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When Ontimize is used for a new project, the Ontimize team often looks for opportunities together with the customer where a new technique or even technology can be introduced which may give that extra piece of added value. When particular ideas show themselves also to have generic applicability, then they are incorporated into the Ontimize product itself, and made available to all customers. In this way Ontimize components such as Document Management, GIS, Workflow etc. were developed, originally as a value add for a particular customers project, and later brought into Ontimize as generic components. This has meant that the Ontimize team has been required to build up high levels of in-house expertise for a number of vertical and horizontal market segments, based on the type of technology required to be implemented.
The Ontimize team has such expertise in:
• Information and communications(s) technology sector
• Public administration
• Telecommunications
• Consulting
• Aquaculture, Fish Farming and other Marine Production
• Construction
• Utilities - Electrical Power Generation and Distribution
• Textiles - Product Manufacturing
• Wine production
• Transport - Logistics and distribution
• Shipbuilding
• Transport – Rail Networks
• Film & Audiovisual Production
• Automotive
• Foodstuff
• Sales, Marketing and Communication
• Leisure and Recreation
• Timber, from sawmill to furniture manufacture
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION(S) TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
The Ontimize software engineering team was originally formed from a University ITC Research & Development Group. It is therefore not surprising that as well as continuing with Ontimize R&D, Imatia is still called upon to perform other ITC R & D work for its customers, with its technical support specialists, developers, technical and functional analysts, system administrators, directors, and project managers all experienced in the more specialized disciplines required for such activities. Currently effort is focused on object-oriented software development for J2EE infrastructures.
Several companies now rely entirely on Ontimize for developing their in-house projects as well as software products. Ontimize is also used as a technological platform by several integrators and software vendors for developing their own innovative software solutions, reducing both the time to market and the financial investment in comparison to their previous approaches, while increasing quality and client satisfaction.
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Below are some examples of where breakthrough thinking, innovative solutions and solid results were achieved for some very much admired companies and organizations:
• ABN Engineering
• AFI
• Bit Oceans
• CeeqIT
• Courage
• Grupo FEMXA
• Incodat Estudios
• Open Soft
• Serinfer
• Tecnocom
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Ontimize has been explicitly used for developing a number of projects within the public administration sector. In line with R&D policy, based on these experiences, an Ontimize developed generic e-Government horizontal solution called Cividas has been released and already has met with considerable success in a very short time. The Ontimize team, now armed with the skills it needed to acquire during this development period, can offer advice and expertise based on solid experience for public administration employees on for example how to prepare and organize information using the latest technologies, or how to use the various new software tools available to provide citizens the online and automatic services now being demanded.
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Ontimize solutions for Public Administration already caters for a broad range of clients, small and large, including:
• Concello de Vigo
• Deputación de Pontevedra
• Dirección General de Transportes – Ministerio de Fomento - FNMT
• FNMT-RCM
• Mancomunidad del Área Intermunicipal de Vigo
• Vigo local goverment
• Ourense
• Ferrol
• Redondela
• Marin
• Sanxenxo
• Mos
• Baiona
• A Guarda
• etc
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Ontimize team has already executed many projects involving both infrastructure design and networking implementations in LAN/WAN, VOIP, Data IP and Wi-Fi, for Business to Business as well as Carrier to Carrier solutions. These projects have also included customized security modules including intrusion, firewalls, authentication (PKI), etc. and have ranged from technical engineering support systems to middle management decision support systems.
Ontimize is currently used by one of the most advanced fiber optics based ISP`s as an internal agile development environment for implementing and maintaining the in-house management system for its fiber network, resources and offered services.
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Some of the internationally known organizations that also use Ontimize to help with their telecommunications business solutions are:
• Applus
• Bastet Ingeniería
• R Cable y Telecomunicaciones
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CONSULTING
The Ontimize team can also help Consultancies improve their organizations core competencies, including marketing and sales as well as customer care strategies based around their Ontimize implementations, whether horizontal, vertical or custom.
The Ontimize team helps them to introduce the latest technologies to their customers with much more confidence, speeding up innovative project development without sacrificing the highest quality standards they are required to offer.
AQUACULTURE, FISH FARMING AND OTHER MARINE PRODUCTION
For a number of years Ontimize has been successfully used to develop and maintain software projects for the management of fully equipped fish laboratories, large fish farms, larval rearing tanks, freshwater and seawater storage silos, recirculation units, seawater filtration and treatment complexes, and so on.
Ontimize solutions currently control and monitor some of the largest and most advanced fish farms worldwide.
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Customers using Ontimize Aquaculture services include:
• Acuinova
• Insuiña
• Pescanova
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CONSTRUCTION
Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a complex set of activities many of which involve the multi-tasking of resource and time planning. Ontimize applications have been successfully implemented for managing various aspects of this process including resource and time planning, and a number of new modules were built and incorporated into the full Ontimize environment for this purpose. Currently a specialized ERP application suite is being developed for Construction.
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A selection of the growing list of construction customers is shown below:
• ABN Pipe Systems
• Cortizo Systems
• GOC
• Tesagua 2001
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UTILITIES - ELECTRICITY SECTOR AND POWER INDUSTRY
Ranging from the development of AI based software modules for the optimal placement of generating units in windfarms, to the graphical representation of power lines on a field engineers tablet PC, the Ontimize team have been extremely busy on the software side of the “electrical power” sector. In fact, the Ontimize developed integrated system for inspection and maintenance of supply networks ultimately led to a new generic module for GIS being incorporated into the Ontimize product set and available to all customers.
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The main Electrical companies working with Ontimize are:
• Acciona
• OCV
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TEXTILE - PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
Ontimize has been used to assist enterprises in developing clear business and product strategies that will leverage existing capabilities to provide sustainable competitive advantage in the textile sector as well as in the manufacturing and fashion industries.
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A selection of client names in the textile product manufacturing sector includes:
• Blanco (Diagomoda S.L.)
• Naffta
• OkyCoky
• Vicaro Confección
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WINE PRODUCTION
With offices close to some the famous grape producing areas of Spain and Northern Portugal it should not come as a surprise that the Ontimize team have been involved in building software for companies specializing in the production of wine.
Combining local traditional knowledge in wine production with modern strategy development, technology resource alignment and performance management, Ontimize has been used to modernize and maximize value add for several wine vendors and providers.
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Clients that have recently benefited from our advice around software-based wine sector services include:
• Adegas Valmiñor
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TRANSPORT - LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
With the rapid development of the Global Economy in the 21st century, the Logistics and Distribution sector is one which has probably been most affected by changes related to the new technologies rapidly being introduced. Logistics and distribution is focused on getting the right product to the right place at the right time. The Ontimize team has been involved in building innovative and comprehensive software control systems for production, distribution and logistics including the modern workflow applications necessary to optimize performance for this industry.
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Ontimize is proud to number amongst its clients some of the worlds finest companies in the sector, including:
• Alvarado Frío Distribucción
• Sucopy, S.L.
• Transfrío
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SHIPBUILDING
Originally based in Vigo, Spains largest fishing port (where today the heavy industry required for new shipbuilding and ship maintenance and repair continues), the Ontimize team has built up considerable expertise in the naval sector with regard to managing the document life cycle centred around ship design and construction. Their software for automating blueprint access and maintenance dramatically reduces the time to build or maintain vessels whilst concurrently increasing the quality of the project compared to the older traditional methods.
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A typical client Ontimize have assisted in this sector is:
• Astillero Barreras
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TRANSPORT - RAIL NETWORKS
The Ontimize team has built up a reputation for the provision of specialist software for the rail transport sector. Ontimize itself is now ranked as a top tier environment for developing management software for this sector. Ontimize experience and expertise in the rail sector covers both network infrastructure and rolling stock, usually represented by different companies in most national networks.
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Some of the international Ontimize clients in this sector include:
• ADIF
• Nertus
• Network Rail
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FILM & AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION
Ontimize have developed several modern projects (including 3D software) providing clear added-value to European production companies in the audiovisual sector.
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Ontimize gives external and independent support to such companies as:
• Continental Producciones
• Ficcion Producciones
• Kairos
• Vía Láctea Comunicación
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AUTOMOTIVE
The automotive industry is currently experiencing radical change. Only those companies which can provide clear differentiation in product and perhaps even more importantly in local service will survive. Some automotive companies have met this new challenge by taking the opportunity to use Ontimize developed software to obtain rapid and effective modern improvements in both production and service.
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Some of the Ontimize solutions in the automotive sector is:
• Information System to automate and manage process to import data.
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FOODSTUFF
With the demise of the local small shop and the rise of super and hypermarket chains, the traditional algorithms of production and distribution have completely changed. Optimized production and distribution is now the key to success in the foodstuff manufacturing sector. To retain supplier identity whilst providing the kind of services demanded by the large chains requires modern but highly customizable software without the “lock in” generally associated with such proprietary solutions. Ontimize Open Source has provided the answer.
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Some of the companies using Ontimize technology in the foodstuffs sector include:
• Ipasa
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SALES, MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is now the umbrella term used for the software managing sales, marketing and communications to a companies customers and potential customers. With the Internet this now includes the companys web identity, site appearance, site content, user interaction modules including online catalogs, payment gateways, back office integration software etc. Ontimize has already been used to create a number of such modern CRM solutions, customized to the companys particular requirements.
LEISURE AND RECREATION
Ontimize has developed a sophisticated management and administration software solution in the leisure sector for Casinos and Gaming organisations. This also may be customized for a particular customers unique requirements.
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Numerous corporations and organizations have seen the advantages that working with Ontimize can bring. For example:
• Comar
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TIMBER, FROM SAWMILL TO FURNITURE MANUFACTURE
With Ontimize a modern ERP has been developed for the timber and furniture manufacturing sector. It enables customers to trace assets through their supply chain, and provides traceability and verification of the parameters required for this process. Furniture production is also monitored using the Ontimize ERP software application including software which runs on mobiles and PDAs, which allows its users to manage their stores in a very easy, modern and comfortable manner.
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