CONTACT Software
About us
Run the best software for the digital transformation of your products
CONTACT is the leading vendor of open standard software and open source pioneer for the product engineering process and the digital transformation. Our products help to organize projects, execute processes reliably and collaborate with others around the world on the basis of virtual product models and their digital twins. Our open technology and our Elements platform are ideal for integrating additional IT systems and the Internet of Things to create end-to-end business processes.
Products & services
CONTACT Project Office
Boost the success of your engineering projects: with reliable processes and agile teamwork Project Office makes hybrid project management, i.e. the combination of classical and agile processes, the standard. The principle: planning, control and execution by self-organized teams work hand in hand with the same information and specifications - everywhere in a worldwide project and program organization. The advantage: better collaboration and up-to-date data at all times according to the principle of Single Source of Truth for management, controlling and project teams. Benefits - Find the optimum combination of agility and reliability using hybrid methodology - For enterprise-wide project organizations - Speed up processes - Better team performance - Better data for project control
CONTACT Collaboration Hub
Intelligent data sharing for end-to-end processes across organizational boundaries Numerous partners such as suppliers and engineering firms contribute to the development of a product. But processes can only function effectively if the data is available across organizational and system boundaries. CONTACT's Collaboration Hub simplifies the flow of data thanks to intelligent data sharing and supports end-to-end processes. Collaboration Hub is particularly suitable for collaboration in joint ventures and projects and for the efficient integration of suppliers and partners. Benefits: - Reliable collaboration through data sharing - Collaboration environment designed for engineering processes - Data usage across system boundaries - Extensive security and compliance mechanisms
CONTACT Elements for IoT
Digitalize industrial business processes across the asset lifecycle The Internet of Things connects machines and components with software services that focus on optimizing manufacturing processes and implementing digital services for smart products. CONTACT Elements for IoT is our platform for solutions for data-driven processes using digital twins of industrial assets quickly and cost-effectively. The platform is characterized by its open architecture, its simple and robust mapping of business processes, and its low-code philosophy.
CONTACT CIM Database
The PLM system for better collaboration and faster processes during product engineering CIM Database is an open and scalable system for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Its key benefits are better collaboration and faster processes in projects and across disciplines, systems and organizations. CIM Database's component architecture simplifies deployment and helps companies respond to new requirements with agility. Thanks to the underlying open platform CONTACT Elements, CIM Database PLM can be easily connected to IoT systems such as our digital twin platform Elements for IoT. This allows you to fully exploit the potential of innovative product development with an end-to-end Digital Thread along the entire lifecycle. Benefits: - Connect PLM and IoT and leverage the potential of innovative product development - Encourage collaboration − Share documents and knowledge - Run PLM processes with best practices quickly and reliably - Combine project management and processing methodically perfect - Connect systems for up-to-date data anywhere in the company
CONTACT Fourier AI
CONTACT Fourier AI is a powerful, scalable AI infrastructure that combines leading AI technologies with full data sovereignty and deep engineering and manufacturing intelligence—on-premises and from the cloud. As an intelligent layer, Fourier AI is deeply integrated into the end-to-end architecture of the Elements platform and delivers domain-specific AI applications tailored to the complex requirements of mechanical and plant engineering, the automotive industry, and compliance-driven sectors. The solution embeds AI across every phase of the product lifecycle and provides all engineering processes and data across disciplines in context—enabling greater speed and efficiency in development, production, and service. Benefits: - Domain-specific AI: Tailored for industries such as mechanical engineering, automotive, and compliance-driven sectors. - Intelligent orchestrator: Dynamically and automatically selects the best AI model (third-party, open-source, or in-house) for each task. - Seamless integration: Deeply integrated into the modular CONTACT Elements platform, leveraging existing security policies and delivering reliable results. - Digital sovereignty: Developed according to “security by design.” Sensitive customer data remains local, while compute-intensive AI operations are performed securely and in compliance with GDPR in the cloud.
CONTACT Elements
Today dozens of systems form the backbone of a company's digital infrastructure, including enterprise systems such as ERP or PLM, CAx applications and Office tools. This leads to fragmentation, data silos and a trend towards monolithic systems. IT analysts like Gartner therefore see integration as a key factor for economic success. CONTACT Elements is the integration platform you need to make your processes more consistent, reliable and faster across different systems. Benefits - Distribute and use data across system boundaries - Synchronize processes across multiple systems - Easily integrate assets and devices for IoT solutions - Understand complex issues and their relationships faster