Intuitive sensor management with the moneo Suite

UHP supports ifm in developing an extensive web interface with numerous UI components

With over 880 patents, more than 165,000 purchasing customers worldwide and a broad product range, the ifm group is the world market leader for sensor technology in industrial automation. This year, ifm is replacing the core software for controlling and evaluating its diverse sensor products with a completely new development.

UHP supports its client ifm as a reliable partner in this strategic project by developing an extensive web interface with numerous UI components. This gives end users a comprehensively compatible, visually appealing and high-performance software with outstanding user experience.

Industry

Automation Technology

Technology

Angular, Angular Material, Typescript, HTML, CSS (BEM), SASS/LESS

Service

Consulting, Conception, Design, Development & Support

Challenge

Need for new software that is more modern and offers a range of user interface options
The old software lacked the ability to improve usability
Need for software that would allow more efficient control and evaluation of their products
The UI framework used by this important core application was reaching its limits
As it did not meet modern requirements, flexible long-term development was impossible

Solution

Creating a unique selling point through intuitive UX/UI design and high-quality user experience that seamlessly integrates into the ifm brand experience
Further development of new products, changed requirements for logic and compatibility as well as visualisation
By using Angular, new features can be easily implemented

Implementation

The implemented solution consists of three steps:

Frontend consulting and technical design: We analysed UI frameworks and recommended Angular Material, then designed a corresponding technical architecture.
Consulting on technical solution concepts for Angular: Specific topics including microservices (REST), dataflow architecture (Redux, Flux), UI messaging, dependency injection, variable search in large data sets and unit testing.
Highly integrated agile development: In interdisciplinary teams, our frontend and Angular experts work closely with the development teams and design department of the ifm group to get the best results from the combined teams.

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Results

The result is a modularly structured and fully customisable web interface. Our client ifm now has an easy-to-maintain and adaptable software front end with a future-proof technology that fully complies with company-specific design guidelines.

30%

Faster development time

60%

Increased user satisfaction

25%

Lower maintenance costs

What our client says

“UHP enabled us to master the demanding technology transition in good time. When we started, I was sceptical. I am still positively surprised today at how quickly and well we achieved this.”