More than code: Measuring sales and customer contact in training

Programming is only half the battle A persistent misconception about IT professions: Anyone who becomes an IT specialist types code all day long. Headphones on, world off, line by line. The reality? Programming accounts for perhaps half of the work – often less. The rest is communication, coordination, listening. Understanding what the customer really needs. […]

From IoT to Business Central, you will learn these technologies at erminas

Why we don’t have standard projects When someone asks what we actually do at erminas, the answer is rarely short. One week it’s machine data from a production hall, the next it’s business processes in an ERP system, and in between there’s a research project with a university. Some IT companies have a clear focus: […]

How a piece of factory floor ends up on our exhibition stand

Erminator Free Fall Tower with red warning light on the aluminum frame in front of the trade fair stand of the State of Lower Saxony.

Industrial processes and software solutions usually remain invisible in everyday life – hidden in control cabinets, production lines or the cloud. At trade fairs, we bring this technology to the surface: our freefall tower exhibit transfers industrial processes into a compact, vivid format and shows how hardware, control and software work together in real time. […]

Efficiency in production: How Business Central and erPub make manufacturing data usable

Colleagues in the office in front of a computer

Everyday production in transition Machines that stop unexpectedly, scrap rates that are recognized too late or material consumption that is only correctly recorded days later – these problems are part of everyday life in many manufacturing companies. The cause is often outdated processes: Machine data is recorded manually, passed on via Excel lists and evaluated […]

From warehouse to ERP: real-time stocks in retail with Business Central and erPub

Smartphone, Laptop and Tablet Mockup

Trade between supply and demand All it takes is one incorrect stock entry and items are displayed as “available” in the store, even though the shelf is empty. Out of stock means angry customers and lost sales. In many retail companies, these problems arise because stocks are still maintained manually or inventories are rarely carried […]

Innovation through mass availability – Interview with Hilmar Bunjes on SPS 2023

The SPS (smart production solutions) 2023 is one of the leading trade fairs for smart and digital automation. In previous years, the focus was on groundbreaking innovations, but this year a different trend emerged: the focus on spreading proven technologies to the masses. This year, erminas CEO Hilmar Bunjes attended the fair. We spoke to […]