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This supplier of shop fitters, trade fair construction companies and architects moved from an ERP system designed for crafts businesses to Microsoft Dynamics NAV, because the old IT environment was too static for the manufacturer of custom solutions. In the course of this move, COSMO CONSULT played an important role with its certified solution for operating data acquisition.

The specialist for rapid prototyping manufacturing was facing the challenge that the IT tools that had been developed in-house could no longer keep up with the growth of the company. COSMO CONSULT, a Microsoft partner, was chosen to receive the project contract for the new ERP because both its industry solutions and its approach were convincing.

Various IT systems, interface problems and data redundancy made life difficult for this manufacturer of gambling machines. Today, by working with COSMO CONSULT the company always has an overview of the entire order workflow and has an ERP system that has successfully accompanied its transformation from serial manufacturer to contract manufacturer.

Despite its SME structure, this environmental technology company specializing in emission control and waste water treatment is a global player in its segment. Its international business activities played an important role in the decision to implement Microsoft Dynamics NAV as their ERP system - and choose COSMO CONSULT as a partner.

EDUR-Pumpenfabrik Eduard Redlien GmbH & Co. KG is a specialist for liquid and multi-phase pumps with a worldwide reputation. "With our products, customers do not think about how to integrate pumps into the existing infrastructure. We think about what kind of pump would fit perfectly into that infrastructure," explains Thomas Stegen, Head of IT Management/System Administration at EDUR-Pumpenfabrik.

EFKON AG, which is based in Raaba / Graz, is one of the world's leading companies in the area of electronic toll collection and monitoring. Their portfolio includes, for example, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), electronic toll collection (ETC), toll enforcement systems, and traffic telematic solutions. EFKON has a great deal of know-how concerning all toll technologies and stands for tailor-made turnkey solutions.

High-quality plastic injection-molded parts and "Just in time" delivery - that is the mission of Gerdes Kunststofftechnik. After the introduction of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the company benefits from the fact that it now clearly shows where its value creation takes place. Industry solutions, various add-ons and, last but not least, the consulting services of COSMO CONSULT have made a major contribution to this.

The core competence of the company is the production of castings and rolled plates as well as round bars made of aluminum in extremely distortion-free, dimensionally stable and homogeneous form. Within six months three partnerships with the partner COSMO CONSULT were replaced and several companies were transferred. The first results after a short time: significant capacity increases and higher performance with the same number of employees.

This group of companies is one of the world's leading manufacturers of exhaust and chimney systems. It was faced with a difficult task: to implement an ERP solution that fits both the specific and complex processes of the group itself as well as a subsidiary company. With the help of COSMO CONSULT, the Jeremias-Group accomplished this, and was even able to achieve its target of using the standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV 90 percent of the time.

"Your contract manufacturer for mechanical engineering" is the slogan of this company from Ochsenfurt. That says it all: individual contract production is Kinkele's focus. It therefore very much wanted a new, flexible ERP system and a partner with industry know-how in areas such as manufacturing, project-oriented services and the supply industry.

Kögl GmbH had been using several isolated solutions for central tasks such as invoicing and order management. However, process discontinuities and a lack of networking placed a high administrative burden on the employees. The safety specialist therefore decided to introduce a modern ERP system. Today, the company benefits from seamless business processes, transparent information flow and employees who have more time for their customers.

EBG MedAustron GmbH does research on tumor diseases and treats them with protons and carbon ions. In terms of its software system, the company has been working with the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP system for a long time in a heterogeneous environment. The COSMO CONSULT Group was commissioned with standardizing and modernizing the system landscape. Today, the research center benefits from efficient business processes and a flexible, future-proof IT infrastructure.

The Berlin-based online optician has enjoyed tremendous growth since it was founded as a start-up in the year 2007. For enterprise software, Mister Spex initially, relied on solutions it had developed itself combined with an accounting system. Today, thanks to its cooperation with COSMO CONSULT, highly automated processes support its business operations, so that the industry pioneers are ideally equipped for further growth.

Like many of our customers, QSIL is also a typical representative of the "hidden champions": highly specialized leaders in the global market, here in the area of high-purity quartz glass. The company was having a hard fight with the outgrowths of an obsolete, heterogeneous software landscape. The transition to an integrated IT approach was successfully accomplished by combining Microsoft Dynamics NAV and the COSMO CONSULT industry solutions for process manufacturing.

The digital transformation of business brings major economic challenges for media companies. The radio company REGIOCAST responded to these challenges with mergers and improved data-exchange in financial accounting and the establishment of profit centers. COSMO CONSULT had the crucial role of replacing the old, heterogeneous system with an integrated solution. The result was meaningful information rather than graveyards for data and a significant increase in transparency.

Since 2005, the contractor for individual operating vehicles has been cooperating with COSMO CONSULT. RKB successfully participated in the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for the modernization of the ERP system. The Microsoft program involves partners and users in the design and development of the new software generation. Today, the company is enormously profiting from the upgrade and reengineering project on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016.

Several acquisitions and the associated heterogeneous IT landscape put Germany's leading system provider for healthcare facilities under pressure to act: there was no consolidated data analysis; evaluations were sometimes made with great effort based on Excel spreadsheets. To optimize the company-wide sales management, the firm implemented the business intelligence solution QlikView with the help of the COSMO CONSULT BI GmbH. Within a short time, the BI solution, which was also used on mobile devices in the field, became the central tool for a shared view of the sales figures of the group.

The specialist for thermoplastics, thermosetting plastics and high-performance plastics was already using Navision, today Microsoft Dynamics NAV, in the late 1990s. Using many adaptations and special programming, the company was indeed able to map its processes completely in ERP, but this approach led to a dead end. To be updatable again, the idea was now to move away from having 80 percent self-programming towards having 80 percent standard NAV.

Since its founding in 1975, this Frankish SME has undergone a transformation: away from being a merchant towards being a supplier of complete solutions in the field of adhesive tapes, adhesives, abrasives, polishing materials and industrial safety products. Its new ERP system should reflect this change, but the old one was completely focused on trade.

After twelve years, the Sächsische Sandsteinwerke GmbH have been upgrading their ERP system and are now benefiting from efficient processes, more transparency and flexible software, which can be used to make future requirements easier to implement. A challenge to the implementation was the highly individualized old system. The processes were partly far from the standard, which made the migration more difficult.

For 10 years, VirtaMed AG, which specializes in surgical simulators, worked with a variety of different individual solutions. As a result of the company’s rapid growth, however, administrative expenses rose disproportionately. VirtaMed decided to switch to a lean ERP system that can be extended flexibly with additional functions. Since then, the company has benefited from a transparent flow of information and efficient processes, and it now has a solid foundation for future growth.

In order to be more flexible in the e-commerce business, Wein & Vinos decided to change its company software. With an ERP system geared towards online business, it was possible to optimize central processes.

Zahnradwerk Pritzwalk has a rich history: From being an East German company that survived the wave of privatization under the Treuhandanstalt, the agency established by the GDR government to privatize enterprises, to becoming the largest private gear manufacturer for cylindrical toothing in Europe. The company initially had to struggle with inherited IT burdens.