The ZEISS Quality Suite is a new one stop platform as part of a bigger picture to make the software ecosystem easier to use and accessible for users coming from different technologies and applications.
Key highlights:
- A single access point for all quality assurance processes
- A package that adds up to more than the sum of its parts, with each component supporting the others
- Access for training and eLearning
- Focus on streamlining for ease of use and flexibility
ZEISS says that “In order to truly be a solution provider, you have to offer much more than just a mix of hardware and software skills, complemented with a modern service proposition. One of the most important secrets of success is the desire to actively analyse customer needs and market challenges and then to get down to solving them.” The new ZEISS Quality Suite is all about filling that need, aiming to provide solutions with great flexibility.
“Nowadays, production processes are highly dynamic which also holds true for the software. If a customer needs a special module for a job or at a location, he has to have the option to flexibly procure or rent a matching software package,” explains Martin Antoni, Head of Strategic Business Development at Metrology Software. Furthermore, there is an emphasis on ease of operation, which ZEISS says is just as important as being flexible. Cloud-based solutions as opposed to complex installation routines and expensive technicians is the way to go.
"Many companies find that a reduced set of features that does not require any training is more attractive than complex system landscapes which require expert knowledge and intensive training,” says Florian Dotschkal, Head of Product Management at Metrology Software. With an increase in automation, streamlined software design and intuitive operation is also increasing in prevalence.
The upcoming ZEISS Quality Suite promises to create an entirely new user experience. “Going forward, metrology will not only be about providing innovative features but also about the user experience that our customers will enjoy with our new range of solutions,” explains Dotschkal.
An important step in interconnectivity as well as ease of use is that in the future, a single point of access will connect all software modules that are important for customers. This access point will also have access for training and eLearning options. “No matter how good the software content is – every feature will be in vain, unless users know how to operate it and feel at ease with it. An intuitive and attractive user experience thus constitutes one of the core elements of the new software suite. The software serves the customer, not the other way around,” says Dotschkal.
ZEISS’ solution architects are gradually merging all of their software products into the Quality Suite to form one package that will incorporate all important solutions for quality assurance processes. Together, the package promises to add up to more than the sum of its parts, with each component supporting the others. “At the end of the day, it is not about finding a software component with specific features but about synergies that generate added business value and sustainable competitiveness for our customers in terms of content,” says Dotschkal.
For more details on exactly what will be included in the ZEISS Quality Suite package, please click here.