An increase in efficiency saves time and costs, the elimination of errors leads to higher customer satisfaction, resources can be conserved, and the better working conditions also increase employee satisfaction. Last but not least, continuous improvement is necessary to adapt to changing situations in the market. 

Of course, however, there are various challenges that can arise during process optimization.  
Whenever we implement ZUGSEIL.BEST together with companies, it is mainly the following issues that we encounter again and again: 

## Complexity:
Many processes are complex and involve multiple steps, dependencies, and people or departments involved. Understanding and analyzing this complexity requires time and resources. 
 
ZUGSEIL.BEST not only makes these steps transparent and efficient, in our experience the introduction of new software is also a good time to question old work structures: not to throw everything overboard, but to carefully check where there is still potential to be leveraged. After all, an ERP is not an end in itself, but a tool. 
 
 
## Lack or quality of data:
There is often a lack of appropriate data to analyze the current process and identify opportunities for improvement. Even if data is available, it may be incomplete or of poor quality, which can lead to unreliable analysis results. 
 
ZUGSEIL.BEST creates transparency in all work steps and enables the mapping of all relevant data in real time.
- When are the **survey dates**?  
- What are the **stocks** of the items in which warehouse?  
- How many **washing cycles** has which garment already undergone?  
- Are the medications still **keepable**?  
- Does the equipment still provide sufficient **protection**? 
- Which employee has already exhausted his **cost limit** for reorders? 
 
The questions surrounding complex processes are many and varied: In ZUGSEIL.BEST, they can be called up quickly and easily. 
 
 
## Resistance to change:
People are often naturally opposed to change and may show resistance to new processes or working methods. This can make it difficult to implement optimizations, as persuasion and training may be required to increase acceptance. 
In particular, the introduction of new software is a challenge, especially since it has to take place within daily workflows. ZUGSEIL.BEST is very simple and clearly structured and so intuitive to use that extensive training is not required. Our support is just as supportive as our constantly growing online resources. 
 
 
## Interdisciplinary collaboration:
Process optimization often requires collaboration between different departments or teams. Coordination and communication between these groups can be challenging, especially when there are different interests, priorities or ways of working. 
 
Here, too, ZUGSEIL.BEST's clear, concise structure enables a completely new way of communicating across the barriers of individual departments. All the individual steps of the various processes are always thought of together, so that a uniform process is guaranteed. 
 
 
## Technological barriers:
Some processes may be hindered by outdated or inefficient technologies. Implementing new technologies or systems may require significant investment and can present technical challenges such as integration, training, and data migration. 
A careful selection of the software is essential here. Feel free to contact us and discuss your specific requirements so that ZUGSEIL.BEST can support your company in the best possible way. 
 
 
 
Process optimization requires a systematic approach, expertise, commitment from those involved and a clear strategy in order to carry out effective process optimization. 
Your requirements and our expertise in process optimization issues will take your company to the next level. 

The benefits of process optimization? 
Time and cost savings, increased customer satisfaction and improved working conditions. ZUGSEIL.BEST is your solution to challenges such as complexity, lack of data, resistance to change, interdisciplinary collaboration and technological barriers . The software aims to make processes more efficient through real-time data and clear communication between departments.

Process optimization as a clear competitive advantage

In 2011, Apple celebrated the triumph of data that is freely available regardless of the end device with the iCloud, but even if it took a while - the idea is much, much older. 
As early as the 1950s, Dr. Herbert R.J. Grosch at IBM outlined the combination of speed and cost, and of data and tasks from a few large computing units to many small ones; the cloud was born. 

Today, the top five cloud providers (in reverse order) are Huawei, Alibaba, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services.  In the present, the cloud landscape - greatly simplified - is as follows: 
Either a privately hosted cloud is used, a public one or a mixed form (multi-cloud, i.e. the use of several clouds has been observed as a trend for several years). 
Private clouds offer greater security, but since the infrastructure and maintenance are all up to the developer, they are generally complex to use and manage and in some cases require not inconsiderable financial resources as well as a great deal of know-how and time spent on maintenance. 

The opposite is true for public clouds: they are easy to use and require less knowledge & money: only ... if you give your data to the cloud, you give it out of your hands.  

**"There is no cloud - It's just someone else's computer. "** 

The idea is also anything but new, but few people draw consequences from it. Security expert Graham Cluley had an interesting suggestion: use "someone else's computers" as a term every time instead of "cloud." 

Does company data, such as employee data, contacts built and grown over years, financial information, and last but not least, company knowledge and development, belong on someone else's computers? But what is the alternative? Is there a software where I have sovereignty over my data and do not have to entrust it to American or Chinese providers? Where the communication works according to the minimal data principle and is peer-to-peer? 

**A software where no-man-in-the-middle applies and I still benefit from all the advantages of the public cloud: 
user-friendly interface, low costs, low know-how and exactly the functionality I need?**

Enter "ZUGSEIL" in the search engine of your choice.

Cloud rethought: Your data is yours!

Words form thoughts and the more precisely we express ourselves, the more structured we can think. 
Let's talk about cloud computing and data security.

There is no Cloud - Where is my data?

ZUGSEIL.BEST ensures compliance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Swiss Data Protection Act (nDSG). 
We always act according to the **minimal data principle** and use **state-of-the-art encryption techniques** at all levels of the software architecture.

Our servers are located exclusively in **certified data centers in Switzerland and Germany**. 
You are also welcome to host your data yourself in your own company. 
Our direct data exchange (peer-to-peer) and innovative **decentralized platform structure** do not require any intermediary services and thus prevent data access by third parties.

Meaningful digitization for the benefit of the company is no longer conceivable today without consistent data protection and data security. 
Our platform offers more than just process optimization and potential savings: it ensures the best possible confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data at all times.

ZUGSEIL.BEST defines the standards for this.

As an IT company, we are aware of how important it is to consistently protect both our employees and our data. With the goal of setting new standards in data security, we have developed ZUGSEIL.BEST - a solution that needs no compromises.

Data protection and data security

Data protection and data security need a reliable IT solution.

## How can ZUGSEIL.BEST support my company in managing equipment, clothing and uniforms?

ZUGSEIL.BEST offers a comprehensive solution for managing equipment, clothing and uniforms of employees and staff. It allows you to efficiently organize and optimize the entire ordering and management process. Employees can order their clothing or equipment independently. It is also possible to manage office supplies, cell phones (with contracts), tools, medical equipment (including tracking of expiry dates) and much more. 

## What specific features does ZUGSEIL.BEST offer to streamline the ordering and management process for employees and staff?

The ZUSEIL.BEST offers a variety of features to facilitate the ordering process, including automatic inventory tracking, low stock notifications, size and style management, approval workflows, and much more. This makes procuring and managing equipment and uniforms easier and more efficient for your employees. Customization and personalization can be mapped: From appointment management for fitting to precise stock control and, of course, returns management. 
Each employee can order his or her requirements independently, whereby specifications for cost frames (also with a point system) and the restriction to certain products can be realized. The special feature of ZUGSEIL.BEST is that various suppliers actively maintain their data and make it available to you, so that you are always up to date: All in a clear & intuitive interface. 

## What advantages does ZUGSEIL.BEST ERP offer compared to other similar software solutions on the market for the management of equipment and uniforms?

Compared to other software solutions on the market, ZUGSEIL.BEST offers an innovative solution specifically designed for the management of equipment, clothing and uniforms & equipment. Our standard solution is user-friendly, offers a wide range of features and integrations, and allows you to efficiently manage your employee equipment. We exclusively use peer-to-peer data exchange and modern data technology and are of course DSGVO and nDSG compliant. Our ZUGSEIL.BEST helps you to reduce costs, save time and optimize the process of procurement and management in a simple way.

## How flexible and scalable is ZUGSEIL.BEST to meet our changing needs and growth?
ZUGSEIL.BEST is extremely flexible and scalable. For smaller operations with up to 20 employees, the software is free of charge, and there are no upper limits. It can adapt to the changing needs and growth of your business. You can easily expand the software and add new features as your business grows. 

## Can ZUGSEIL.BEST be integrated with our existing systems and software solutions?
The ZUGSEIL.BEST integrates seamlessly with your existing ERP systems or special software solution. It offers standard interfaces to ensure a smooth data flow and effective communication between the different systems. With your suppliers in the network, complex interface projects are no longer necessary: ZUGSEIL.BEST takes a different approach here with its innovative data architecture. .
How flexible and scalable is ZUGSEIL.BEST to meet our changing requirements and growth?
ZUGSEIL.BEST is extremely flexible and scalable. For smaller businesses with up to 20 employees, the software is free of charge, and there are no upper limits. It can adapt to the changing requirements and growth of your company. You can easily expand the software and add new features as your business grows.

ZUGSEIL.BEST is an ERP that does many things differently.
In an interview with Marcel Dykiert, Stefan Seiler, founder and CEO of Zugseil, explains what the unique selling points of ZUGSEIL.BEST are.

5 Questions for ZUGSEIL - An interview with Stefan Seiler, founder

5 Questions for ZUGSEIL: An interview with Stefan Seiler, founder

## We can define the term "equipment" broadly thanks to our more than 20 years of experience:

Because whether it's individual (and individualized or personalized) garments, uniforms, safety supplies and protective equipment, office supplies, cell phones and cell phone contracts, tools, complex medical equipment, vehicles and other C-items, ZUGSEIL.BEST reliably optimizes the entire management of your company's consumables.

We offer advantages to companies of all sizes (see also [SME or corporation? ZUGSEIL.BEST fits all](link)). In particular, small and medium-sized companies with as yet little digitization experience, but growing needs with manageable financial resources, benefit in the best possible way from our total package.

With an intuitive user interface, you manage the set of rules that ensure all employees can manage the optimal equipment themselves via a personal dashboard. Orders, changes and the current status can be accessed independent of time and location and managed within the specified budgets. A clear structure creates a real-time overview for all users at all times. 
With ZUGSEIL.BEST, manual and time-consuming processes within the company can be reduced and digitally optimized. The software automates tasks such as ordering, order tracking, delivery management, return processes and much more. The use of notifications and reminder functions ensures that your employees are always up to date. The employee portal also provides a direct communication channel to each individual employee or selected groups of employees.


And there is another aspect that must not be forgotten:

Anyone who handles sensitive employee data bears responsibility.ZUGSEIL.BEST complies in every respect with the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the new Swiss nDSG (Data Protection Act). We always act in accordance with the minimum data principle and use state-of-the-art encryption techniques at all levels of the software architecture. Our servers are located exclusively in certified data centres in Switzerland and Germany. You also have the freedom to host sensitive data in your own company. 

ZUGSEIL.BEST offers you all described possibilities and many advantages beyond. 
Use the latest data technology and our experience for the sensible digitalization of your equipment processes and save your company time, effort and money. 

Don't underestimate our potential - ZUGSEIL.BEST condenses great experience and state-of-the-art data technology into a standard application for the cost-effective and clear digitization of your equipment and apparel management.

"Equipment management"

"Equipment management" Does our company need such a thing?

For more than two decades, #ZUGSEIL has been successfully dedicated to developing optimal digitalization solutions for the management of employee apparel, corporate fashion and equipment of all kinds.

Our loyal clientele consists of small and large companies that equip their employees with individualized and customized clothing, safety equipment and consumables. This area is often outside the actual core business of our customers, but it has relevant potential for optimization and savings. With our extensive knowledge of the processes and the great experience over the years, we also bring your company forward with our standard solution ZUGSEIL.BEST.

Increase the effectiveness and clarity of your procurement and supplier management with us in a simple way and at a price that pays off immediately. 


Enable your employees to perform self-service equipment management with our individualized ZUGSEIL.BEST Shop. Beyond this intuitive employee application, our portal offers solutions that go far beyond these basic processes. We deliver comprehensive services for the digitization of equipment and supplier management, covering everything from management along the equipment lifecycle to procurement, ordering and personalization of consumables. 

We manage the complexity of supply chain relationships and business partnerships both at the material level (Customized items, Special sizes, Customized items...) and at the process level (Re-use processes, Remanufacturing processes, Issuing processes, ...), delivering real-time visibility.

In addition, our revolutionary interface-less Peer-2-Peer technology enables the integration of multiple suppliers into a single procurement network, providing unprecedented efficiency and flexibility.

ZUGSEIL.BEST offers customized corporate solutions for employee apparel and corporate fashion, including digital outfitting management services and innovative peer-2-peer technology for efficient sourcing.

one solution many advantages

Nothing is more complex than managing employee apparel

**The requirements for digitization solutions** in companies are diverse and complex: An employee store should communicate with suppliers and merchandise management wants to know consumption and stock levels. All employees should be informed in real time about changes in the budget and individual requirements or complex individualization requests should be implemented without many phone calls and appointments for certain physical conditions. And cross-company processes with suppliers and partners should also be handled reliably and, if possible, in real time with each other.

Do you think that with such complex data exchange, costly interface projects are an indispensable part of everyday business nowadays? We don't. 
Using our integrated b-op Digital as a basic tool, you can define individual trust positions with the departments responsible internally, your suppliers and partners, and decide which information and data are relevant for the actual processes internally and externally. Through our trust positions, competencies are clearly regulated and each stakeholder can optimally manage their scope of action.

- in the best case **from start** fully integrated and without any interface project
- with **any number of suppliers** or partners
- in **real time**.

**Together with ZUGSEIL, rethink digital collaboration internally and externally** and take advantage of the unique benefits of our underlying b-op technology with its decentralized networks. This applies not only to the interface-free connection of suppliers but also to interaction in process chains with service providers such as laundries, workshops, service organizations or logistics companies.

All these possibilities are available to you with a one-time integration into your system landscape. To make this integration as uncomplicated as possible, our products have already implemented standard plug-ins for the most common systems, which can be used **out-of-the-box** in your company's system landscape with little effort:

- HR systems: SAP Success Factors, ORACLE Human Resources / Cloud HCM
- Accounting systems: Sage, SAP FI ( R3 & SAP FI S4/HANA)
- Merchandise management: SAP MM ( R3 & SAP FI S4/HANA)
- ERP systems: SAP R3, S4/HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 
- IAM systems: Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Azure AD


Save a lot of money, even more effort and raise the possibilities of your collaboration internally and externally to a new level.

Our entire technology and data architecture is of course compliant with the german  Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) and the (suisse) Schweizer Datenschutzgesetz (nDSG) compliant and meets the highest security standards. 

And best of all: With us, digitization pays off even for small companies, because with up to 20 employees you can use ZUGSEIL.BEST free of charge!


With ZUGSEIL.BEST, costly interface projects are no longer necessary.

We have rethought communication. 

Communication without interfaces!

In times of scarce resources, all companies must try to digitally optimize their processes. This digitization pressure is also increasing for medium-sized and smaller companies in order to maintain market positions or to be able to grow. But where do you start and what are the important aspects that should be considered?

According to our many years of experience in digitizing processes and companies, the following are some of the points that are often underestimated and deserve closer consideration:

## Complexity:
Many analog processes are highly complex and involve multiple steps, dependencies, often multiple responsible people and departments. Understanding and analyzing this complexity requires a lot of expertise and experience also on the development side. Clearly communicating, balancing necessities and possibilities and formulating clear goals are only the first steps on the way to a successful project implementation. 
I myself have more than 25 years of experience in the digital implementation of highly complex process chains and know what I am talking about when I say it has been a long road. But with ZUGSEIL.BEST, we have now succeeded in using our acquired know-how and the latest data technologies to develop a standard product that really does make a decisive difference to your equipment management. Benefit from the fact that we have already successfully completed all the individual steps in a large number of projects with our corporate customers. Digitize your process chains together with us as a specialized partner in the best possible way and take advantage of all the benefits of our application.

## Lack or quality of data:
Often, companies lack suitable data to optimally evaluate current processes and identify opportunities for improvement. Even when data is available, we often experience it to be incomplete or of poor quality, which inevitably leads to unreliable analysis results. Less transparency and lack of knowledge about potential levers for optimization permanently reduce your process effectiveness.

## ZUGSEIL.BEST creates transparency in all work steps and enables the mapping of all relevant data in real time.
- When are the **measurement dates**? 
- What are the **stocks** of the items in which warehouse? 
- How many **washing cycles** has which garment already undergone? 
- Are the medications in the doctor's case still **keepable**? 
- Does the equipment still provide adequate **protection**?
- Which employee has already exhausted his **cost limit** for reorders?

Use your data reliably with ZUGSEIL.BEST to continuously increase your effectiveness and optimally implement processes.

## Resistance to change:
Humans are creatures of habit and most of us meet new working methods and changed processes with critical unwillingness. This often paralyzes the implementation of digital projects and not infrequently prevents their acceptance altogether. Yet this is precisely where the secret of digitization success lies: constant and consistent improvement - even if only in small steps - saves precious resources, will always pay off in the long run and, not least, will give your company decisive competitive advantages. But we must not forget the nature of human beings. Digitization always means changes for administration and employees. That's why only applications that are easy to use, intuitively understandable and bring noticeable relief as quickly as possible will prevail among users.  

ZUGSEIL.BEST was developed with this knowledge in mind. It is simple, clearly structured and so intuitive to use that extensive training of employees is not necessary. The possibility to use functions around the clock and independent of the workplace via the personal dashboard increases the independence of the employees and an optimized communication around the processes creates additional satisfaction. Of course, we also offer personal support and constantly growing online resources.

## Data protection and data security:
No company can avoid these issues. Putting data in the hands of third parties and cheap server locations are certainly not the solution.
That's why you look closely: trustworthy applications must ensure compliance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the new Swiss nDSG (Data Protection Act) at all levels. State-of-the-art encryption techniques and data exchange according to the minimum data principle should be a matter of course. 

ZUGSEIL exclusively uses certified server centers in Switzerland and Germany and, if desired, you can also host your data yourself in your own company. Our direct data exchange (peer-to-peer) and the innovative decentralized platform structure do not need any intermediary services and thus prevent data access by third parties.

This list is certainly not exhaustive, but it will give you a first impression of what to look for in process optimization so that it is actually implemented for the benefit of all. Successful digital process optimization requires an optimally planned approach, great expertise and detailed process knowledge on the part of the development team, and user-friendly implementation in order to bring all stakeholders along with you during the upcoming changes.

Benefit from our experience and save valuable resources, improve process transparency, reduce avoidable sources of error and increase employee and customer satisfaction with maximum data security. Get to know ZUGSEIL.BEST and successfully implement meaningful digitalization with us.

In the best case, sensible digitization saves valuable resources, improves transparency, reduces sources of error, and increases employee and customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, in reality, digitization projects often fail to achieve these goals. We look for the most common mistakes and offer successful solutions.

BEST.Inside

Here you will find all the latest information, news and use cases of ZUGSEIL.BEST in various companies. It is worthwhile to visit regularly, because there is always something new to discover!

Process optimization
as a clear competitive advantage

Data protection and
data security

5 Questions for ZUGSEIL -
An interview with Stefan Seiler, founder

"Equipment
management"

Communication
without interfaces!

Stefan Seiler, founder & CEO, on LinkedIn

Benjamin Görde, Director of Cloud Business, on LinkedIn

ZUGSEIL Supply-Chain-Solutions AG