,000 other mid-sized IT companies. This allows future trends to be included in the development of the next versions of the ERP system early on.

www.bitkom.org

Since 1985, Böhme & Weihs have been developing software solutions for the quality and production management sectors (CAQ and MES). As one of the leading providers in these fields, Böhme & Weihs are a guarantee for security and reliability. Over 900 companies from the broadest selection of industries - ranging from production to trading companies and from medium-sized enterprises to multinational groups - use the products CASQ-it and WEB.MES. Each and every day, around 30,000 users put their trust in a team working in 3 countries in 4 branch offices for increasing quality levels, growing efficiency and falling costs for products and processes.

www.boehme-weihs.de

The German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses represents the interests of small and mid-sized enterprises of all commercial branches and professions in Germany ─ currently around 55,000 individual enterprises and self-employed persons. The main objective of the BVMW is to create a network among its members and to support their foreign trade activities.

www.bvmw.de

Enrollment of the proALPHA group in RWTH Aachen Campus for the "Aachen Campus Cluster Logistics ─ Industry 4.0 and ERP 2020" project.

www.fir.rwth-aachen.de

proALPHA from the BusinessCloud® combines our ERP expertise with the expert knowledge of cloud and IT outsourcing of our partner CANCOM, a leading German provider of cloud computing solutions. CANCOM sets itself apart from global providers by offering its cloud services exclusively in its own high-security datacenters located in Germany while ensuring compliance with all German regulations.

www.cancom.com

The BOM Connector software by CircuitByte (previously Router Solutions) is the solution for two of the biggest challenges EMS companies are facing today: the processing of customer BOMs and creation of quotes.

Manual processing is time-consuming and error-prone. The BOM Connector considerably simplifies the tasks of loading, preparing, "scrubbing", formatting, checking and comparing BOM data.

After the BOM data have been read in, you can use the BOM Connector to quickly search the proALPHA ERP system for the most suitable component. It immediately provides correct and recent price and delivery information for precise quoting. The highly intelligent search for manufacturer part numbers (MPN) greatly contributes to this.

www.circuit-byte.com

List & Label by Combit allows the design of professional reports and forms in reporting. Various press and reader awards as well as numerous satisfied customers prove the company's success.

www.combit.net

The Creditreform group provides companies with a set of proven and innovative services which can be used for targeted risk identification and risk management.

The portfolio includes the selection of and approach to new customers based on their creditworthiness, information about the creditworthiness of companies and private persons, entire system platforms for internal risk management, and sophisticated receivables management tools.

Every single service helps you to either prevent payment defaults or minimize their consequences at any point during the customer relation. With this holistic range of services, Creditreform makes an important contribution to liquidity protection.

www.creditreform.de

FORMAT Software Service GmbH has developed, distributed and provided support for software solutions for foreign trade, customs and shipping since 1988. Customers of FORMAT benefit from the company's great expertise, comprehensive maintenance and update services as well as professional consulting, seminars, and training. FORMAT software is used by more than 1,300 customers from diverse industries. Long-time experience and continuity make FORMAT Software Service GmbH a leading provider of solutions tailored to these special fields of application.

www.formatsoftware.de

We use the optimization algorithms by ILOG to reduce effort in production planning. Our APS component (advanced planning and scheduling) is based on this technology.

www-01.ibm.com

in-integrierte informationssysteme GmbH was founded in Konstanz in 1989 and develops and distributes software for management systems and mobile apps. Its product line sphinx open features software components and a cloud platform that visualizes the Internet of Things with 2D/3D models, allows the connection of any data sources, and offers other digital services. It is used in numerous software products of OEM customers and provides innovative IT solutions for Industry 4.0, energy optimization, and e-mobility.

www.in-gmbh.de

Insiders Technologies has specialized in the computer-aided "understanding" of documents. In 2004, the software house was founded as a spin-off of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern. Today, Insiders Technologies offers intelligent solutions for analyzing information in business documents and preparing them to suit various needs. For instance, they can be manipulated for the respective input channel and subsequent business process.

www.insiders-technologies.de

As a specialist for printing in the automotive industry, InterForm has been a reliable partner for over 1000 automotive companies worldwide since 1987.

Output management plays an important role, especially in the automotive sector. Incorrect labels or tags might lead to delays in the supply chain, which in turn often lead to recourse claims. In fact, this concerns printing, labeling, e-mails, PDFs, barcodes, XMLs, images, and many more.

InterForm simplifies the interaction of OEM, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and other suppliers. It serves as output management for the company's entire infrastructure. InterForm is a tool which respects all guidelines of your trade partners. You no longer have to waste time keeping templates for each partner.

https://www.interform400.com/de
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ITA was founded to improve information flows between carmakers, suppliers, and ICT companies. Today, more than 50 service providers with various core competences are members of ITA. They have in depth-knowledge of the business processes of the automotive industry and successfully promote national and international business activities.

www.ita-int.org

iTAC Software AG is one of the leading MES providers in Germany. Its cloud manufacturing execution system iTAC.MES.Suite is used worldwide by companies working in various sectors, such as the automotive industry, electronics/EMS, telecommunications, medical technology, the metal industry, and the energy sector. The company's portfolio also comprises systems and solutions that meet Industry 4.0 requirements, such as iTAC.IoT.Suite. iTAC's philosophy is to connect people, data, and systems.

The independent enterprise of the mechanical and plant engineering group Dürr is located in Montabaur, Germany, and has a subsidiary in the USA as well as a worldwide network of sales and service partners.

www.itac.de

L-mobile is a provider of mobile and fixed solutions for process optimization in small and mid-sized enterprises. Fields of application include warehouses, logistics, production, service, field sales, and project management. L-mobile's data entry and system solutions perfectly fit into the proALPHA system landscape. The company has four sites and more than 800 customers operating in the manufacturing industry, mechanical and plant engineering, the process industry, electronics, toolbuilding, automotive, and trade.

www.l-mobile.com

Originally founded as a consulting company, LucaNet quickly developed a deep understanding of the existing need for supportive accountancy software solutions. This is how the idea to develop a fully integrated consolidation software was born. LucaNet has its headquarters in Berlin and other sites in West and South Germany. International sites of the company are located in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ukraine, and China.

www.lucanet.com

piaX for proALPHA by mobileBlox GmbH from Leipzig features mobile sales and service solutions. With piaX CRM, your sales employees have access to the latest customer data from proALPHA at any time and can add new information.

The piaX Service module makes order data and serial number information available in Outlook. Moreover, it is possible to report data on orders offline. The piaX DMS add-on module allows documents that are stored in the proALPHA DMS to be opened and edited on mobile devices.

piaX Object Management is a supplement to proALPHA CRM that offers functions to manage (construction) objects, projects, and the parties involved.

piaX synchronizes all data between proALPHA, Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, and mobile devices. The Exchange server allows the existing infrastructure to be used for mobile connections. An extra VPN connection is not required.

www.pia-x.com

The database and programming language are provided by our technology partner Progress. Our customers benefit from convenient customization options because Progress excels in flexibility. Progress' state-of-the art technology allows web services to be called effortlessly and optimizes the use of the enterprise service bus.

www.progress.com

Proheris Daten- und Prozesstechnik GmbH focuses on hosting and running EDP applications. Since 1999, Proheris has become a major application service provider (ASP) and runs proALPHA and EDI from the cloud on a high-performance datacenter in Germany. Proheris offers customized hosting and service packages to new and existing proALPHA customers.

www.proheris.de

proLogistik's core business is the planning and implementation of effective warehouse management. As a system house, the company not only provides the software but also related hardware and services. proLogistik solutions include warehouse management systems for the trade and industrial sector as well as paperless picking solutions, mobile data collection systems, and voice-controlled dialog systems.

www.prologistik.com

Qlik is the company behind QlikView, the leading business discovery platform that offers user-driven business intelligence (BI). QlikView's BI dashboards scan large data volumes for relevant information to support users in making sound decisions.

www.qlik.com

QSC is the expert for industrial quality management with deep process integration in the main ERP system. Its modular CAQ software is perfectly suited for the proALPHA system environment, meets industry requirements and guarantees high performance and great usability. QSC provides its customers around the world with sophisticated multilingual solutions, which reliably assess the quality of products and processes within seconds and offer infinite options for quality and process optimization.

www.qsc-systems.com

Sage is the world's leading provider of technologies used by companies of any size to manage their resources – no matter if they are start-ups, scale-ups or mid-sized enterprises. Through the Sage Business Cloud, companies are provided with everything they need, such as Human Resources and Payroll Accounting. With its HR solutions, Sage offers all industries one system for all core processes in HR; including applicant management, employee development, employee retention, payroll accounting, travel expenses, budgeting and controlling, time management, and digital personnel records.

www.sage.com

The Smart Electronic Factory is an information and demonstration platform for Industry 4.0. It is an evaluation environment that has been implemented in a real electronics factory. Various software and hardware providers as well as universities take an active part in this initiative. Its main objective is to implement Industry 4.0 scenarios in real production environments, with a clear focus on solutions suitable for small and mid-sized enterprises.

www.smart-electronic-factory.de

SmartFactoryKL is a manufacturer-independent demonstration and research platform. In cooperation with partners from the industrial sector, the economy and research, SmartFactory develops innovative factory systems where the vision of Industry 4.0 becomes reality.

www.smartfactory-kl.de

The Software-Cluster is Europe's most powerful network of companies, training centers and research institutions in the field of software development. It is also called the Silicon Valley of Europe and spans the cities of Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, and Walldorf. Six projects have been kicked off to promote not only the cluster itself (management, networking, international presence, training, and application) but also the technological and methodical research and development of software solutions for the digital company.

www.software-cluster.com

SPC solutions s.r.o. is an exclusive proALPHA partner for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its portfolio includes sophisticated services such as requirements analysis, development, implementation, and maintenance.

www.spc.cz

Since 1984, the mid-sized family-run business from Dortmund supports companies in gearing their business models to digitalization and automating their processes. Its portfolio includes digital information and knowledge management, incoming mail and document processing, digital purchase-to-pay management as well as Industry 4.0, Trade 4.0 and Work 4.0 solutions.

A holistic, systemic approach provides the basis for StratOz's customer support and consulting. StratOz has developed a proven three-pillar model to design and implement solutions on an organizational (process consulting and architecture), technical (platform-based solutions and services) and social level (change management).

www.stratoz.de

The German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) is an association of the capital goods industry (mechanical and plant engineering). It represents more than 3100 mostly mid-sized enterprises and is one of the most influential industry associations in Germany.

www.vdma.org

With its warehouse management system "viadat", viastore offers a state-of-the-art solution for managing and controlling connected automatic material flows in production and logistics. It meets all requirements in intralogistics, including those of Industry 4.0. By offering more than 2,500 functionalities in the standard version, the software is perfectly suited for logistics centers with high inventory turnover as well as for conventional, manual and forklift-operated sites. viadat can be effortlessly tailored to suit the needs of individual customers and is easy to learn.

www.viastoresoftware.de

VintaSoft stellt Software-Komponenten für Unternehmenssoftware her. Im Dokumenten-Management-System (DMS) von proALPHA kommen sie zum Einsatz, um Bild-Dateien anzuzeigen und weiterzuverarbeiten. proALPHA Anwender können dadurch pdf-Dokumente direkt ansehen und in Grafiken Kommentare und Stempel anbringen.

www.vintasoft.com

Its employees are highly skilled in distributing and implementing the ERP solution proALPHA. WOLF IT Consulting takes care of analytical and strategic tasks, offers consulting with regard to organization and processes, assists in the implementation of proALPHA, and provides user support.

www.witconsulting.de