Awards
We are proud to have received many awards for our services and products. Below you will find an excerpt of the most important honors and awards we have received so far. Beyond the satisfaction of our customers and employees, these awards are a great praise, recognition and incentive at the same time.
German Innovation Award
Intelligent supply/disposal of workstations "Move by Robots"
We received the German Innovation Award for the 4th time in a row – this time for our patented Move by Robots software solution.
Our IGZ Best Practice choreographs all transports in a warehouse in real time, also in interaction with existing conveyor lines and building technology (high-speed doors, elevators, fire doors, etc.). AMRs from various manufacturers are controlled directly from SAP EWM, eliminating the need for middleware. The unique SAP-based software platform intervenes more deeply than other systems in the control of all resources and each individual vehicle and achieves maximum efficiency thanks to integrated AI.
Further information on the German Innovation Award and Move by Robots can be found here.
Collaborative packing assistance system "HAWK2"
Our collaborative packing assistance system "HAWK2" was also honored with the German Innovation Award. We are proud to have received our third award, following the prizes for LUKE2 and IDA2 in previous years (see below). We were presented with the award at an award ceremony in Berlin in May 2023.
Our winner HAWK2 is a patented, retrofittable packing assistance system that is fully integrated into SAP and can be used to monitor, ideally manage and validate the packing processes of transport and storage units. It works collaboratively with the packer, uses artificial intelligence and is able to save up to 30% of transport/shipping volume.
Further information on the German Innovation Award and HAWK2 can be found here.
Intelligent worker assistance system "IDA2
We are pleased to have been awarded the German Innovation Award in Gold for the 2nd time in a row: the 1st time for the robot-controlled single item picking solution LUKE2 and now for IDA2, the "Intelligent Digital Assistant 2", which as a worker assistance system enables automated control over logistics, production and quality processes. The coveted prize is awarded by the jury of the German Design Council, which promotes the competitiveness of companies.
The digital assistant is a world first for assembly workstations. In developing it, we aimed to make work easier for workers and achieve a zero-error strategy. When the worker starts the assembly process, the camera system integrated in IDA2 continuously guides him in conjunction with SAP ME.
For more information on the German Innovation Award and IDA2, click here.
Robot-controlled picking solution “LUKE2”
We have been awarded the German Innovation Award in Gold: Our robotic solution LUKE2 for single item picking convinced in the competition class ''Excellence in Business to Business'' in the category ''Logistics & Infrastructure''.
LUKE2 is the only mobile picking robot to date that can be used alternately or as an alternative to a worker. In addition, the automation solution is directly integrated into the market-leading SAP EWM/MFS software as a complete solution. The robot has all the technology and sensors on board, is connected with just one cable and is ready for use within a few minutes.
For more information on the German Innovation Award and LUKE2, click here.
SAP Quality Award
Project: S/4HANA EWM implementation at Uhlmann, Laupheim
At the beginning of June 2023, we won the "SAP Quality Award" together with our customer Uhlmann. Uhlmann is the world's leading system provider for the packaging of pharmaceuticals in blisters, bottles and cartons.
The award was presented for the successful S/4HANA EWM implementation at Uhlmann's main site in Laupheim. The jury of the SAP Quality Award was delighted that the project team had succeeded in replacing the "brain" of the warehouse processes - without any temporary reductions in speed or quality.
Further information on the SAP Quality Award can be found here.
Project: SAP EWM/MFS implementation at Gebr. Heinemann, Erlensee
Together with our long-standing customer, Gebr. Heinemann SE & Co. KG, we were awarded the "SAP Quality Award" in gold by SAP for the successful SAP EWM/MFS implementation at the Erlensee site.
This award recognizes successful SAP implementations that excel in project planning at a high level of quality. These projects are evaluated using ten quality principles recommended by SAP. The goal is project results that generate added business value.
Bavaria's Best 50
We are pleased to have been honored three times as a BAYERNS-BEST-50 company. With this award, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs recognizes medium-sized companies for their outstanding economic performance.
The award is presented annually to 50 Bavarian companies whose owners hold executive positions and thus have significant entrepreneurial responsibility. The winners are selected by a renowned and independent auditing firm, which further underlines the importance of this award, for which several hundred companies apply each year.
Bavarian State Medal
IGZ founders Johann Zrenner and Wolfgang Gropengiesser were awarded the State Medal for special services to the Bavarian economy. The Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology honors around 20 entrepreneurial personalities each year for their initiative and exemplary entrepreneurial activities.
Zrenner and Gropengiesser received this highest personal distinction awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs during a ceremonial act of state in Munich. The award is dedicated to all employees of the IGZ Group. Gropengiesser: "We are very pleased that the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs honors our commitment of the past years in this way. After all, it is important to repeatedly highlight the contribution of medium-sized family businesses to employment and prosperity, especially in our region."
"This is not only an honor for us personally, but also in a special way an appreciation of the successful work of all our employees, whose commitment and performance have made our family business a leader in the German-speaking area," adds Zrenner.
