develogment leads the way into the digital future

Kempen Kompakt Issue September 2018

The logistics consultancy and software company develogment in Kempen is preparing businesses for the future. Thanks to holistic consultancy and digital solutions, customers can work more effectively, avoid mistakes and identify potential improvements more easily.

develogment supports businesses on their way into the digital age. The managing directors Sven Vogel and Jens Kokon as well as their employees have many years of experience in IT and Logistics. “True to our motto Optimized logistics we provide project support, consultancy and services with focus on logistics, supply chain management and processes. Additionally, we offer our own products for the optimization and automatization of business processes as well as a digital document management system,” Sven Vogel explains.

Customers are logistic specialists for small companies, medium-sized production companies as well as international corporations. They benefit from the expertise of the company in Kempen and from the strategic partnerships with leading technology companies. The three divisions cover the whole spectrum, from consulting via implementation to service products.

In spring 2017, the company was founded in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Niederrhein and has been growing ever since. “When the company was founded over a year ago, our team was made up of 5 people – now the number has increased to 15 and we are continually expanding. We are constantly on the lookout for motivated people with the right qualifications to join our teams in Kempen and Obernburg am Main,” both managing directors say.

Analysis and Consulting –always focusing on the customer benefit

Today, many markets find themselves in a transition and new business models are emerging. At the same time, there are new breakthrough technology and countless trends. Many companies are overwhelmed by these challenges – here, develogment can help: develogment provides orientation and solutions for the digital transformation. As Sven Vogel explains: “We support companies and their employees, point out what needs to be done and help to raise their potential accordingly. Our consultancy is always holistic and pragmatic. Additionally, we use established best practice approaches.” The main goal of the service of Managed Analytics is to filter relevant information from the flood of data. “In doing so, our customers can derive concrete, strategic measures for their companies or direct decisions for their day-to-day business,” Svenja Wefers adds, Head of Managed Analytics at develogment.

crosslinxx – business process automation software

With develogment’s own software crosslinxx, it offers a solution which controls business processes across systems and departments. “It all starts with analyzing the processes,” Jens Kokon explains.

In many companies, business processes have grown gradually. Different departments or business partners work together – often with systems which are not well aligned. This inhibits processes, wastes valuable resources and leaves businesses prone to mistakes. Here, crosslinxx can help.

crosslinxx is a solution which combines existing systems in a meaningful way. It also allows for an easy connection to external partners and suppliers.

With crosslinxx, business processes can be easily modeled. This enables quick success and operational flexibility. A company’s structure becomes more transparent and potential improvements are easier to identify.

Whether complex logistic processes to optimize the entire supply chain or administrative processes, such as paying of invoices, order processing or holiday permits – a lot can be automated. Consequently, crosslinxx can undertake the majority of coordinative and communicative tasks.

Artificial intelligence helps to further automate processes, for instance in the return process: By comparing a photo of the return to sample images, the system can independently recognize whether the return can be stored directly or whether it must be handed over to the quality control or the repair shop.

Many customers are impressed, like Arnd Zappe, managing director of the logistics company ALS RZ based in Duisburg: „crosslinxx helps us to digitalize long existing manual workflows, such as ship handling. Thus, we work more efficiently and mostly paperless. Nothing gets lost anymore. With crosslinxx, communication between all participants has become quicker, more organized and more transparent within a short period of time.“

crossdoxx – digital document management

„Our product crossdoxx manages documents and information in a professional, secure and modern way. crossdoxx is like a digital filing cabinet“, Jens Kokon explains. With crossdoxx, businesses can decide whether they want to share individual documents or sections with external partners or authorities.

Additionally, documents, images, and impressions can be shared with the entire business, teams or with individual employees.

Users can safely access their files from anywhere at any time, on the move or offline. The data is encrypted, transmitted and stored in a certified data center in Germany.

crossdoxx is used intuitively. Automatic full text recognition makes it easy to find documents. Files can also be tagged with their own keywords. Thus, scanned invoices, for example, are automatically sorted into the correct folder using keywords.

With crossdoxx, daily work is made easier and companies can concentrate on their core business.