Your ERP-System for plastic, stamped and formed parts

With our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, you work more effectively as a company. Our integrated ERP solution covers all your processes digitally and transparently throughout. Our IKOffice LivingERP is the "all-rounder" among business solutions, because it can cover all functionalities of your company from CRM to reporting. Our powerful ERP system knows exactly the requirements of the industry and is aware of the complicated interaction between toolmaking or moldmaking and article production. IKOffice LivingERP supports our customers in the production of plastic, stamped and formed parts. With IKOffice MoldManager, IKOffice LivingERP provides a seamless link between article-based and project-based manufacturing and completes the process chain from article idea to series.

ERP systems have the central task of improving the quality of your company's business processes. This saves costs and thus increases competitiveness. On the one hand, this is achieved through digital mapping and the resulting as well as improved control of all processes. From sales to order entry, production and delivery to reporting, we are happy to support you with our solution. On the other hand, existing processes are analyzed during ERP implementation and checked for improvement potential. If all information and functions interact in an integrated way, the lead times of the individual processes are reduced and your organization is simplified.

Integration through own workflow design Intuitive operation, advice and navigation Control and information

Integration through own workflow design

IKOffice LivingERP is completely flexible in adapting to your workflow, supports information sharing, task and deadline monitoring, and assigns activities to the appropriate clerk. In defined steps, you systematically process inquiries in a controlled manner, create quotations, confirm orders, control inventories, manage and evaluate stock, and invoice down payments, partial and total invoices. In doing so, you use modern B2B technologies such as EDI or FeRD..

Intuitive operation, advice and navigation

Event-driven tasks and messages inform you about to-dos and lead the relevant users directly to the places in the system where tasks and decisions are waiting. Design efficient views that map your workflow in a structured and effective way. In addition, the export and import into all common Microsoft Office products facilitates the daily work and the graphical evaluation of valuable company data. A role-based rights system allows your employees precise access to defined data sets.

Control and information

Has the request been processed yet? Is the offer already out? Were we too expensive last time? What is our order backlog? Has the invoice arrived yet? These and many more questions are answered by our IKOffice LivingERP. The integrated document management makes it easy for you to assign all information to all business transactions.

Features

Warehouse

Storage management, stock management, inventory, KANBAN-Management, batch management

Sales

Company master, products, prices and price lists, discount logics, quotations, standard, general, consignment, spare part orders and other order types, project processing

Purchasing process

Enquiry management, ordering and dunning, procurement strategies, processing general agreements, scheduling, VMI

CRM

Contact history, task definition, workflows, CTI, campaign management

Production

Production order management, PDA, schedules and parts lists, production planning and management, visual planning of all resources

BI

Evaluations of all modules and data

Additional features

Workload overview
Simulation
Document management
Generating quotations
Joint calculation
Performance monitoring
Controlling
Early warning systems
Ordering, MRP

Frequently asked questions about LivingERP

Does IKOffice LivingERP run on Linux?

Our server system is delivered as a virtual machine based on a Debian Linux. It can also be installed directly on a (hardware) server, i.e. without a virtualization host. The client is optimized for Windows, but also runs just as performantly natively under Linux, where it uses GTK 3. The layout is a bit different in some masks, but identical in function.

For which companies is IKOffice LivingERP suitable?

IKOffice LivingERP is specifically designed for companies that produce and trade in plastic, stamped, drawn and bent parts. It is suitable for companies with 10 to 500 employees.

How much does IKOffice LivingERP cost?

The price of the LivingERP is composed as follows:

A basic license (one-time at the time of purchase)
Number of user licenses (rule of thumb: 1 per 10 employees or part thereof)
Introduction package (definition of interfaces and processes, rule of thumb: 1 package per 20 employees)
Training package (rule of thumb: 1 per 10 users)
Annual maintenance costs (approx. 7-12 % of the total amount)

Is the software individually configurable?

The software created by IKOffice provides the complete solution for all conceivable business transactions. Nevertheless, the specifics of your company can be realized in individual adaptations. Our software is adapted together with you to the conditions on site, without you losing the connection to the base and thus the ability to update.

Is there a maintenance contract and how much does it cost?

The maintenance or service contract ensures the readiness, up-to-dateness and security of your system and is a mandatory component throughout the use of your software. It includes all updates as well as telephone help and support for your employees. We have created one of the most favorable and at the same time most extensive service contracts in this industry, with a yearly rate of approx. 7-12% of the total amount.

What are the hardware requirements for IKOffice software?

IKOffice recommends the use of a virtual server, as we can provide pre-configured virtual machines for it. Of course, the IKOffice server can also be installed on a physical machine. If this should be the case, this will be coordinated with you individually.

The minimum requirements for the virtual server are as follows:

* Memory: min. 8GB RAM
* Processor: min. 1 CPU core
* Hard disk space: min. 20GB HDD

Recommended requirement:

* RAM: 12-16GB
* Processor: 2-4 CPU cores (from 10 concurrent users rather 4 cores)
* Processor frequency: >= 3Ghz CPU Freq. (IKOffice benefits from single thread performance)
* Hard disk space: >=50GB HDD (more if IKOffice document management is used)

What interfaces are there?

Depending on the type of use, IKOffice can connect via interfaces to surrounding ERP systems such as SAP, Navision, Dynamics, WinCarat, AS400 and many more. We also successfully realize the transfer to financial accounting systems such as DATEV, FibuNet, Simba, etc.. Furthermore, connections exist, for example, to time recording systems such as ZEUS, AIDA, ATOSS or bedatime and control stations such as ProSeS or the ARBURG master computer system (ALS), as well as to various QA systems.

However, the exact method of transferring and accepting data is always an individual definition, which is agreed in preceding workshops. As an example, the integration is shown graphically in our flow chart.

What is the difference between IKOffice MoldManager, LivingERP and LivingMES?

IKOffice MoldManager is aimed at the project-based individual manufacturer, as found in tool, mold, model, fixture, machine and plant construction, and our IKOffice LivingERP is the article-based ERP system for series production. The IKOffice LivingMES supports the digitalization of your workshops.

The systems develop their full strength in the seamless interaction between product idea, toolmaking and series production.

Which license models are available?

The user licenses of the IKOffice software can be purchased as named or concurrent (also floating) licenses. While with Named licenses the users are defined by name, the number of Concurrent licenses only limits the number of any users. For further explanations, please refer to the License Explanations information sheet.

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