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Stiebel Eltron is consistently driving forward the digitalization of its business processes.

By successively introducing the standard software SAP MES as the core of production control, the company is increasing transparency across the entire production process and achieving end-to-end traceability of its products.

Together with intelligent material supply by means of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and robotics integration, the concept of a smart factory is already a reality at Stiebel Eltron.

Since 1924, Stiebel Eltron has combined a pioneering spirit with visionary ideas and is now one of the world's market and technology leaders in the fields of building services and "green" technologies.

With its water heaters, heat pumps, ventilation systems and space heaters, the market leader aims to make a significant contribution to the spread of highly efficient, electricity-based home technologies.

This maxim is currently followed…

First Hannover Messe, then LogiMAT - this April one leading trade fair followed the next! Our IGZ team was still in action at the Hannover Messe the previous week, until it left for Stuttgart directly afterwards - with the goal of LogiMAT 2023!

The international trade fair for intralogistics solutions and process management took place from April 25 to 27, 2023.

Here we again had the opportunity to talk to visitors about how they take their logistics processes in production & distribution to the next level.

Those who wandered through the exhibition halls did not see double: Because we were at LogiMAT with two booths this year as well: At the booth in hall 1 we were represented with our services as SAP EWM general contractor. And in Hall 8 we were represented vis-à-vis SAP as an SAP partner and holistic contact for Logistics 4.0, based on a complete Digital Supply Chain. An absolute highlight was the newly conceived and designed…

From April 17 to 21, 2023, IGZ was represented for the 9th time as an exhibitor at the world's leading trade fair for industry.

More than 4,000 exhibitors presented their solutions for a digital, connected and sustainable industry and met 130,000 visitors from all over the world in Hannover.

The main theme was "Industrial Transformation" with a focus on digitalization and sustainability.

The world's most important industrial trade fair is thus providing clear impetus for more climate protection in business and industry, and is highlighting the contribution that digitization, automation and renewable energies can make in combination.

At the heart of the digitalization of production processes are Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

IGZ showed its broad spectrum in the area of SAP DIGITAL MANUFACTURING for discrete manufacturing and the process industry.

Increasing process requirements have prompted ENGEL AUSTRIA to subject the logistics center in Schwertberg to a comprehensive retrofit of all plant areas as well as the logistics IT after a useful life of around 20 years.

The complex package of measures was implemented in several construction stages during ongoing operations in order to ensure uninterrupted delivery capability despite the extensive interventions.

The partner decision was made in favor of IGZ as SAP EWM general contractor. In addition to all modernization measures of the plant technology, IGZ also implemented the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM/MFS) as new warehouse management software with direct connection to the control technology.

The result is a now consistently optimized production supply system with performance reserves that can be flexibly adapted to new requirements. For ENGEL AUSTRIA, a massive gain in terms of performance, availability and…

We are pleased to have been awarded for our solution "Extended SAP Express-Ship-Interface®": The shipping tool can basically be connected to a wide variety of transport service providers and has now been certified as a "Silver Partner" by DPD.

The transport service provider DPD Germany offers a connection to external IT solutions and a certification of the integrated services. We have now gone through this process for the first time and have been awarded the "Silver Partner" certification level!

Within the framework of the certification that has now taken place, it was checked whether Extended SAP Express-Ship-Interface® implements, among other things, all the specifications for shipping processing and whether the interfaces are compatible.

We welcomed the Tirschenreuth School-Business Network to our company headquarters in Falkenberg. Around 35 representatives from schools and 27 from the business world took part. IGZ opened its doors for a company tour, a professional exchange between the school and business representatives and gave personal insights into training. For us, it was the biggest event to date as part of the network.

Supply chains disrupted by negative events have been plentiful in recent years. They showed their vulnerability and the dependencies that exist. Insourcing, stockpiling and the recovery of process sovereignty as far as possible, to name just a few examples, have moved into the corporate focus. Automation and digitization play a decisive role in this context.

LogiMAT takes up these topics with the motto "Connecting Smart Networks" and IGZ shows in Stuttgart in Hall 1 as SAP EWM general contractor and in Hall 8 as SAP EWM project house those smart intralogistics and SAP solutions that are needed to prepare for the future now.

The Upper Austrian Aspöck Group is turning a proverbial "big wheel". Due to the very good sales forecasts, it will logistically realign itself for its automotive customers in less than two years.

To this end, the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for lighting systems of towed vehicles will transform the Peuerbach production site into a "manufactory" for sophisticated lighting systems within this short period of time - and increasingly manufacture standard products at its other three production sites.

Aspöck is implementing this strategic project together with IGZ as SAP EWM general contractor.

Aspöck's range of products and services includes LED lighting, cable and connector systems that are prefabricated for the automotive industry. "We are rethinking Aspöck a bit. To this end, we are aligning our products and services even more consistently with the rapidly changing needs of our customers and their high, qualitative…

As part of a digitization initiative in production, the food manufacturer Hilcona has introduced a future-proof Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Various isolated applications were replaced and the system landscape was standardized. Thanks to know-how transfer by the participating SAP project house IGZ, the system can now be rolled out and adapted almost independently.

With the introduction of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Hilcona AG, as a food manufacturer in the fresh convenience sector, has created a new standard for all manufacturing processes and locations throughout the company. Without the use of any paper, continuous digitization has since enabled seamless monitoring as well as online traceability and documentation of the product origins of all production processes in real time.

IGZ is included in the ranking of the "Top System Integrators" of the magazine "Materialfluss" for the first time and makes it to rank 25 right away. The ranking includes the system integrators with the highest turnover and also intralogistics companies that are represented on the market as system integrators.

The ranking of the magazine "Materialfluss", the professional medium of intralogistics, was surveyed for the 4th time and lists the system integrators with the highest turnover. This time, 40 companies were asked to submit their sales, EBIT and employee figures.

Companies active on the European market were requested. It should be noted that the top-ranked suppliers all manufacture their own mechanics. This means that as a "classic" system integrator with our focus on SAP EWM and without our own mechanics production, we virtually occupy pole position in this ranking.