In 2018, the "Factory Software of the Year" award was presented for the first time by the Industry 4.0 Application Center at the Chair of Business Informatics, Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam. The public presentations before a renowned jury of consultants, scientists and industry representatives took place during the "Factory Software Congress 2018", which the Industry 4.0 Application Center organised in cooperation with the Berlin-based GITO Verlag on 15 and 16 February at the Frankfurt Sheraton Airport Hotel.
The following providers were honoured as Factory Software of the Year in their respective categories:
ZF Friedrichshafen in the Processes category
Jungheinrich in the Logistics category
CSB-System AG in the Complete System category
CONTACT Software GmbH in the IoT category
software4production GmbH in the Industry 4.0 category
The proud award winners are delighted with the recognition of their work. At software4production GmbH, Benjamin Loffler (left) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Berlak (centre) are particularly proud of this award, shown next to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau from the Chair of Business Informatics, Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam. An incentive to continue developing innovative factory software!
The jury assessed the following aspects:
1. Concrete customer benefit
2. Platform suitability
3. Interoperability / standards
4. Brownfield approach
5. Customer communication
6. Research and development
Afterwards, intensive questions from the jury had to be answered. Mr Loffler and Prof. Berlak once again demonstrated full commitment.