IKOffice
MoldManager
- Easy-to-use
- Established in the market
- State of the art
IKOffice MoldManager frees you up to concentrate fully on your core competence – the design and manufacture of tools and molds. This software solution creates transparency and security and allows you to concentrate even more on the essentials: Your know-how!
IKOffice
MoldManager
- Easy-to-use
- Established in the market
- State of the art
IKOffice MoldManager frees you up to concentrate fully on your core competence – the design and manufacture of tools and molds. This software solution creates transparency and security and allows you to concentrate even more on the essentials: Your know-how!
MoldManager
Your software for tool and mold making
IKOffice MoldManager is the industry-specific complete solution for tool and mold making. The individually customizable software can be integrated into existing ERP landscapes and helps you optimize processes from the inquiry to resource and capacity planning.
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The complete solution for tool and mold making
Our software is specially tailored to the needs of the industry and is subject to continuous further development. It combines overview and information with rationality and speed. IKOffice MoldManager is able to significantly reduce the lead time of your production and increase the adherence to delivery dates with little control effort. The IKOffice MoldManager supports you in the administrative work around your order and your projects. A precise overview of the degree of processing allows you to quickly identify impending cost overruns and relieves cost estimators, plant managers and administrative staff. Easy to use, quick to learn and impressive due to low investment costs.
Adapted to any environment and easy-to-use
Our system comes with all required information and master data “ready to plug in” in the form of a virtual server in your company environment. New projects can be scheduled and assessed immediately, taking into account ongoing projects, vacations, vacation, illness and, of course, personnel and machine capabilities.
If you have any questions or are interested in a non-binding presentation, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Features.

Capacity planning
Scenarios, rough planning and detailed planning against given capacities

Tool calculation
Comparisons of similarities and calculation wizards

Time tracking
Personnel and machine time, multi-machine connections

Project management
Task, status and schedule management

Tool maintenance
Curriculum vitae, maintenance planning and documentation

Document management
File storage and automatic indexing
Additional features
- Copy feature
- Performance monitoring
- Quotation tracking
- Versioning
- Enquiry management
- Quotation analysis
- Storage
- Work scheduling
- Importing parts lists
- Quotation and document generation
- Supplier interfaces
- Workload overview
Practical planning
Create quotations quickly and reliably
Control and information
Practical planning
The IKOffice MoldManager is a planning software especially for tool and mold making, which is able to visualize the complex processes within your company. In this way, our software enables targeted data determination as a basis for decision-making, in a constantly changing project landscape. Through color visualizations, bottlenecks can be detected and possible effects on the overall planning can be estimated. All process participants get an overview, in a clearly understandable and intuitive system.
Practical planning
The IKOffice MoldManager is a planning software especially for tool and mold making, which is able to visualize the complex processes within your company. In this way, our software enables targeted data determination as a basis for decision-making, in a constantly changing project landscape. Through color visualizations, bottlenecks can be detected and possible effects on the overall planning can be estimated. All process participants get an overview, in a clearly understandable and intuitive system.
Create quotations quickly and reliably
Our quotation templates in your corporate design enable fast and reliable processing of incoming inquiries. Post-calculations of comparative offers are available at the push of a button and are also used for pricing. Together with product images, an attractive offer is created, which is available at any time for follow-up in the resubmission.
Create quotations quickly and reliably
Our quotation templates in your corporate design enable fast and reliable processing of incoming inquiries. Post-calculations of comparative offers are available at the push of a button and are also used for pricing. Together with product images, an attractive offer is created, which is available at any time for follow-up in the resubmission.
Control and information
Has the project already been processed? Have all the goods been ordered yet? Was our last project costed correctly? What are the external costs? What can be outsourced? Are there any changes during the construction phase? Do our costs remain within the contract value? IKOffice MoldManager answers all these questions and many more. The integrated document management makes it easier for you to assign all information to your project.
Control and information
Has the project already been processed? Have all the goods been ordered yet? Was our last project costed correctly? What are the external costs? What can be outsourced? Are there any changes during the construction phase? Do our costs remain within the contract value? IKOffice MoldManager answers all these questions and many more. The integrated document management makes it easier for you to assign all information to your project.
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For which companies is IKOffice MoldManager suitable?
IKOffice MoldManager is the complete solution for every tool, mold, model, fixture, machine and plant manufacturer. It is aimed at small and medium-sized companies as well as the tool and die departments of large corporations. It is completely internationalized and designed for the parallel production of hundreds of projects.
Is there a maintenance contract and how much does it cost?
The maintenance or service contract ensures the readiness, up-to-dateness and security of your system and is a mandatory component throughout the use of your software. It includes all updates as well as telephone help and support for your employees. We have created one of the most favorable and at the same time most extensive service contracts in this industry, with a yearly rate of approx. 7-12% of the total amount.
Does the IKOffice MoldManager have an SAP interface?
IKOffice uses the Java Connector (JCo) provided and certified by SAP itself. Accesses via this interface do not require external certification, since all accesses are made via standard BAPIs and are thus validated by SAP itself – according to the authorization assigned to the user used. This approach can therefore not lead to problems such as loss of warranty on the part of SAP. The design and scope of the data exchange is defined individually.
Is IKOffice MoldManager an ERP system for tool and mold making?
Yes, IKOffice MoldManager can support all business transactions from customer inquiry to invoice. In terms of scope and function, IKOffice MoldManager is one of the leading ERP software for the tool and die industry.
Is the IKOffice MoldManager modular?
There are deliberately only a few modules in IKOffice MoldManager. These include the extended time account management, the machine connection, the article calculation and a scan module. Our scan module, for incoming document assignment, is designed for fast, batch-based processing of incoming invoices. The assignment and recognition works via a document scanner, which generates PDF documents that are then run through our OCR recognition. The modules are offered separately if required. All other functions in IKOffice MoldManager are needed to run the scheduling of shop floor operations with the quality that IKOffice MoldManager is known for.
Is the software individually configurable?
The software created by IKOffice provides the complete solution for all conceivable business transactions. Nevertheless, the specifics of your company can be realized in individual adaptations. Our software is adapted together with you to the conditions on site, without you losing the connection to the base and thus the ability to update.
Does the IKOffice MoldManager run on Linux?
Our server system is delivered as a virtual machine based on a Debian Linux. It can also be installed directly on a (hardware) server, i.e. without a virtualization host. The client is optimized for Windows, but also runs just as performant natively under Linux and uses GTK 3 there. The layout is a bit different in some masks, but identical in function.
What is the difference between IKOffice MoldManager, LivingERP and LivingMES?
IKOffice MoldManager is aimed at the project-based individual manufacturer, as found in tool, mold, model, fixture, machine and plant construction, and our IKOffice LivingERP is the article-based ERP system for series production. The IKOffice LivingMES supports the digitalization of your workshops.
The systems develop their full strength in the seamless interaction between product idea, toolmaking and series production.
How much does IKOffice MoldManager cost?
The costs for the IKOffice MoldManager are composed as follows:
- A basic license (one-time at the time of purchase)
- Number of user licenses (rule of thumb: 2 per 10 or more employees in the WZB)
- Introduction package (definition of interfaces and processes, rule of thumb: 1 package per 20 employees in the WZB)
- Training package (rule of thumb: 1 per 5 users)
- Annual maintenance costs (approx. 7-12 % of the total amount)
What are the hardware requirements for IKOffice software?
IKOffice recommends the use of a virtual server, as we can provide pre-configured virtual machines for it. Of course, the IKOffice server can also be installed on a physical machine. If this should be the case, this will be coordinated with you individually.
The minimum requirements for the virtual server are as follows:
- Memory: min. 8GB RAM
- Processor: min. 1 CPU core
- Hard disk space: min. 20GB HDD
Recommended requirement:
- RAM: 12-16GB
- Processor: 2-4 CPU cores (from 10 concurrent users rather 4 cores)
- Processor frequency: >= 3Ghz CPU Freq. (IKOffice benefits from single thread performance)
- Hard disk space: >=50GB HDD (more if IKOffice document management is used)
Which license models are available?
The user licenses of the IKOffice software can be purchased as named or concurrent (also floating) licenses. While with Named licenses the users are defined by name, the number of Concurrent licenses only limits the number of any users. For further explanations, please refer to the License Explanations information sheet.
What interfaces are there?
Depending on the type of use, IKOffice can connect via interfaces to surrounding ERP systems such as SAP, Navision, Dynamics, WinCarat, AS400 and many more. We also successfully realize the transfer to financial accounting systems such as DATEV, FibuNet, Simba, etc.. Furthermore, connections exist, for example, to time recording systems such as ZEUS, AIDA, ATOSS or bedatime and control stations such as ProSeS or the ARBURG master computer system (ALS), as well as to various QA systems.
However, the exact method of transferring and accepting data is always an individual definition, which is agreed in preceding workshops. As an example, the integration is shown graphically in our flow chart.
How long does it take to set up IKOffice MoldManager?
As a rule, the process is completed after 4-8 months. The chart Introduction visualizes the main milestones of the introduction.
How much effort is required to operate the IKOffice MoldManager?
IKOffice MoldManager offers the complete package for tool and mold making and includes planning software that directly addresses the needs prevailing on site. Using a simple traffic light system, it informs planners, managers and controllers about bottlenecks in personnel or machinery. Optimization assistants help to avoid bottlenecks, but also to detect free spaces. The unique simulation planning enables the simulation of any planning scenarios and the transfer to the live environment. Historical data from the automated post-calculation is available at the push of a button.
IKOffice MoldManager provides support for preliminary costing, planning down to component level (if required), parts list import including all routings and material requirements, task management, capacity planning of employees and machines, tool life cycle and much more, all in an easy and intuitive system in which you will find your way around straight away.
We already have an ERP system. Can I still use MoldManager to plan my toolmaking?
Yes, IKOffice MoldManager can be integrated into existing ERP or software environments. In this case, it seamlessly complements the existing structures.
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