Abels & Kemmner GmbH, Herzogenrath, and the Canadian software company Open Text have entered into a partnership. It involves Abels & Kemmner setting up an Internet-based platform to support globally distributed product development teams on the basis of Livelink, a knowledge management software. Abels & Kemmner will also distribute Livelink, customize it for specific applications and develop extensions for supply chain management. The pilot customer is the virtual company VIA, which consists of six medium-sized automotive suppliers and VW.
Virtual product development
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kemmner
Prof Dr Kemmner is Co-CEO of the Abels & Kemmner Group and has carried out well over 200 national and international projects in 30 years of consulting work in supply chain management and restructuring and was the only publicly appointed expert for the profitability assessment of industrial companies in Germany for over 10 years. In 2012, he was appointed Honorary Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management by the WHZ. The results of his projects have already received several awards.