{"id":28520,"date":"2020-02-10T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.blue.works\/?p=28520"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:21:44","slug":"ortlinghaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blue.works\/en\/ortlinghaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortlinghaus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Case study<\/h4>\n<h4>Hitting the right price-quality ratio with Ortlinghaus<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ortlinghaus_casestudy.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Customer<\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-justify\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Industry<\/td>\n<td>Mechanical Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Location<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Employees<\/td>\n<td>550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service<\/td>\n<td>Application Lifecycle Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Customer since<\/td>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ortlinghaus.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Today\u2019s developments push towards ever shorter innovation cycles, and make ever greater demands on companies to be flexible to stay competitive. This brings along substantial IT challenges as well, in the case of mechanical parts manufacturer Ortlinghaus the running and maintenance of its SAP resource planning systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>blueworks\u2019 application lifecycle management (ALM) services have proved an effective way to mitigate those challenges via efficient and effective planning, development, and implementation of a company\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cblueworks have been an enormous help in every area of our SAP systems. I\u2019d say they take care of roughly 80 percent of all our SAP-related problems, and they do it quickly and immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>                <cite>Peter Weitgruber<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Supporting Ortlinghaus for several years<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Ortlinghaus is a leading manufacturer of clutches, brakes, and systems for drive solutions working in Germany, Switzerland, and China. Founded in 1898, it is a fourth-generation family-run business employing more than 550 people across its locations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With ever more challenging and specialized manufacturing Ortlinghaus excels at providing a faster and more flexible service than competitors and recently has increased focus on farm machines.<\/p>\n<p>Demand is up, the company is optimistic about the future and planning accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\n<p>Application lifecycle management and basis support<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>blueworks has provided Ortlinghaus with the Solution Manager as a Managed Service (SMaaMS) for several years, keeping the company\u2019s systems landscape up to speed and making sure everything runs smoothly.\u00a0 This way, Ortlinghaus have had their Solution Manager tailor-fitted to their needs and overseen, 24\/7, by a blueworks SAP expert.<\/p>\n<p>While others may opt for on-prem maintenance, Ortlinghaus chose the cloud set-up yet still enjoying the full-spectrum of maintenance giving early warnings and predictive fixes, not to mention peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, this fully-customisable, subscription service has not only meant smoother SAP operations, it has also saved on in-house resources and staff-hours.<\/p>\n<p>All this matters to Peter Weitgruber, in charge of Ortlinghaus\u2019 IT systems, as he points to the importance of quality:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese services are expensive, and it\u2019s difficult to find a reliable consultant,\u201d Weitgruber says. \u201cFor a business as specialized as ours, finding the right solution can take a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This makes cost-effectiveness an issue, not only from the point of view of individual deals, but also the long-term maintenance and availability of support. To an SME like Ortlinghaus, the associated investments can be substantial; another motive for keeping on-premise structures lean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\n<p>Ortlinghaus: A satisfied SMaaMS customer<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>In an industrial environment that tends to change ever more quickly, and where innovation cycles are becoming increasingly shorter, ALM is taking on an ever greater role.<\/p>\n<p>Be it keeping development costs low and timespans short, or making sure processes can run with a minimum of friction, ALM keeps it all running clean. But the associated costs to a business can be substantial, which is why it makes sense to buy these services from an external provider.<\/p>\n<p>For blueworks, this has meant taking care of Ortlinghaus\u2019 system maintenance as well as running the company\u2019s ALM. The fact alone that Ortlinghaus have been able to leave the SAP Solution Manager to blueworks to be run, maintained, and kept up to date has been a \u201chuge relief,\u201d says Weitgruber.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cblueworks have been an enormous help in every area of our SAP systems. I\u2019d say they take care of roughly 80 percent of all our SAP-related problems, and they do it quickly and immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And this has an effect on the company\u2019s daily operations: \u201cIf you\u2019re well taken care of, that\u2019s half the work. You can sit back and be sure that everything is running as it should,\u201d Weitgruber says.<\/p>\n<p>When the price is up, quality needs to be up too<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the cost both of these systems themselves as well as the associated services is substantial. According to Weitgruber, this is where blueworks really stands out.<\/p>\n<p>In the area of enterprise resource planning (ERP), before a step is taken at all the consultants required alone are an investment. As Weitgruber puts it, this is where you hold on to what you know is good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to find the right consultants, and hard to find the right set-up as well,\u201d he says. \u201cThese services are expensive throughout, so having someone reliable really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>blueworks so far has been their best IT provider, and the price-quality ratio impressive, Weitgruber adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTheir quality has been very stable, and I can think only of positive examples concerning their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"name\":\"Ortlinghaus EN\",\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding_bottom\":\"small\",\"padding_top\":\"small\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"margin_bottom\":\"remove\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-1\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Case study\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"margin_bottom\":\"remove\",\"title_element\":\"h4\",\"title_style\":\"h4\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Hitting the right price-quality ratio with Ortlinghaus\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"margin_top\":\"remove\",\"title_element\":\"h4\",\"title_style\":\"h2\"}}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding_bottom\":\"none\",\"padding_top\":\"none\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"1-2,1-2\",\"margin_bottom\":\"small\",\"margin_top\":\"small\",\"row_gap\":\"collapse\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding\":\"small\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"style\":\"tile-muted\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width_medium\":\"1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"panel\",\"props\":{\"class\":\"no-radius\",\"content\":\"\n\n<table class=\\\"uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-justify\\\">\\n\n\n<tbody>\\n\n\n<tr>\\n\n\n<td>Industry<\/td>\n\n\\n\n\n<td>Mechanical Engineering<\/td>\n\n\\n<\/tr>\n\n\\n\n\n<tr>\\n\n\n<td>Location<\/td>\n\n\\n\n\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n\n\\n<\/tr>\n\n\\n\n\n<tr>\\n\n\n<td>Employees<\/td>\n\n\\n\n\n<td>550<\/td>\n\n\\n<\/tr>\n\n\\n\n\n<tr>\\n\n\n<td>Service<\/td>\n\n\\n\n\n<td>Application Lifecycle Management<\/td>\n\n\\n<\/tr>\n\n\\n\n\n<tr>\\n\n\n<td>Customer since<\/td>\n\n\\n\n\n<td>2014<\/td>\n\n\\n<\/tr>\n\n\\n<\/tbody>\n\n\\n<\/table>\n\n\",\"content_column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content_margin\":\"remove\",\"image\":\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ortlinghaus_casestudy.png\",\"image_align\":\"between\",\"image_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image_grid_width\":\"1-3\",\"image_margin\":\"small\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"image_vertical_align\":false,\"image_width\":\"150\",\"link_style\":\"default\",\"link_text\":\"Read more\",\"margin_bottom\":\"remove\",\"margin_top\":\"remove\",\"meta\":\"Customer\",\"meta_align\":\"above-title\",\"meta_element\":\"div\",\"meta_style\":\"text-meta\",\"title\":\"\",\"title_align\":\"top\",\"title_element\":\"h3\",\"title_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"title_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"title_hover_style\":\"reset\",\"title_margin\":\"remove\"}}]},{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"image\":\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ortlinghaus.jpg\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"margin_bottom\":\"default\",\"margin_top\":\"default\"}}]}]},{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Today\u2019s developments push towards ever shorter innovation cycles, and make ever greater demands on companies to be flexible to stay competitive. 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