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as a service with minimal requirements regarding the client‘s infrastructure,” he added. “To address the needs of KOMPAN Czech Republic s.r.o., we ultimately found a medium-sized solution to be the best choice, offering the necessary range of functions and more than sufficient performance for a large distribution node at an attractive price,” Viktor Petráš, Director of Sales and Marke ting at EDITEL, explained. Currently, the partners exchange about 10,000 messages per month, but the proposed solution can be easily scaled and expanded to include other business documents such as despatch advices or invoices. “Next time you walk by a children‘s playground, remember that it could have been made a reality with the help of an EDI solution from EDITEL,” says business consultant Jan Kouba.
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Kompan Kompan is a world leader in the production of outdoor playgrounds and outdoor fitness equipment. The name “Kompan” is Danish and means companion or lifelong friend (similar to Kumpán in Czech). Playgrounds are closely linked to every child‘s development. The KOMPAN Fitness Institu te works with universities to develop products that have a positive impact on physical health. At the public level, a healthier community makes more economic and environmental sense. Kompan‘s family business and partnerships with top executives enable the company to make the best long-term decisions for visitors, clients, partners, and employees, and most importantly, to look out for and promote the welfare of children.
DIGITALIZATION NEEDS CLEAN SOLUTIONS EDITEL has been supporting ISS Austria as an EDI partner in the digitalization of processes for around eight years. This includes, among others, the successful implementation of an electronic invoicing process and, just recently, the im plementation of a supplier portal for handling ISS Austria‘s “taste‘njoy” employee catering business as an addition to the integrated EDI solution. In the interview below, Erich Steinreiber, CEO of ISS Austria, and Harald Denk, Head of Country IT at ISS Austria, talk about the importance of corpo rate digitalization and about working with EDITEL.
want to become more digital, but with a focus on the interplay between people and technology. Where do you see opportunities for taking further steps towards digitalization in your industry?
Erich Steinreiber, CEO ISS Austria
Digitalization opens up many new options for us, which ulti mately creates opportunities for growth. We need to find out where it really makes sense for us to pair the work done by people with digital technologies.
How relevant is digitalization at ISS?
What do you see as the biggest challenge here?
Steinreiber: The global ISS world aspires to become the market leader in digitalization in facility management, which is also the focus of our group strategy. We have a clear commitment to make investments this area. Our goal is to set specific trends while better serving our global customer base. In Austria, too, we
The biggest challenge here is certainly motivating employees: we need to ask ourselves how we can improve people‘s skills so that they are not afraid to rely on new technologies or use them to communicate. This is something we need to take one step at a time. All it takes is human will because the possibi lities are already there.