In times of increasing digitalization, it is becoming all the more important to test plant and production concepts virtually during the development process network and to interlink all production processes, machines and data in a practical manner. The perfect interaction of our GANTTPLAN APS system with ERP and MES systems and 3D simulation leads to even greater time and cost savings during operation. We therefore depend on a qualified partner network of successful international companies. These living partnerships help us fulfill our customers’ requests and requirements even better and faster.
Are you looking for an APS system that integrates seamlessly into your IT landscape? Or do you already use our GANTTPLAN APS and need a suitable ERP or MES system? Then take a look at our partner network to see whether a linked system is already available.
In the area of factory simulation, we work with partner companies whose solutions are leaders on the market and for which we offer compatible add-ons.
We are at your disposal by phone or in person at any time to answer your questions about integrating the software or to help you find the right approach to your project.
Why not get in touch with us today?
iTAC Software AG, an independent company of the mechanical and plant engineering group Dürr, provides Internet-enabled information and communication technologies for the manufacturing industry and is one of the leading MES providers in Germany.
iTAC Software AG is a distribution and implementation partner of the APS software GANTTPLAN, especially for the US and Canadian markets.
ISTOS GmbH, a subsidiary of DMG Mori, develops applications for the medium-sized manufacturing industry to establish network-based manufacturing prosesses across all machines along today’s supply and value chains, and to provide data-intensive applications for setting up consistent digital value-adding network of tomorrow.
Karlsruhe-based Asseco Solutions offers the latest ERP technologies for high-end SMBs. Its web-based APplus far exceeds the scope of traditional systems, covering all key steps of modern value-added chains.
The AVENTUM Group is a successful, steadily growing provider of business solutions for SMBs in the production and commercial sectors. These solutions include Sage ERP b7.
COBUS Concept: The IT system company designs and optimizes data-based business procedures, integrating custom hardware and software solutions for the ERP, CRM, finance, HR and controlling sectors, as well as DMS and CAD/CAM automation technology.
Visual Components is a leading developer of software solutions for 3D simulation in factory planning. DUALIS counts as the most experienced sales partner of the 3D simulation platform Visual Components in the DACH (German speaking) region and develops Visual Componants-compatible add-ons.
INCEPTUM offers a broad portfolio of software solutions for manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises and distributes, among others, the ERP solution Business One from SAP.
F.EE is a specialist in industrial automation, a so-called “Hidden Champion”, who supplies customers worldwide - predominantly from the automobile sector - with custom solutions for automation technology.
Michael Gerhardt, former Partner and Pre-Sales Manager at DUALIS, is your contact for consultation and project support regarding production planning and production software.
tisoware has a range of innovative solutions for time & attendance, personnel planning, workflows, project controlling and resource planning, production and machine data recording, fine tuning control panels and manufacturing execution systems (MES) – on premises or in the cloud.
Nationally active TaxMetall ERP software solution provider for operations in manufacturing companies and for contract manufacturers.
The manufacturer of the MES solution PROefficient has been developing solutions for production data acquisition and production visualisation for over 25 years and is thus one of the pioneers of Industry 4.0. In future, BDE Engineering will use the production planning software GANTTPLAN in combination with its own Manufacturing Execution System. In this way, the company rounds off its product portfolio with a modular software for planning and optimising production processes.
PC-Tutor IT-Systemhaus GmbH has been developing tailored IT solutions for SMBs and commercial and industrial businesses since 1991.
SimulateFirst is a team of experienced IT and industrial engineers that have been deploying simulation and optimization methods for over 20 years.
The specialist for ERP/PPS solutions focuses on ERP and production.
Software solutions from SCIIL AG enable you to monitor, control and optimize your production processes, including quality and shop-floor management.
With over 500 members, Silicon Saxony is the largest high-tech network in Saxony, one of the largest ICT clusters in Germany and the largest microelectronics cluster in Europe.
With 3,600 members, the VDMA is the largest network organization and an important voice for the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry in Germany and Europe. The association represents the common economic, technical and scientific interests of this unique and diverse industry.
DUALIS, Bischoff Glastechnik AG and Fraunhofer EAS are developing the optimization and planning platform OptPlanEnergie, which can be used to optimize the production of safety glass. The production process is viewed holistically and optimized with regard to high production output, high product quality and low energy consumption.
Objective of the project
A production and energy schedule is generated from the platform to achieve the optimum. The aim is to reduce energy consumption by approx. 25% (= 2 million kWh/year). The basis is the modeling and simulation of the production process at an adapted abstraction level, including the energy balances.
Implementation
At the highest level, the use of resources is summarized in a process model. Detailed physical/mathematical models for the critical thermodynamic sub-processes of heating and tempering are integrated into this process model. The following stages are planned:
(1) Requirements analysis
(2) Development of the sequence and process simulator
(3) Adaptation of the optimization methods
(4) Modelling and optimization of safety glass production
(5) Implementation of the optimized production and energy schedule
(6) the user interface of the platform.
Project duration: 01.12.2014 to 30.11.2017
OptPlanEnergie is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
In general terms, detailed planning can be described as a multi-criteria optimization task, which involves solving a combinatorial problem with several conflicting objectives while taking many constraints into account. This class of problems has a non-linear complexity, which can lead to very long runtimes, especially for very large problems.
Initial situation
Intuitive and frequently used approaches for solving these problems, which are classified under the generic term MOO, use heuristics to iteratively approach the optimization result, sometimes with massive use of IT. The specialized methods developed over a long period of time combine the generation of valid solutions and the step-by-step improvement of these, but therefore operate within a narrowly limited range of the possible solution space, without information about the entire result potential.
Objective of the project
Therefore, new ways to generalize MOO tasks are sought in order to combine them in an integrating approach with the existing embedded heuristics (nested). Innovative algorithms for model transformations and cluster analysis enable a view of the problem that encompasses the entire solution space (Bird's Eye) and support the specialized existing algorithms in their tasks, improve their results and make them evaluable (Support and Investigation). The approach of the GUIDES project is made up of these aspects.
Implementation and benefits
In this way, a hybrid procedure is created that efficiently analyzes large and inhomogeneous data models in a pre-processing step, i.e. first transforms and structures them using modern Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) methods in order to narrow down those areas of the entire solution space in which the respective global optima are to be assumed. This information is then made available to the specialized detailed planning heuristics via dedicated interfaces, so that the scheduling algorithm is extended by functions for the early detection of suboptimal partial solutions, which prevents stagnation in local optima and makes global optimization potentials assessable. Suitable KDD methods have already been tested in advance to ensure sufficiently low time complexity.
Project duration: 01.09.2015 to 30.11.2017
This measure was co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon state parliament.
In the WK-Potential PLUSS project, a new type of software system for operational production planning is to be developed, which serves both to support decision-making and to automate processing in planning scenarios that are characterized by uncertainty and are therefore subject to constant change.
The development of a component for operational production planning with real-time capable optimization algorithms is carried out in PLUSS.Opt by DUALIS GmbH IT Solution.
In the PLUSS research project, the companies DUALIS IT Solutions GmbH, Dresden Informatik GmbH and apromace data systems GmbH are receiving scientific support from the Dresden Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI).
Project duration: 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2013
Cpro IoT Connect offers software solutions, strategy and SAP consulting and Services with a focus on IoT and digitization.
ViManPro carries out 3D manufacturing simulations with the Visual Components software package in the Benelux and offers over 30 years of experience in manufacturing processes, robotics and automated systems. The aim of the cooperation between ViManPro and DUALIS is to improve the quality of services in the field of factory simulation. The company also offers its customers in the Benelux access to DUALIS add-ons and solutions.
EXARON is a technical simulation company specialising in the visualisation of complex industrial processes and products. On the one hand, we use industrial Extended Reality (XR) technologies, and on the other hand - with Visual Components - a leading simulation software in factory and production planning. By making complexity three-dimensionally visible and thus manageable, we enable our customers to do their work faster, more efficiently and more agilely.
Contec is an international engineering company specialised in improving and automating industrial processes and machines. As a worldwide system integrator, Contec can help you both with the start-up of a new production line and with the improvement of the existing production process. The company offers advice in the area of electricity & instrumentation, automation, MES and industrial IT and and has various solutions for this in its portfolio.
The aim of the project initiated by the Homag Group is to develop AI-controlled analysis and forecasting tools for mechanical and plant engineering while interacting with the MES solution iTAC.MOM.Suite and the APS system GANTTPLAN.
For DUALIS, the research work focuses on how detailed scheduling process can be optimised. One of the main aspects is the forecasting of realistic process times and the consideration of employee qualification and learning curves when prioritising the planning process.
In addition to DUALIS GmbH IT Solution, the project partners are HOMAG AG, iTAC Software AG, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg and Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences.
Project duration: 01.11.2020 to 30.09.2024
The challenges of "batch size 1" in the field of volatile, often insufficiently digitalised value chains in the automotive sector is the trigger point for this project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.
The aim of the project is to analyse interdependencies in historical process data using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and to use them to increase the predictive accuracy of production plans.
The focus is on more realistic forecasting of delivery dates and process durations as well as data-supported planning of new parts.
Project partners: Fraunhofer IIS (Institutsteil Entwicklung Adaptiver Systeme EAS), HTW Dresden, Volkswagen Group, FFZ Feinmechanisches Fertigungszentrum Glashütte GmbH, Galfa GmbH & Co. KG, Herbrig & Co. GmbH - Präzisionsdrehteile, Klaeger Präzision GmbH & Co. KG, Topcon Electronics GmbH & Co.KG, Zecher GmbH und Frauenthal Airtank Elterlein GmbH
Project sponsor: VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH
Project duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
The Center Integrated Business Applications drives the establishment and expansion of networked IT system landscapes in order to increase the added value of manufacturing companies in the long term.
For its members, the centre is a strategic partner for innovation, neutral project support and market positioning on the supplier side and a partner for the implementation and continuous coaching of selection, harmonisation, and implementation projects on the user side.
As an independent partner for business software users as well as for providers and integrators, the centre develops and secures sustainable future added value for all companies involved in the integration process.
Kontron Hungary is one of Hungary’s leading providers and system integrators of industrial digitalization solutions. As a technology catalyst and consultant, Kontron helps their customers in adopting state-of-the-art software technologies in the areas of manufacturing, simulation, and work organisation. The company's solutions are used by thousands of users in industry and education.
ENGEL sets standards in plastics processing - with injection moulding machines, technologies and digital solutions. When it comes to digital products and services, ENGEL is a competent partner in the field of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for injection moulding machines. With GANTTPLAN from DUALIS, the technology specialist is supplementing its digital portfolio with a powerful APS software solution.
Transforming production plants in the automotive sector into state-of-the-art digital factories is the aim of the pioneering "DIAZI" project. Continental leads the consortium of eight renowned partners from industry and research whereas DUALIS is one of them. The results of the project should enable automotive industry players to digitalise manufacturing processes and make them significantly more effective - and thus make a comprehensive contribution to sustainable mobility.
The project "Digitalization of the Industrialization Process in the Automotive and Supplier Industries" (or DIAZI) is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and is scheduled to run for three years. It started in January 2023.
In general, we are researching how digital line planning (design and layout, lean check: analysis and improvement of production processes using various lean management methods) can be supported by simulation and which tools can improve the planning process in addition to the existing options. We are also developing workflows and tools to support virtual commissioning, for example to reduce the effort involved in model generation and standardization.
Project duration: 1.01.2023 to 31.12.2025
De Roeve Industries currently develops comprehensive total packages in the field of industrial process automation. These cover the range from Integrated Production Solutions, Smart Factory solutions and technical support to specific packages such as Yard Management or Advanced Planning and Scheduling systems.
Delfoi is a pioneer company in the worldwide offline programming of robots. Delfoi Robotics' offline programming software (OLP), which DUALIS offers standalone or as an add-on to the Visual Components platform, represents the most advanced offline programming technology available today.
Since 1994, TIG has successfully developed and marketed Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for production optimization, production control and quality assurance.
Would you like to pair GANTTPLAN with your solutions or integrate it into your existing solution? You would like to cooperate with us in the field of factory simulation? Then get in touch with us now. We will gladly explain the options to you in detail.
