The KGU Group

We are a consulting & software development company headquartered in Flensburg, Germany. We primarily support manufacturing companies in the design and implementation of software-supported information and communication systems. We focus on the areas of technical documentation (TechPub) and product lifecycle management (PLM).

The synergy between the areas of technical documentation and PLM projects makes us a particularly strong partner for the implementation and support of PLM-based editorial systems.

Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM)

Our KGU PLM Services GmbH supports companies in the conception of PLM solutions (from specifications to functional specifications) and their implementation (project planning & control). We also specialize in the development of solutions in Teamcenter®.

Technical
Documentation (TechPub)

Our KGU TechPub Services GmbH supports the technical editorial department as part of a holistic PLM strategy in the conception & implementation of digital solutions for the creation of sophisticated product documentation for innovative media using standards.

Management Consulting &
Services (UB&S)

Our KGU UB&S GmbH supports small and medium-sized companies in setting up and optimizing their organization and processes. With our team of experienced experts, we also offer practical services for the commercial success of a company.

The origin of KGU

KGU-Consulting GmbH was founded on July 1, 2002 by Mr. Günter and Mr. Hach and initially consisted of a logical continuation of Klaus Günter’s IT consulting and project activities in the PLM environment at Danfoss Drives and Sauer-Danfoss. Mr. Günter’s initials(KGU) were incorporated into the company’s name. Together, Mr. Günter and Mr. Hach have developed PLM solutions based on Teamcenter-Enterprise (Metaphase) for product development and manufacturing companies.

PLM stands for Product Lifecycle Management and refers to a strategy and methods for handling product data that is created and consumed over the course of a product’s life. PLM systems, such as Teamcenter®, are software solutions for implementing companies’ PLM strategies in digital solutions.

KGU-Consulting ( KGU for short) has analyzed the PLM strategies and requirements of manufacturing companies accordingly, developed concepts for implementation and realized these in Teamcenter through configuration and software adaptations (customizing). Early on, KGU also developed and marketed its own software products as extensions to Teamcenter Enterprise. These included KGU-Configure, a configurator for creating product variants, and KGU-Classify for classifying and finding standard parts.

KGU began developing a Teamcenter-based technical content management system back in 2003, based on the experience gained from a Danfoss Drives project. The software was taken over in part by UGS (now Siemens) in 2006 and marketed under the name Teamcenter Content Management.

In 2013, KGU, under the leadership of Heiko Günter, launched a revised version of the technical editing system called TechPub Studio®, which is based in part on Teamcenter Content Management and is fully integrated into Teamcenter. Since 2015, the TechPub Studio® solution has been marketed worldwide by Siemens Digital Industries Software as part of an OEM agreement under the name Teamcenter Technical Publishing.

In 2004, Mr. Schmidt became a co-partner of KGU and part of the management team as Commercial Director. In 2011, he was appointed commercial director. Managing Director. In 2015, Mr. Klaus Günter retired from the company. Since then, KGU has been managed by Mr. Hach and Mr. Schmidt.

In the Dec. 2019 KGU UB&S GmbH was founded to support both KGU Group companies and external companies with their administrative tasks. At the same time, KGU PLM Services GmbH was founded to focus on PLM services.

KGU TechPub Services GmbH was founded in May 2021 with the aim of providing independent services for technical writing. The focus of KGU-Consulting GmbH is increasingly on the development of our TechPub Studio® product and the support of partners. It enables partners to sell and implement customized TechPub Studio® solutions.

The companies operate independently and focus on their respective missions. Together, we utilize synergies and strengthen each other.

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TechPub Studio® (TPS)

Our TechPub Studio® is a technical content management system based on Teamcenter® for the creation of sophisticated product documentation. As a component content management system, it is based on the single-source & cross-media publishing principles. It also enables integrated working in the product development process with direct access to product data.

Siemens Digital Industries Software

The company offers software solutions for digital product development & production planning. There are also other solutions that complete a PLM strategy . Teamcenter® is a system for managing product data on which many of our solutions are based. KGU-Consulting GmbH is a service and solution partner of Siemens Digital Industries Software.

Our vision

Together, we want to create real added value for our customers with the help of software solutions and use digitalization as an opportunity for innovation and competitiveness.

Sustainability and environmental protection have never been as important as they are today. And where, if not in the development of new products, are sustainable use and environmentally friendly use of materials planned? We therefore see PLM as an opportunity for the manufacturing industry to produce innovative and environmentally friendly products sustainably while remaining competitive.

PLM is therefore also an important building block for a successful digital transformation for the benefit of society.

We want to be part of this transformation and support our customers in developing successful concepts for the implementation of their PLM strategy and making them a reality. The entire project team is important to us. We are therefore continuously developing our project methodology and solution templates in order to provide our customers with transparency and planning security for implementation and to offer the team a framework for successful work.

Technical writing plays an important role in the PLM process. It provides the product documentation that is required in the lifecycle phases of a product. We therefore want to bring technical writing into the focus of a holistic PLM strategy and use our solutions to help ensure that it is optimally integrated into the product development processes and systems. Together with our customers, we want to continue to develop the fields of application in Teamcenter® and thus implement system solutions for holistic process support.

Despite all progress and change, personal cooperation is important to us. As an employer, we see it as our social responsibility to use technological progress to meet the individual needs of our employees and to enable flexible working where it makes sense to do so. At the same time, social interaction is important to us, where encounters and exchanges can take place. We believe that, as social beings, we need these encounters and that exchange is an opportunity for innovation and “learning from each other”. This also applies to our collaboration with our customers.

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