Application Development

 

Kunde:	Electrolux AG
Applikation:	Kundendienst
Technologie:	Hybrid App, iOS, Objectiv-C

Electrolux was founded in Sweden in 1919, we are a world leader in household appliances for private and professional use. Electrolux reinvents pleasure, care and well-being to make life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people around the world. 

With the help of the practical Electrolux customer service app, users now have thousands of tips for immediate help with household appliances at their fingertips. For example, what to do if the washing machine door can no longer be opened? The app also offers a detailed contact form that allows users to contact Electrolux 24-hour support quickly and easily at any time. Thanks to the device registration function, users can register all their household appliances and have them at hand at all times.

In addition to project management, soXes has also taken over the development and design (according to CI/CD guidelines) of this exciting project and has successfully implemented it.

 

Kunde:	Electrolux AG
Applikation:	ProfiSteam App
Technologie:	Hybrid App

Electrolux was founded in Sweden in 1919, we are a world leader in household appliances for private and professional use. Electrolux reinvents pleasure, care and well-being to make life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people around the world.

Thanks to this Android and iOS cooking app, Electrolux customers and all cooking enthusiasts can learn more about the possibilities of the Profi Steam combi oven.

It explains all possibilities and main functions of the Electrolux Steamer. Users learn step by step, including videos, how to operate the Profi Steam correctly and what it can do.

Cooking enthusiasts will also find 15 delicious recipes specially compiled by professionals. Thanks to simple descriptions, you can learn about new dishes in no time at all, which can be prepared with the combination oven in no time at all. 

In the function "cooking times" you can find a detailed list of foods and the corresponding duration of the cooking time. 

In addition to the project management, soXes also took over the development and design (according to CI/CD guidelines) of this exciting project and successfully implemented it. 

 

Kunde:	Raiffeisen Group
Applikation:	Raiffeisen
Technologie:	C++, JAVA; TCL/TKL, HTML5/JSON

In recent years, the Raiffeisen Group has established itself as the leading retail banking group and third largest banking group in Switzerland. Its strength is its local roots. Today, Raiffeisen customers include 3.7 million Swiss nationals. Of these, over 1.8 million are members of cooperatives and thus co-owners of their Raiffeisen bank.

The Raiffeisen Group provides its individual autonomous Raiffeisen banks with price information for foreign exchange, interest rates (e.g. mortgages) and securities. Together with Dion Global Solutions, soXes has developed a central pricing tool specially for the Raiffeisen Group, which receives, validates and calculates market data from different providers (Reuters, Bloomberg, Sungard etc.). This information is then made available to the different systems (e.g. Avaloq) or the local Raiffeisen banks.

This pricing tool was implemented several years ago and is still in daily use today. Today, soXes takes over the maintenance and support of this application. In addition, changes and improvements are regularly incorporated into the solution within the scope of small projects.

From a technical point of view, the solution consists of a backend (central computer) developed in C++/Java and a frontend developed in TCL/TKL and HTML5/JSON.

 

Kunde:	Sulzer AG
Applikation:	Sulzer
Technologie:	Access, VBA, Excel

Sulzer AG is a globally active Swiss industrial group with headquarters in Winterthur. The company was founded in 1834 by Johann Jacob Sulzer as a foundry and produced cast iron, fire tips, pumps and apparatus for the textile industry. Today, the Sulzer Corporation employs around 15,000 people and generates sales of over 3 billion Swiss francs. Sulzer now consists of the core operating divisions Pumps, Rotating Machinery Services (such as generators and motors) and the Chemical Division.

To improve the project process at Sulzer Pumps, Sulzer Pumps Ltd. has commissioned soXes GmbH to create a software solution based on Access and Excel. Sulzer Pumps is the world's leading pump manufacturer with more than 20 production sites.  The most complex pipeline system in the world is based on Sulzer Pumps and transports two million barrels of crude oil daily from Canada over 13 500 km to North America.

Today, all projects at Sulzer Pumps are coordinated via the Order Progress Room, a new service developed by soXes. The Access-based application clearly displays all orders, including order number, customer name, project name, project manager and project name, thanks to filter functions. Orders can be sorted by calculated or agreed delivery date. The core function provides a list of the order and production stages, whereby it can be defined for each order whether or not the respective stage can be kept to the planned deadline and whether or not there are any delays in delivery. Based on this order status overview, reports of up to a display size of DIN A0 can be generated and thus even printed as posters. There is also an import/export interface via Excel to the Sulzer ERP systems.

Thanks to the Order Progress Room, the project process at Sulzer Pumps was made clearer and its handling optimized. The solution is used worldwide (multi-user capable). 

 

Kunde:	AXA
Applikation:	AXA Business Shield
Technologie:	YII, PhoneGap, Angular JS

With a market share of around 20 percent, Axa Versicherungen is number 1 in the Swiss insurance market. The product range includes personal, property, liability, vehicle, credit and travel insurance as well as pension solutions for private individuals and companies.

As part of a field trial, AXA wanted to protect its business customers with various sensors in the form of a prophylactic approach.

AXA chose soXes as a partner for this project because on the one hand, it has experience in the connection of sensors (IoT), designed and developed the cloud-based alarm solution, and on the other hand, it has know-how in the field of UI/UX.

The basis of "AXA Business Shield" is instaGUARD (a cloud-based alerting solution).

soXes designed the solution based on the CI/CD specifications of AXA and developed the front end as a so-called white labeling solution of instaGUARD.

Sensors for movement, humidity, water, etc, were evaluated by soXes together with AXA's responsible persons and integrated into the "AXA Business Shield" solution.

The sensors were successfully installed at various AXA customers during a field test.

In the event of fire, burglary, water damage, etc., customers are contacted globally via all communication channels. This significantly increases accessibility and enables a quick response time.

Together with the AXA managers, soXes has designed and developed a completely new project. The time schedule was sporty but could be achieved with a lot of effort from all involved.

The field test has been completed. The solution has proven itself, as e.g. a large fire damage at a customer could have been prevented.
"AXA Business Shield" customers continue to use the solution and thus protect their infrastructure.

 

Kunde:	Enterprise Java Beans, JMS, Java Server Faces, Oracle-Datenbank, Oracle WebLogic und Selenium
Applikation:	Swisslog Holding AG
Technologie:

Swisslog AG, headquartered in Buchs (AG), implements automation solutions for future-oriented health, storage and distribution centres. Swisslog improves logistics processes for its customers with leading technologies. The implementation is carried out by local teams with locations in over 25 countries worldwide.

soXes supports Swisslog in this project with the further development of its well-known warehouse management software system. In a first phase, the soXes team supported an upgrade of Swisslog's large and complex enterprise software systems to the latest WebLogic web server. In a second phase, soXes developed an automation test framework for a new Swisslog customer to verify that all components of the warehouse system were functioning properly before going live.

In this exciting project based on the JAVA programming language, the soXes team used a variety of latest technologies such as Enterprise Java Beans, JMS, Java Server Faces, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic and Selenium for Automation Test. 

 

Kunde:	Mercer Alternatives AG
Applikation:	Mercer
Technologie:	Web2Py, Python , MySQL

Mercer Alternatives AG is an independent Swiss investment advisor for institutional investments in private equity, real estate and infrastructure. With more than 130 employees at its offices in Zurich and Nyon, Mercer is one of the leading providers of pension advice, investment consulting and solutions as well as advice on human capital and compensation management in Switzerland.

The company offers individual advisory solutions and collective investment vehicles, as well as investment controlling and reporting services.

soXes has developed an application for Mercer to calculate the total expense ratio, or TER (Total Expense Ratio). The Total Expense Ratio is a key figure that puts all administrative costs of an investment vehicle in relation to the assets under management.

The calculation basis (funds and their net asset value as well as investors and their units per fund) is imported from a central system via an import interface into the Mercer TER application. In contrast, the management costs are entered manually. Based on this data, the application calculates the total cost ratio per investor for their investments at the touch of a button. The results can be output as PDF or Excel reports and distributed to the investors. A user management function allows the distribution of roles with different authorizations.

The Mercer web application is programmed in Python and the data is managed in a PostgreSQL database.

soXes developed the initial web application in 2013 and since then has further developed the TER application in the context of change requests. In 2019 soXes received a refactoring order. The data model was fundamentally revised in order to better represent fund of fund structures (multi-level hierarchy) and at the same time the technology stack was updated.

With today's solution, calculations are more efficient, significantly faster and easier. This reduces the source of errors and enables significant time savings. The documents are now stored centrally and clearly arranged at the right place and are available at any time. In addition, the proportionate total cost ratio for an investor in complex investment structures can be calculated in the desired level of detail.

 

Kunde:	Hypothekenzentrum AG
Applikation:	Hypothekenzentrum
Technologie:	VBA, ASP.NET, SQL

HypothekenZentrum AG is an operationally independent company of the VZ Group. It specialises in the management of mortgages for private and institutional clients. Its organisation and work processes are lean and computer-supported, which minimises administrative costs and enables it to offer cost-effective financing for mortgage borrowers.

HypothekenZentrum AG is supported in handling of their core processes by a modular application. This is based on an SQL database and is a further development of an old MS Access solution. soXes ensures the maintenance and support of the complex application environment. On the other hand, soXes supports HypothekenZentrum AG in reacting to changing customer requirements by developing extensions or new modules.

Thanks to its specialist knowledge in a wide range of development environments from VBA to SQL and ASP.NET, soXes can not only guarantee the smooth operation of the existing application modules, but also provide individual further development based on the latest technologies.

 

Kunde:	tarifsuisse AG
Applikation:	Tarifsuisse
Technologie:	IT-Consulting

tarifsuisse AG, headquartered in Solothurn, is a subsidiary of the santésuisse industry association and, with 47 affiliated health insurers, is the largest service purchaser in the KVG sector. tarifsuisse exploits synergy benefits by distributing the fixed costs of tariff development, tariff management and tariff controlling among many insurers. Tarifsuisse's range of services includes the national and cantonal tariff agreements. Tarifsuisse manages, negotiates and concludes these agreements.

tarifsuisse wants to optimize its processes and the IT system landscape based on them in the future. To this end, tarifsuisse AG has asked soXes GmbH to carry out a systematic analysis of its current processes and IT systems in order to identify any potential for optimization.

Within the framework of this project, soXes started in a first phase with the analysis of the processes within tarifsuisse. In a first step, the main tasks (core processes) were identified. For the core processes, the value chains as well as the event-driven process chains were recorded, designed and visualized in detail by means of interviews with the process owners. The tasks, functions and the organizational units involved (per process step) were
and in particular the tools and systems used for this purpose.

In a further step, the tools, artifacts and interfaces used in the core processes and thus the current IT system landscape were identified. Furthermore, it was evaluated which data is generated or required within which functions/processes and to what extent it is generated.

 

Kunde:	Agfa HealthCare AG
Applikation:	Agfa PI
Technologie:	Delphi, SQL Server

AGFA Health Care AG is active in the healthcare sector. One of the areas concerns pacemakers.

Patients with pacemakers or ICD devices are regularly examined to ensure that the implant is still functioning correctly. During these checks, data from the pacemaker or ICD are exported. Depending on the manufacturer of the pacemaker or ICD, the exported data has a different format. The Agfa PI programmed by us normalizes these data and puts them into a uniform format so that they can be easily imported into a target system and analyzed.

The Agfa PI is implemented as a Windows service that checks a configurable incoming directory for new files at regular intervals. If a file is found, it is read, analyzed and output in a standardized target format using the implemented rules.

The output file contains a standardized set of control data collected during the examination of the patient.

If a file cannot be read, it is moved to an error directory. A detailed log file allows the user to identify and correct the source of the error.

The Agfa PI Service allows examiners to devote their time to the patient. The collected data is automatically read in for analysis and no longer needs to be laboriously recorded by hand. This eliminates sources of error and saves time.

 

Kunde:	German Law office
Applikation:	Law office
Technologie:	.NET, SQL Server VBA

In this project, the client is a German law firm with a Swiss branch and specialization in tax consulting. Among other things, it has many years of experience in the successful execution of exonerating self-denunciations in tax and economic criminal proceedings in Germany.
In order to simplify processes and increase efficiency in the handling of tax law cases, this law firm has worked with soXes GmbH to develop an application that automatically generates a German tax return for clients. The basic idea is that the clients' securities accounts are read into the system on the basis of bank data and then an automatic process based on WMM data generates the tax return. Usually, 80-90% of the tax return for the client can be generated automatically in this way. German tax law not only includes various types of tax and forms of collection, but also numerous special regulations, which makes it very complex and difficult for the layman to understand. 

soXes has managed to absorb this high complexity and to integrate it to a large extent into the Jakowetz solution. For example, calculations of complex processes such as capital gains for various types of investments and time periods are mapped 1:1 in the tool and correctly calculated to the decimal point. All changes in the law between 1997 and 2014 as well as special treatment of communities such as families, married couples etc. are also taken into account. Any special cases are subsequently processed manually by a specialist.

The application is technically based on an SQL server with a VBA (Access) front-end and includes all information and special regulations for the preparation of a complete German tax return for the years 1997 to 2018. In addition, the German tax forms for all these years can be filled out automatically and printed out at the touch of a button. Please keep in mind that the forms are different for each year. A print wizard also enables the automatic integration of attachments with further evaluations.

This unique software solution has enabled our customer to massively increase their efficiency. This represents an enormous competitive advantage over our competitors.

 

Kunde:	CorXL Ltd.
Applikation:	Cardiac Arrythmia Challenge
Technologie:	Phonegap, Javascript, PHP, Yii2, MSQL, HTML 5

Thanks to the Cardiac Arrythmia Challenge App, cardiologists can learn the correct use of heart monitors and test their knowledge in a multiple choice test including animations and images with over 150 questions. The user has the option of viewing the answers immediately, or only after the entire test to check how many questions have been correctly answered. The clou about the app: Thanks to the easy handling of the iPad and iPhone, the ECG strips, which can be up to 2 meters long in paper form, can be scrolled without any problems.

In 2018 the CAC App got a new design and was optimized for the latest mobile devices. In addition, the app has been expanded with in-appurchases, so that users have the possibility to buy additional questions. These questions can be dynamically managed and maintained by the administrator.

 

Kunde:	CorXL Ltd.
Applikation:	CardiacDevicePro
Technologie:	Hybrid App, iOS, Objectiv-C

Thanks to the CorXL App, cardiologists can learn the correct use of heart monitors and test their knowledge in a multiple choice test including animations and images with over 150 questions. The user has the possibility to view the answers immediately, or to check them after the entire test. The clou about the app: Thanks to the easy handling of the iPad and iPhone, the ECG strips, which can be up to 2 meters long in paper form, can be scrolled without any problems.

 

Kunde:	Zurich Heart House
Applikation:	Cardix
Technologie:	Phonegap, Javascript, PHP, Yii2 , MSQL, HTML 5

The University Heart Center at the University Hospital Zurich has been publishing the popular and well-known book Cardix for several years. This book is a compilation of the most important information about cardiology. On behalf of the University Hospital Zurich, soXes has now made the booklet available as an app for the iPhone and iPad. Within the app you can search for keywords or team members of the HerzZentrum or call up emergency numbers. Via the CMS application, the Heart Centre can adapt the content of the app at any time and change texts, images or videos or add new chapters. The best part is that an export can be generated within the CMS application and the content of the app is automatically converted into an Adobe InDesign file. This file is then used for printing the Cardix booklet. 

In 2018 the app was taken over by Zurich Heart House, a privately owned company.  

 

Kunde:	Carletto AG
Applikation:	Carletto
Technologie:	Magento, Interface to Proffix ERP

Carletto AG, based in Wädenswil, supplies the specialist shops with excellent products and concepts for a successful toy trade. Thanks to the new web shop, their customers can order the entire product range conveniently online. soXes was allowed to take over the technical conception and development of this Magento shop within the framework of this exciting project.

This B2B web shop does not only include standard functions such as extended search or filter functions resp. watch lists or change of the display format in the shop but also a number of attractive special functions: Thanks to the instant order function, retailers can import their order as an xls file and thus automatically generate a filled shopping cart. In addition, field staff or specialist dealers can create customised article sheets or generate quick catalogues according to their selection via the web shop. In addition to all these functions, this shop offers a comprehensive image download in various image formats and resolutions as well as a download of price lists and entire data sets.

In this project, soXes was able to bring its own broad IT experience and expertise in the Magento area to bear in a targeted manner and successfully and sustainably implement a further project.

 

Kunde:	CelsiusPro AG
Applikation:	Celsius Pro
Technologie:	C#, .NET, Python, Web services, Mongo DB, Big Data, DotNetNuke

CelsiusPro is the leading provider of weather derivatives in Europe. CelsiusPro's products enable companies to protect themselves against weather-related risks.

In order for a business model of this complexity to work, a large number of components must interact: Weather data from hundreds of global weather stations must be converted into a uniform format and their retrieval must be made efficient. Statistics and probabilities of weather events are computed and prices are calculated based on them. Prices for the weather derivatives can be queried and purchased via a web portal. CelsiusPro employees also manage customers and products within this platform.

For this task CelsiusPro relies on a completely individually developed environment that seamlessly combines the .NET Framework with the programming language Python, which is well known from the open source scene. While the website and the back office system are programmed in C# and are based on DotNetNuke, the price engine and the system for loading weather data is based on Python. A web service, which allows the calculation of a price via internet, combines both languages even within one program. Python becomes IronPython (the implementation of Python in the .NET Framework). The system is freely configurable and allows the creation of new products, pricing engines and the connection of new weather stations.

Visit the website www.celsiuspro.com and see for yourself how a combination of the programming languages IronPython and C# covers the requirements of a state-of-the-art web application including a mathematically complex pricing engine. Within this project, soXes is responsible for the entire environment and continuously develops the platform further.

 

Kunde:	CorXL Ltd.
Applikation:	CorXL Biotronik App
Technologie:	PhoneGap, Javascript, PHP 7, Yii2, MSQL, HTML 5

The BIOTRONIK Device Expert App is a training tool for cardiologists who treat patients with implantable cardiac devices. It enables you to improve your expertise with specific clinical case questions about pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and home monitoring - the BIOTRONIK remote monitoring system. Practice your skills with a collection of cases for all levels of experience - from beginner to expert. The cases cover a wide range of daily medical challenges, from basic pacemaker problems to complex differential diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia and CRT challenges.

Advantages of the BIOTRONIK Device Expert App:

• Stay informed about product features
• Take advantage of just-in-time learning wherever you are
• Prepare for the next step in your career

Used technologies:

• Phonegap
• Javascript
• PHP 7.x
• Yii2
• MSQL
• HTML 5

Platforms:

• iOS
• Android
• WebApp

 

Kunde:	Dinotronic AG
Applikation:	Dinotronic
Technologie:	PHP, MySQL, CakePHP

Dinotronic is a future-oriented IT service provider and provider of managed services for demanding SMB customers. The owner-managed company with headquarters in Horgen currently employs almost 30 people and is a long-standing Gold Competence Partner of Microsoft as well as an innovative Citrix Service Provider.

Due to the current and in the future even more acute care crisis, hospitals, clinics and service providers of inpatient and outpatient long-term care in various cantons will be obliged to provide training services. The training obligation is based on a bonus-malus system: above-average training services are compensated with a bonus, below-average training services must be compensated with a difference in a training pool. The tool enables the cantonal customizing of the specifications per profession and institution as well as the self-declaration of the institutions, calculates the actual/target difference, enables the trading of points between the service providers and prepares the accounts. The training obligation was introduced in 2013 and has since been developed further in various steps, supplemented with additional functions and extended to several cantons.

 

Kunde:	DION Global Solutions GmbH
Applikation:	DION Global
Technologie:	C/C++, Java, TCL/TK, mySQL DB, Oralce, Neartime processing

Dion is a global company active in the technical finance industry. It offers tailor-made solutions for the financial industry. soXes is a development partner of Dion and supports them in the development and integration of software solutions for the financial market. Thanks to the joint cooperation, many projects in this area have already been successfully implemented. These include the integration and development support of X-Gen (a workflow management system) and I-Pricer (a multi-asset-class pricing solution) and RateStream (a dynamic FX and money market calculation engine). Technically, these applications are based on C/C++, Java, TCL/TK, mySQL DB, Oralce and neartime processing.

 

Kunde:	EFCO Fastening technology AG
Applikation:	EFCO Online Toolbox
Technologie:	Angular JS, ASP.NET, MSSQL

EFCO is the specialist in fastening technology for conversions and renovations and a leading Swiss manufacturer of innovative fastening products. The company has been doing so since 1924 and offers innovative products and services with real added value for the building site of tomorrow.

EFCO Befestigungstechnik AG offers its customers an online toolbox. This enables them to manage their entire tool park in a simple and efficient way. They can create an up-to-date inventory of their tools in relation to projects, building sites, cost centres, employees and current repair orders. The registration of repairs, maintenance, calibrations and replacement tools can also be entered directly via the Online Toolbox.

 

Kunde:	Elements4you AG
Applikation:	elements4you
Technologie:	Native App, iOS, Objective-C

Elements4you AG is specialized in the implementation of private personal coaching. As a basis the profile of the participant is defined with the help of a personality questionnaire at a starting event and evaluated in writing and graphically. This is where the Elements4you App comes into play. The questionnaire is filled out and evaluated directly on the iPad using the Elements4you app. All results are given as text and graphics. Elemets4you has the possibility to save the desired evaluations or reports directly on the server or to print them via air-print.

 

Kunde:	European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Applikation:	European Society of Cardiology App
Technologie:	Javascript, Apache Cordova (PhoneGap), SQLite, AngularJS

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) was founded in 1950 to promote the development of cardiology with the main aim of reducing the number of cardiovascular diseases in Europe. The ESC also supports international scientific exchange and the definition of training standards in the field of cardiology.

Today, the ESC has over 80,000 members, i.e. cardiology experts from all over Europe. In addition, the ESC organizes the ESC Congress, the largest medical conference in Europe, as well as the certification examinations several times a year. These are held according to different specialties and are proof of expertise in a highly specialized medical field of knowledge.

For an easy, modern handling of the certification exams and their rapid evaluation, soXes GmbH has commissioned soXes GmbH to develop a software solution.

Today, soXes is proud to be the supplier for the ESC AP, CP and EP certification exams on iPad since 2013. After a successful pilot project in Ermelo in autumn 2013 with 50 candidates, soXes again delivered the solutions and services for the successful EHRA exam sessions in Nice and Ermelo in 2014, Bologna, Milan in 2015 and Sophia in 2017 with a total of over 500 candidates.

In each of these projects, soXes developed the exam app, imported the final test questions into the app and provided ESC with a test environment for review. soXes organized the necessary iPads and installed the exam app on all exam iPads. During the exam itself, soXes was on site and provided on-site support before, during and after the exams. Also, soXes was responsible for exporting the final results from the iPads to the PC and converting them into a predefined format. Today it is possible for ESC to see at a glance, immediately after the exams, how many and which candidates have successfully passed the exam.

Thanks to this examination tool, which was specially developed for ESC, certification examinations can now be conducted and evaluated more easily. For the candidates the handling has also become easier: For some questions, these must provide answers to illustrated ECG (electrocardiogram) - which can be more than one meter long on paper. On the iPad, the ECGs can simply be scrolled sideways, whereby a sliding scale (so-called caliper) can be shown and hidden. In addition, the examinee can see at a glance during the exam which questions he has not yet answered or mark questions.

 

Kunde:	FileWave
Applikation:	FileWave
Technologie:	Design, UX, Redesign

Since 1992, FileWave has been providing mobile device management software to customers in the business, education, and government sectors. The goal is to guarantee the efficient, effective and secure use of mobile devices and their applications and content, starting from a user-friendly console.
FileWave serves its customers from offices in Europe and the USA.

Thanks to its unique mobile device management software, FileWave has become a key player in the mobile tablet revolution. This software is a multi-platform distribution system. Institutions already deploy and support millions of interactive tablet products, computers and smartphones supported by Filewave client and Filewave MDM software.

For the core products Filewave Management Suite and Engage, soXes has completely revised and improved the UI and UX design. A new color scheme was defined and new icons were created to further improve the usability of the tools.
Furthermore, soXes has graphically adapted the Filewave website (www.filewave.ch) to reflect the new design.

 

Kunde:	University Hospital Zurich
Applikation:	Gastrix
Technologie:	Hybrid App, iOS, Objectiv-C

The University Hospital Zurich has recently published the Gastrix manual. This book is a compilation of the most important information about gastroenterology. On behalf of the University Hospital Zurich, soXes has made the booklet available as an app for the iPhone and iPad. Within the app, keywords or team members of the gastroenterology department can be searched for or emergency numbers can be called up. Via CMS application, the University Hospital Zurich can adapt the content of the app at any time and change texts, images or videos or add new chapters.

In this project, soXes has managed to fill the app automatically with content directly from the Gastrix manual in InDesign graphic format using a parser tool. The content for the app did not have to be regenerated, but could be taken directly from the graphics program. In this way, important synergies could be exploited and the development effort significantly reduced.

 

Kunde:	GetAbstract AG
Applikation:	getabstract
Technologie:	React Native, iOs, Android

"getAbstract - The world's largest library of book summaries". Private individuals, managers and executives worldwide can find high quality, up-to-date summaries of business and other books. This knowledge is delivered in the form of five-page summaries. It contains the key messages and basic ideas of current, relevant and innovative books. soXes designed the iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android (Mobile/Tablet) app for getAbstract and has successfully developed and continuously enhanced it based on React Native technology.

With getAbstract, we have a long-standing, successful partnership. 

This project is a good example of how soXes takes projects from conception to implementation and has been successfully supporting customers for many years. 

 

Kunde:	Worldwide Equity Research AG
Applikation:	GoPIN
Technologie:	C#, Windows Presentation Foundation

Bloomberg requests historical market data on securities, evaluates it using various methods and processes it graphically into charts. This data is enriched with statistical data from Lohrmann WER AG, which are integrated into the charts.

The user has the possibility to search for securities either by their name or by their statistical characteristics. It is also possible to create and manage portfolios of these securities. Statistics on various characteristics of entire markets can also be analysed graphically. Daily news and information on current stock market events round off the offer.

 

Kunde:	Blaser Multimedia Design
Applikation:	Horus App
Technologie:	PHP, Hybrid App, iOS, Objectiv-C

The Horus App aims to quickly find missing or kidnapped people, especially children. The name Horus refers to the god of heaven in the mythology of ancient Egypt and protector of children.

With the Horus App you have the possibility to create profiles including pictures of your loved ones. In case of an emergency, an alarm can be triggered within a certain radius within seconds. Users who also use the Horus App and are in the vicinity will be informed immediately. In order to guarantee data security, the created profiles are stored exclusively on the smartphone. The data of the created profile will only be loaded and published on the server when the alarm is triggered. To use the app, users must first register and activate the app via SMS code.

On behalf of the customer, soXes has technically designed and developed the Horus App.

 

Kunde:	Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG
Applikation:	IDMS
Technologie:	Outsourcing, PHP, Zend Framework, JAVA Script

Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG (IDMS) offers independent valuations of fixed income securities, a wide range of international reference data and stock market information. These include market data in less than a millisecond for algorithmic and electronic trading applications, sophisticated analysis tools for investment advisors, and customized web-based financial information systems and desktop solutions.  

Currently headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, the company employs approximately 2,500 people in its offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia and is the global leader in market information and market information systems for the front, middle and back office.

soXes has been a development partner of IDMS for several years and works closely with the IDMS team. Together they have already successfully implemented several projects. Among others, soXes develops individual market information systems directly for IDMS customers.

The different solutions are technically based on PHP, Zend Framework, Doctrine and primarily ExtJS, JQuery highchart (JSON frameworks) on the front end side.

 

Kunde:	SwissSign (Swiss Post)
Applikation:	IncaMail
Technologie:	Hybrid App

IncaMail is the easy-to-use service of Swiss Post for the secure and verifiable sending of confidential information by e-mail. This means that e-mails can also be sent "registered". Thanks to the IncaMail app, this service can also be used on smartphones. The new IncaMail App not only supports the secure receipt of IncaMail messages, but also offers users seamless sending and the option of saving their user name and password in the app for simplified access.

 

Kunde:	Inrate SA
Applikation:	Inrate SA
Technologie:	ASP.NET, MS SQL, Angular, KendoUI

Inrate is an independent rating company and evaluates the environmental and social sustainability of companies, institutions and countries worldwide. These ratings are used to create investment universes and theme indices or baskets that provide asset managers and financial service providers with a basis for making decisions on how to create sustainable and financially attractive portfolios and investment products.  

In close cooperation with Inrate, soXes has designed and implemented a new web solution to create the sustainability ratings and make them available to clients for online download via web account. An MS Access database was replaced by an MS SQL database with web front-end (Angular/KendoUI). The ratings are based on a complex versioned rating model that is scalable through Inrate. The rated investment universe is regularly updated via interfaces to MSCI and Thomson Reuters. For individual clients, data feeds for their core banking system (Avaloq) can be retrieved.

Since the application went live, soXes has been providing maintenance, support and individual development within the framework of a maintenance contract.

One of the main objectives of the new application was to enable analysts to further develop the rating model without IT support. This was achieved through an administration front-end that allows the analysts to adjust the several hundred rating criteria at any time.

Furthermore, completed ratings were to be available for publication in real time.

The ratings are worked on decentrally at several locations in Switzerland and abroad in parallel, which is ideally supported by the web technology.

 

Kunde:	instaSOLUTION AG
Applikation:	instaGUARD
Technologie:	YII, PhoneGap, Angular JS

In the course of various projects in the field of alerting and mobilization, it became clear to soXes that in the field of alerting there are many providers, but not many comprehensive solutions that are based on or support modern platforms. soXes therefore decided to build a comprehensive real-time alerting system. After a development period of more than two years, instaGUARD and thus the company instaSOLUTION was born. instaGUARD is a technologically top modern and innovative alarm system for emergency, evacuation, mobilization, threats and technical alarms. It is a new generation in alarm management.

With instaGUARD it is possible to trigger an alarm in real time in an emergency situation or, in the case of team mobilization, to notify your team within seconds. An alarm can be triggered at the touch of a button on the smartphone, by SMS, phone call, e-mail or key combination on the computer. The software is centralized, cloud-based on an Internet platform and is operated by the user via an external client application, which is installed locally on a mobile or fixed end device.
This enables the recipient to be contacted globally via all communication channels. This significantly increases accessibility and enables a fast response time. The alerting process is more efficient, faster and easier than with conventional systems.

Thanks to the alarm configurator, different alarm types can be pre-defined and triggered according to the emergency situation. These differ, for example, in the ringing tone, the recipient circle, the priority, the escalation level or the instructions for action. Alarms can also be triggered by an external system by connecting instaGUARD to an existing external system (e.g. fire protection system). Depending on the medium, alarms can be sent with different delays and the recipient can be requested to acknowledge them. If an alarm was triggered, it is possible to locate the device from which it originated.

In this project, soXes resp. instaSOLUTION implemented all the work from the idea to the design, the technical concept and the implementation.
soXes has extensive know-how in the field of real-time communication with different media and a variety of protocols and systems.

For more information please visit the instaGUARD webpage at www.instaguard.ch

 

Kunde:	Kundert & Co
Applikation:	KUKO online shop
Technologie:	Magento 2.0

Kundert & Co., based in Bilten in the canton of Glarus, distributes high-quality floor coverings such as parquet, bamboo, dirt traps and accessories. Kuco had an existing website and wanted to replace it with a shop

The shop was developed on Magento 2.0 and is designed for B2B and B2C with different prices per customer group. In addition to the classic ordering of parquet accessories, we have also integrated a scheduling module with which the customer can reserve a consultation appointment in the Kuco customer centre.

The project was implemented in two phases. 1st phase planning/conception phase in which soXes worked out and specified all functions in the shop together with the customer. In the 2nd phase, the implementation was then carried out in close cooperation with the customer.

The end customer or floorer can order his accessories directly online or arrange a consultation appointment on site.  

Kunde:	Local.ch AG
Applikation:	Local.ch
Technologie:	Native App, Windows

Always have the official Swiss phone book with you! soXes has developed the local.ch app for Windows and BlackBerry together with and for local.ch.

Fancy a pizza or a coffee nearby? Are you looking for the nearest gas station, ATM or hotel? The local.ch App offers all this and additionally all entries from the phone book and the Yellow Pages. For life on the road.

In this project, local.ch was able to benefit from the expert knowledge in this specific area and develop another successful mobile app together with soXes. 

 

Kunde:	Lucullus SA
Applikation:	Lucullus
Technologie:	Magento Shop, SASS, Joomla

Lucullus SA, based in Stans, is a successful wine trading company known among connoisseurs, specialising in rarities and top wines. Lucullus has a webshop, which is primarily used by wine dealers. In 2010 soXes was allowed to carry out the technical implantation of the new Lucullus website - based on Magento Commerce. Since then, soXes has continuously maintained and expanded the Lucullus webshop.

Clear filter functions simplify the search within the Lucullus webshop. Alternatively the full text search makes it easier to find the wine you are looking for. The Lucullus webpage has been technically optimized by soXes in such a way that search results (even with more than 3'000 records) are listed within seconds. Short response times are of great importance at Lucullus.ch, as it is primarily wine merchants who use the webshop.
soXes has also expanded the shop with a specially developed direct import function. With this function, over 3,700 wines can be imported directly into the database in just a few minutes. The time-consuming procedure of Magento Commerce via Entity Attribute Value Model, according to which each record is transferred individually to the database, could thus be avoided. The direct import developed by soXes is directly linked to Magento Commerce. This means that the user can simply start the import directly via the Magento interface.

In this project, soXes was able to adapt the Magento application to meet the high demands of the customer. soXes showed the customer ideas and ways to technically optimize the web shop.

 

Kunde:	Maxxoom
Applikation:	Maxxoom
Technologie:	PhoneGap, JAVA Script, Mobile allg, YII Framework.

How do my friends rate services and products?
In this project, soXes has been commissioned to create an app that answers this question. SoXes not only wrote and implemented the technical specification and concept, but also the layout according to the CI/CD templates of the customer.
The Maxxoon app offers the user the possibility to evaluate any kind of product and service in a few seconds. Via EAN/QCode Scanner the app recognises the product to be evaluated with one click. Now all the user has to do is enter his rating. The Maxxoom App takes over the product database from Amazon, so that a comprehensive description including picture and manufacturer information is displayed for each product.

A clearly arranged list shows the user's own product ratings. Another list shows the ratings of the own friends. In the detailed information of the individual products, it is also visible how the product has been rated overall, i.e. by all users in total.
Furthermore, a search mask including full-text search and filter functions makes it possible to find articles where scanning the barcode is not possible.

In this project, soXes not only provided the customer with optimal technical advice, but also implemented the solution and implementation in the back end in a targeted manner. The challenge lay in handling a very large amount of data and the connection of various interfaces (such as Facebook). soXes advised the customer on usability design in advance and implemented the design of the app accordingly.

 

Kunde:	Weber Bekleidung AG
Applikation:	Mode Weber
Technologie:	Python, web2py, Webservices, Android, iOS, PhoneGap, Interfaces, Apache

Mode Weber is the leading East Swiss fashion house for ladies and men's fashion. The family business with strong local roots was founded in 1919 by Ernst Weber and is now managed by the third generation. It has six Mode Weber branches as well as Esprit, Street One, Marc O'Polo Shops and a Nile Shop.

Today Mode Weber has a customer card, the so-called Webercard. As soon as purchases reach a total value of CHF 1,000, the customer receives CHF 50 in cash.

Mode Weber has commissioned soXes to pack the popular Webercard into a smartphone app for Android and iOS. The proven principle is very simple: All purchases are synchronized with the smartphone thanks to the connection to the merchandise management system. When the total amount of 1,000 francs is reached, the customer can create a credit note (cash bonus) for the cash payment of the 50 francs in the form of a QR code.  

Within the app, the user also has the option of viewing and changing his profile information at any time. The current account balance shows how much the customer still has to buy for in order to receive his Cash Bonus. The bonus received can then be activated and redeemed at any time on the app. The app also enables the fashion house to contact its customers at any time via push message and send them additional personalized bonus coupons.

To provide the app with the necessary data, soXes designed and implemented the backend of the app. The information is retrieved from Mode Weber ERM (merchandise management system) and made available via the app's interface. The backend provides additional functions such as bonus management, push message management, etc. and is only available to selected Mode Weber employees.

This project is based on the programming language Python and uses Apache as web server. In order to make optimal use of existing resources, reduce programming hours and save costs, soXes has used the open source framework web2py, which is itself written in Python. soXes uses open source technology wherever possible and reasonable.

 

Kunde:	Thomas Billeter, Seestatt Experts
Applikation:	MyKPI
Technologie:	Python, Angular JS, Web2Py, mySQL, SCRUM

For myKPI, soXes has co-developed the Finpilot software. Finpilot is the ideal tool for corporate planning, monitoring and reporting. This fully integrated and powerful software includes and links all financial and non-financial metrics. It provides all required reports including P&L, cash flow and balance sheet, as well as user-defined summaries of company performance. The solution is agile, i.e. has been developed (empirically enhanced) with the SCRUM process model for over 3.5 years.

More information about the solution can also be found at www.cloud-fp.com. 

 

Kunde:	MyDrop-Off AG
Applikation:	MyService App
Technologie:	Wordpress, Phonegap, mySQL

My Service App is a startup company whose app idea we worked out, refined and successfully implemented in several workshops.

The app was designed for Android and iOS. The goal of the app is to share and assign jobs within the community. There are two user groups: vendors and service providers. The providers can, for example, place an order to buy and the service providers can apply for the order. Each order can be viewed beforehand and the service providers can place their bids for it. The provider can then choose from the bids and give a commitment to a service provider.

In addition to the app, soXes was also allowed to design and implement the app Webseite, which serves to introduce the features of the My Service App to the customers and to explain the advantages. 

 

Kunde:	MySmartHeart
Applikation:	MySmartHeart Tracking Portal
Technologie:	ASP.NET, Angular 7, Micro-Services

MySmarthHeart AG (MSH) based in Zurich helps patients and cardiologists to systematically record ECG and movement data. For this purpose, patients wear small, waterproof sensors directly on their bodies for days or even weeks to record medical data while they can continue their normal lives, whether at work, exercising or sleeping. The medical data from the patients' everyday life is valuable information and is made available online to treating physicians. Patients and doctors can use the small, mobile sensors to exploit new potential for high quality in prevention, diagnosis and therapy. While collecting data from the patient, MySmartHeart continuously checks the quality and seamless transmission of the data, while you have direct contact with the customer via app. 

MSH distributes the small ECG sensors and takes over all functions from logistics to support. For the smooth and efficient logistics of the ECG sensors, soXes has developed a tracking tool or portal in cooperation with the customer. With the tracking portal, the logistical processes of the individual ECG sensors are tracked precisely. The tool processes data from five different partners with the help of several interfaces and Mirco services. Thanks to the Tracking Portal, everyone involved can see exactly where the ECG sensors are located. An export function also allows partners and the MySmartHeart team to download and process active or closed processes. Thanks to the data collected, the Tracking Portal automatically recognizes when a replenishment of ECG sensors is needed and then creates an order. After the order is confirmed by a MySmartHeart employee, the order is forwarded to the appropriate partner via an interface.

This project was under enormous time pressure during implementation and the tracking portal had to be developed quickly. Thanks to very good cooperation, a lot of hard work, expertise and the right communication, it was designed and implemented within four weeks. The tracking portal is now used by several clinics and is constantly being expanded.

Thanks to the automation via the tracking portal, the logistical handling of the devices is uncomplicated and saves MySmartHeart and the patients and doctors a lot of time and coordination effort. The tool also facilitates the analysis of individual processes and helps enormously in detecting errors within the logistics chain. The tool has a modular structure and can be easily developed further and quickly adapted to new requirements at any time. 

 

Kunde:	Novelis
Applikation:	Novelis
Technologie:	SQL Server with ASP.NET MVC 5, Angular JS Framework

Novelis is the global market leader in the field of machining aluminium into customer-specific materials. For the production of aluminium in the automotive sector, Novelis has developed an individual solution by soXes specifically for production planning, price calculation and forecasting of the aluminium volume with interface to SAP.

Functions:

• Management of projects and aluminium parts
• Forecasting of aluminium volume, unit and project price
• Excel interface to SAP for import of effective bookings at project level, export of forecast at project level for subsequent re-import into SAP
• CRM for recording customer contacts with Outlook connection

 

Kunde:	Lang Energie AG
Applikation:	Prins
Technologie:	Delphi

Lang Energie AG is a supply and service company engaged in the import, storage and sale of liquid fuels and lubricants. It also offers all services in connection with tank maintenance. As a member of the AVIA Association, Lang Energie AG operates a network of filling stations in Eastern Switzerland under the AVIA brand.

Within the scope of the sale of fuels, Lang Energie AG prepares several customer offers every day according to the current market situation. In order to increase efficiency, soXes has developed a solution to create customer offers quickly and effectively. This is a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool that automatically sends customer offers for current prices. This is done via e-mail or fax.

The first version of this application was developed more than 10 years ago and has since then been continuously optimized to meet the needs of the customer.

 

Kunde:	Prisma World AG
Applikation:	Prisma
Technologie:	ASP.NET, .NET, Interfaces, C#

Today Prisma World AG has one of the most powerful Strategic Human Resource Management solutions. In cooperation with soXes, the Prisma World Solution has been continuously expanded since 2007 and further developed for new and existing customers. Clear personality analyses, success profiles of a position as well as an automatic comparison of the desired and the actual situation can be created. In addition, specific interview guidelines adapted to company or job requirements can be generated. The freely selectable modules offer support in the recruiting and onboarding process as well as in succession planning.

The Management by Objectives (MbO) control element has proven its worth in everyday management in order to achieve clearly defined corporate goals. The Prisma World Solution offers a simple and clear workflow for setting performance and competency goals and a personal development plan. Not only can employees be shown their development prospects - succession and career planning can also be created digitally with just a few mouse clicks. In addition to performance and competence goals, a personal development plan (PEP) can also be agreed with each employee. The CV tool is available not only to authorised superiors, but also to employees in the Employee Self Service (ESS).

Finally, a wide range of roles can be assigned in this application, depending on how many access rights and functions the user should have.

The product is developed in ASP.NET 2.0 and includes an SAP connection/synchronization, an interface to Abacus, a Silverlight organization chart view and many other extensive export and reporting functions.  In addition to English and German, some modules of the Prisma World Solution are available in other languages, such as French and Spanish, but also Arabic, Hungarian or Chinese.

The biggest advantages of this application are: web-based, decentralized availability, modular design, multi-client capability, to create customer-specific workflows, and to support the use of the Prisma World Solution. 

Within the scope of this project, soXes not only took over the technical part of the further development of the Prima World tool, but also contributed to the optimization of the business processes. Thanks to the large soXes development team, it is always possible to have the necessary resources and know-how at hand. Thus, the desired adaptations and customer-specific requirements can always be implemented promptly.

 

Kunde:	REFCO Manufacturing Ltd.
Applikation:	REFMESH
Technologie:	REACT Native, DJANGO Framework with Python, Microsoft AZURE, Bluetooth Low Energy

Founded in 1972, the Swiss company REFCO is a world-renowned supplier in the HVAC/R (refrigeration and air conditioning) market for tools and components.

The product range includes various products to support technicians in their daily work. The latest product generation dares to take the step into a digital future: the tools can be connected to each other via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and the measured data can be transmitted in this way.

To support the technician as much as possible, REFCO Manufacturing Ltd. has commissioned soXes GmbH to develop the APP "REFMESH" for iOS and Android systems. This allows the technician to connect to the REFCO devices on site and read the measured data in real time, execute customer reports or transfer and display measurements logged over a longer period of time.

REFMESH is designed as the central tool for the refrigeration engineer's work with REFCO equipment. The free APP is available in the respective APP stores. Users create an account and will be automatically logged in in the future if desired. REFMESH offers the technician a wide range of possibilities and tools for carrying out his work. When the APP is started up, the connection to an available REFCO device is automatically established.

Since different metric systems are used depending on the country, the user can choose the units he uses himself. Values transferred from REFCO devices are automatically converted where necessary.

In addition to viewing the currently measured data in real time, the technician can also temporarily store the measured values for reporting and easily create screenshots of the displayed data. The measured data (pressure, temperature, vacuum) can also be recorded at different intervals over a longer period of time and displayed graphically in a time line in REFMESH.

Since the REFCO devices themselves can also log data over several days - without connection to an APP - the technician has the possibility of file transfer via the BLE-PLC interface. Of course, these data can also be displayed graphically in the APP.

Once the technician has successfully maintained and adjusted the refrigeration system, the measured data can be automatically inserted into a customer report. This report can easily be provided with the logo of the technician's company. The created reports are stored in the APP and can be sent as PDF files.

In addition to reading out the measured data, the APP also provides the technician with information on new firmware or coolant lists. These can be sent with a few clicks so that they can be installed on the respective devices.

An additional incentive to use the APP is the possibility of registering the REFCO devices used and thus benefit from an extended warranty. The registration process is triggered by scanning an individual QR code on the REFCO device.

The administration of users, device registrations or firmware/refrigerant updates is ensured by an admin tool to which only REFCO employees have access.

The introduction of the BLE-based REFCO devices and with it the REFMESH APP offers added value for technicians and their customers, especially in the area of reporting. Measured values no longer have to be transferred manually into forms, photos of the installation and plant can be taken directly with the mobile device and attached to reports.

But there are also new possibilities for REFCO. While REFMESH connects to the available devices at start-up, news, marketing measures or trade fairs can be displayed on the splash screen. The announcement of new products or updates is also conceivable.

The announced warranty extension should encourage technicians to register their devices. This data, as well as the number of registered users, is important information for the manufacturer in order to develop products and measures that are even closer to the customer.

REFMESH has also been designed to support other REFCO equipment. The introduction of further languages - including Asian and Arabic - is also already planned. The administration of the texts can also be carried out by the customer via the admin tool.

 

Kunde:	SVBA Schweiz. Association of vocational school teachers for automotive engineering
Applikation:	SVBA App
Technologie:	Association of vocational school teachers for automotive engineering

The Swiss Association of Vocational School Teachers for Automotive Engineering (SVBA) aims to develop, coordinate and evaluate curricula, material programs and teaching materials. In addition, it organises and conducts specialist and vocational training courses and organises specialist conferences, excursions and study trips.

In order to support students in learning to become an automotive assistant or automotive specialist, the well-known learning cards for the Swiss automotive professions have been available for many years. SVBA has commissioned soXes to bring these proven cards into a digital version as an app. The cards are clearly structured in topics and according to educational objectives. Thanks to detailed illustrations, learning is supported and simplified. Practicing with the maps and more than 1800 questions is effective and efficient and thanks to the app, it can be used anywhere. Any topic can be selected and the cards can be queried in random order. Depending on how often the questions have been answered correctly, they are stored in a different container until they are no longer (or only after activation) queried. An examination function tests the students with 50 random cards. 

In this project, the challenge was to develop the app in such a way that large amounts of data are not a problem. However, the illustrations should still be available in very good resolution and zoomable down to the smallest detail. In addition, the customer wanted to be able to adapt the flashcards easily and independently at any time. Moreover, there was only a very limited budget available for the development. 

All these requirements were successfully implemented by soXes in a great product and soXes has won a loyal and satisfied customer. 

 

Kunde:	Swiss Pilates and Yoga Sarl.
Applikation:	Swiss Pilates
Technologie:	iOS, Phone Gap

Swiss Pilates & Yoga offers in its two studios in Geneva high quality Yoga and Pilates courses at professional level in small and private groups as well as instructor training. There are also special courses for children.

With the Yoga for Kids App, Swiss Pilates & Yoga wants to offer children the opportunity to practice different yoga positions at home in a playful and fun way, alone or together with their parents or friends. Each of the 49 exercises is described in 4 chapters with photos and accompanying audio text. The children show the exercises themselves. A fun photo frame game completes the app.

In this project, soXes developed the app for IOS and Android based on the Phone Gap technology, as well as the conception and design of the app and the idea for the photo frame game.

 

Kunde:	Grand Casino Luzern AG
Applikation:	SwissCasino
Technologie:	Hybrid App

In 1882 a magnificent architectural jewel, the former Kursaal, was created in the city of Lucerne. A place of encounter, entertainment and enjoyment for eyes, ears and palate. In the course of time, the Kursaal has undergone many changes and some renovations up to the present Grand Casino Lucerne. Even today, it is still a special place for top entertainment: in addition to roulette and slot machines, visitors enjoy popular card games such as poker or blackjack. 

To ensure that the Grand Casino Luzern AG continues to keep up with the passage of time, soXes has been commissioned to develop the Grand Casino Luzern App. 

With the Swiss Casino App, users can always find out the latest status of the Swiss Jackpot. As soon as the Swiss Jackpot has reached a certain level, the users are informed via push. The app also offers the possibility to search for a casino by game offer or on the Swiss card as well as to display nearby hotels and parking facilities. As a practical additional benefit, game explanations of the most popular games have been compiled. Fun and entertainment are not neglected in this app: the integrated Fun Black Jack Game offers the chance to immerse yourself in the world of gaming and experience excitement on the road or at home. Whoever spins "My Lucky Number" Roulette contains their personal lucky number for the day.

In this exciting project, soXes was once again able to prove that it can successfully master new challenges again and again. Not least because our team puts a lot of heart and soul into every project!

 

Kunde:	Mobile radio and Data transmission
Applikation:	T&N Telekom and Network AG
Technologie:	Avaya, Java Enterprise, VOIP, SIP, Android

T&N Telekom und Netzwerk AG is an owner-managed company, was founded in 1996 and now employs well over a hundred people in Switzerland and Austria.

T&N has a comprehensive portfolio of services and products in the ICT sector and offers effective solutions for the entire ICT infrastructure.

At the interface between telecommunications and software development, T&N and soXes have developed several mobile apps and web clients, which allow voice and data transmission via mobile telephony to be brought together and relevant customer information to be displayed to a call centre employee during the call.

For example, soXes solved the connection of 100 call agents of an Avaya service center system to a customer database using WebSockets.

When a customer calls the call center from his mobile app, the caller information is finally displayed to the correct call agent.

The Avaya system configured by T&N handles the call and the snap-ins developed by soXes with Java Enterprise handle the transmission of the data.

T&N and soXes have chosen prototyping as the procedure. In this way, the technical possibilities can first be demonstrated to the call center customers using a prototypical app.

The big advantage for the customer: When a call agent picks up the phone and has a customer on the line, he can see the customer information soXes has retrieved from the database on his desktop even before he has to ask the customer for it. This saves time and the calling customer can explain his request directly without having to answer cumbersome administrative questions.

T&N and soXes complement each other with their expertise in different areas and can offer their end customers innovative solutions when it comes to connecting telephony and desktop clients.

 

Kunde:	Testex
Applikation:	Testex ULU
Technologie:	ASP.NET, SQL Server, C#

TESTEX AG, headquartered in Zurich, is a privately organised, independent Swiss testing and certification company with worldwide operations since 1846 and specialises in the textile sector. The range of services offered extends from classic textile physical and textile chemical testing through analytical residue and pollutant analysis to the factual clarification of damage claims. As an accredited testing laboratory, TESTEX certifies all types of textiles. The most well-known certificates include Confidence in Textiles, Made in Green by OEKO-TEX®, Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, STeP by OEKO-TEX®, UV Standard 801, Eco-Passport, Product certification of PPE.

TESTEX's testing facilities are designed in such a way that a comprehensive test programme can be provided for all textile raw materials, intermediate and end products. In addition, TESTEX acts as a consultant on environmental and quality issues.

To make its processes even more efficient and faster, TESTEX wanted to provide seamless support for all processes from order placement and planning through to execution by means of a comprehensive software system. As part of this project, TESTEX asked soXes to implement this wide-ranging project, which could be divided into several areas.

The core of the UniLab solution consists of order entry, planning (forecast) and order execution for sales and production (single and batch processing). This also includes the process chain definition and checking the execution by means of checklists.

The customizable product design of all services (physical and chemical tests, assessments) in the sales process is possible, whereby the solution supports a wide range of languages and country-specific units of measurement.

UniLab supports the automatic processing of test data from the laboratory. Static as well as dynamic data and evaluations can be exported in a uniform form/layout to various file formats and data can be transferred in uniformly structured interface files to downstream locations for further processing. Key figures and test data can be individually adapted.

Statistical evaluations in the areas of finance, sales and production are based on a real-time transaction system.

Business process-specific documents can be created with a document creation system (Document Factory) based on the rich data sources. 

The development of UniLab is based on the .NET programming language using the Telerik framework.

The comprehensive IT solution has been successfully in use since 2016 and is continuously being developed. 

 

Kunde:	TUS - Telekommunikation und Sicherheit
Applikation:	TUS AIN
Technologie:	Graylog Cluster, Microservices, Redis Sentinel, Nginx, Galera Cluster, JSON, Push-pull Methodik, Data Loss Prevention, Split Brain Prevention

In the sixties of the last century, the then PTT was looking for strong partners to operate and finance an alarm transmission service in Switzerland. Securiton AG and Cerberus AG (now Siemens Schweiz AG, Building Technologies) took up the challenge. In 1968 they founded the interest group TUS Telekommunikation und Sicherheit. The pioneering spirit was rewarded: Thanks to constant technical innovations and considerable investments, TUS today presents itself as a modern and efficient multi-technology provider with brilliant future prospects.

TUS AIN (Automatic Intelligent Notification) was developed in order to bring the notification of system faults and alarms, which until then had mainly been personalised, to more modern technologies such as SMS, push, email, pager and automated voice call. In this way, a notification can be automatically sent by TUS AIN to the responsible alarm recipients and to the desired medium. If required, it can also be displayed and edited via a mobile app. A high-performance IP-based network is used to transmit the messages.

TUS AIN is supplied by the TUS alarmDispatcher system with information on the status of the subscriber terminals and their sensors and is mainly used as a notification centre that can be configured in great detail.

The following technologies and solutions are used specifically: Graylog Cluster, Microservices - including Log Service, Notification Service, System Monitoring (PRTG and others), Redis Sentinel, Nginx, Galera Cluster, JSON, Push-pull Methodology, Data Loss Prevention, Split Brain Prevention.

 

Kunde:	TUS - Telecommunications and Security
Applikation:	TUS alarmDispatcher
Technologie:	Graylog Cluster, Microservices, InputChecker, System Monitoring, Redis Sentinel, Nginx, Galera Cluster, JSON, Push-pull Methodik

In the sixties of the last century, the then PTT was looking for strong partners to operate and finance an alarm transmission service in Switzerland. Securiton AG and Cerberus AG (now Siemens Schweiz AG, Building Technologies) took up the challenge. In 1968 they founded the interest group TUS Telekommunikation und Sicherheit. The pioneering spirit was rewarded: Thanks to constant technical innovations and considerable investments, TUS today presents itself as a modern and efficient multi-technology provider with interesting prospects for the future.

In line with this, the TUS alarmDispatcher, an integrated alarm management system for the systematic distribution of system faults, emergency calls and alarms, is designed and implemented using the latest technological possibilities. A high-performance IP-based network is used to transmit the messages.

The TUS alarmDispatcher is a switching unit which ensures that customer terminals (e.g. hazard detection systems) can send appropriate messages to designated alarm receivers (e.g. blue light organisations) within a few milliseconds while maintaining a specified persistence. Alarm receiving points include TUS AIN (Automatic Intelligent Notification) - the smart platform behind the alarmOBSERVER - or eAlarm (Swisscom's intelligent alarm receiving point).

At the same time, the alarm receiving point can send control commands (e.g. lock doors) to the alarm transmission points. Consequently, the TUS alarmDispatcher can function as a duplex.

In order to comply with the high availability and alarm technology compliant guidelines (EN50518, EN50136), the following technologies and solutions are used: Graylog Cluster, Microservices - among others Log Service, InputChecker, System Monitoring (PRTG among others), Redis Sentinel, Nginx, Galera Cluster, JSON, Push-pull Methodology, Split Brain Prevention

 

Kunde:	TUS - Telecommunications and Security
Applikation:	TUS BatchMerger (BTM)
Technologie:	.NET, SQL, C#

In the sixties of the last century, the then PTT was looking for strong partners to operate and finance an alarm transmission service in Switzerland. Securiton AG and Cerberus AG (now Siemens Schweiz AG, Building Technologies) took up the challenge. In 1968 they founded the interest group TUS Telekommunikation und Sicherheit. The pioneering spirit was rewarded: Thanks to constant technical innovations and considerable investments, TUS today presents itself as a modern and efficient multi-technology provider with interesting prospects for the future.

The TUS BatchMerger (BTM) is mainly used as a data supplier of the object configuration for the TUS Automatic Intelligent Notification (AIN) system. The object data comes from two different ERPs and three different locations in Zurich, Lausanne and Lugano. In the first stage of expansion, a UI is still being used for processing the object data, but this UI will be removed later. The object data can be enriched with additional information in the BTM or cleansed of superfluous information.

The ERP object data is loaded cyclically into the BTM and then prepared for processing in the BTM UI. All actions on the object data are historized in order to detect changes to the ERP data and then pass the adjustments on to BTM.

The BTM runs as a classic .NET MVC Client Server application with a MS SQL database server in the background.

With the introduction of TUS AIN, the change to the new media for notifications is completed, which is a great relief for TUS.

 

Kunde:	TUS - Telecommunications and Security
Applikation:	TUS TecTool
Technologie:	PHP, MySQL, Yii, Amphp Framework, Graylog, Angular 4, REST, Websocket

IG TUS Telekommunikation und Sicherheit, founded in 1968 by today's Securiton AG and Siemens Schweiz AG, Building Technologies, offers alarmNET services for the entire alarm chain in the context of building surveillance.

As a result of the discontinuation of the 2G mobile phone network at the end of 2019, 20,000 subscriber terminals installed at customers' premises will have to be replaced in order to ensure continued uninterrupted monitoring.

To simplify the processes, soXes developed the TUS TecTool for TUS, which supports the technician in replacing the old device and guides him safely through the migration in predefined process steps.

Thanks to the experience gained with soXes' proprietary instaGuard development, the customer was provided with both technical and business-related know-how.

The TUS TecTool acts as a central deployment tool for replacing the existing hardware. The technician on site is guided through the process and can control it simultaneously on various devices such as laptop, tablet or mobile phone.

Various security mechanisms prevent unauthorised persons from gaining access to the affected object or application (2-factor authentication).

The TecTool communicates with different surrounding systems and orchestrates the complete process of a migration as well as the testing of the newly installed end device.

In case of a problem, the technician is accompanied during the semi-automated rollback to the original state.

The user interface remains clear and user-friendly despite the wealth of information provided.

After completion of the work, the protocol of the work and tests carried out is automatically sent as a PDF file to the technician as well as to other defined recipients. In addition, TUS' own ABACUS system is updated during a nightly status comparison.

Via the back office, the client can check the status of an order at any time or even adopt it to the greatest extent possible. Text adjustments, parameterisation and configuration of the TUS TecTool can be carried out simply and intuitively by the administrators.

Of course, all actions are logged and are available to the client via the back office for evaluation via Graylog. Not only the log data of the TUS TecTool is entered, but also that of the primary peripheral systems. This provides a quick and seamless overview of all connections and processes in connection with a migration in progress or completed.

The project was based on the specification developed in several workshops by the client and soXes.

Thanks to the agile and SCRUM-based approach to the implementation, changes to the specification could be implemented promptly and without far-reaching cost consequences.

The short sprints allowed a flexible and immediate reaction to changed constellations and extended requirements of surrounding systems.

The introduction of the TUS TecTool enables the technicians on site to carry out a guided replacement of the old components. This also reduces the telephone support effort required by the customer to a minimum. The standardised process guarantees uniform execution of the migration work.

Whereas in the past, technicians had to perform a number of actions manually and with telephone consultation, the TUS TecTool enables automated switching of peripheral systems and displays the test results clearly and comprehensibly in the application. 

The TUS TecTool has also been designed so that it can be used and adapted for further processes after the migration phase is complete.

 

Kunde:	Vertrieb Schweiz AG
Applikation:	VAC
Technologie:	Desktop Applikation, C#, SQL, VBA

Vertriebschweiz GmbH (VAC) stands between insurance brokers and companies. It accepts insurance applications from the independent brokers and passes them on to the companies. Depending on the type of application or company, the brokers are remunerated or paid commission per application.

The VACPro application has been developed by soXes with the aim that VAC employees can enter the applications as efficiently and easily as possible. The application enables the management of applications in a structured and orderly manner. Various export and import interfaces simplify the work with the tool. The commissions are defined and calculated directly by VACPro. The application can be edited and personalized by the user almost without exception through master data masks.

VACPro is a Windows application programmed in C# and offers Excel exports based on VBA. CristalReports is also used as a built-in tool for creating reports, statements and commission summaries. In the background is a MSSQL database.

Thanks to soXes, VAC was able to switch to a tool specifically designed for them and tailored to their needs. At the same time, soXes GmbH in cooperation with Hotz & Koch Informatik AG took over the entire IT responsibility of VAC.

 

Kunde:	Vaduzer Medienhaus AG
Applikation:	Vaterland
Technologie:	Hybrid App, iOS, Objectiv-C

The Liechtenstein Fatherland is the younger and larger of the two daily newspapers in Liechtenstein. It is the official party newspaper of the Fatherland Union, but has become increasingly independent over time. The portfolio of Vaduzer Medienhaus AG is geared to different client groups, age groups and regions. Since 1914, the media offering has been successfully adapted and expanded to meet the needs of social change. In order to continue to take this into account, the Vaduzer Medienhaus commissioned soXes to create a mobile app that brings the Liechtenstein Fatherland and other services to the iPhone and iPad. 

This means that the contents of the daily newspaper Vaterland.li can now be read free of charge via a news app on the iPhone/iPad. The app is compact, clear and up-to-date. The app offers the most important current news from Liechtenstein and the world, photo galleries, and a reporter function. Thanks to the practical archive function, you can save the most interesting "Vaterland" reports and access them even without an Internet connection.

 

Kunde:	Marcello Viva
Applikation:	Viva Theorie App
Technologie:	Phone Gap

Viva Theory is the Swiss learning program for the theory examination with the official examination questions of the road traffic authorities. Viva is an official licensee of the asa. 

Since the exam questions are identical to those used in the official exam, users can prepare for the exam under real conditions. The app has a graphical learning control, timing of the exams and is available in 9 languages.

Together with Mr. Marcello Viva, soXes GmbH conceived and designed the Viva Theory App and implemented it technically successful according to his exact wishes. 

 

Kunde:	Verband Schweizer Goldschmiede und Uhrenfachgeschäfte
Applikation:	VSGU
Technologie:	PHP, YII

VSGU is the Association of Swiss Goldsmiths and Watch Retailers, which belongs to the Swiss Jewellers' Association and represents the interests of goldsmiths and watchmakers in Switzerland. The VSGU is also responsible, among other things, for the training of apprentices and, in connection with this, for the organisation and implementation of final apprenticeship examinations. In order to make the final apprenticeship exams easier and quicker to create and conduct, the VSGU has commissioned soXes GmbH to create a software solution for this purpose.

After the implementation of this project and the development by soXes, VSGU now has a system with which exam questions and question catalogues can be created easily and quickly. Within the question catalogue, it is possible to filter and search for specific terms. The VSGU tool supports eight different types of examination questions, including multiple choice questions or picture descriptions. Each question can be assigned to different categories, e.g. the key objective "gemmology" or the performance objective "testing metals". 

Based on the question catalogue, VSGU can easily and efficiently create new exams via the web front-end in a few clicks and export them as PDF files. Thanks to an autocheck function it is possible to check that the exam does not contain the same questions as last year's exam. It is also possible to group the exams themselves into exam catalogues. Thus, old exams are archived, can be viewed at any time and can be copied or modified. Thanks to a clever user management it is possible to assign different rights of use depending on the user.

Technically the VSGU-Tool was implemented with PHP/MySQL and the YII Framework and runs on a Linux Server with Apache.

Thanks to the new check tool it has become much easier for VSGU to create checks quickly and easily. The overview of all questions ever created is preserved thanks to the practical archiving function. In addition, several people, such as the team of experts, can work together at the same time to create an exam.

 

Kunde:	Wiegand AG
Applikation:	Wiegand
Technologie:	JAVA, SOA, SQL, Java Script, Angular JS, Python, Phone Gap, Mobile, Unit Test, Build Server

Wiegand AG, based in Bülach, specializes in drug management and hospital logistics. It develops concepts for medication processes, storage and transport of medication and consumables in hospitals and homes.
 
In a comprehensive IT project of more than 2 years duration, with a team of 7 developers, Wiegand AG has commissioned soXes to develop a secure, fast and reliable system that ensures the management of medication in hospitals. This comprehensive system is based on four pillars: WMCC (central management server) WMPS (directional station), WM5R (mobile device for dispensing) and the MedManager Cockpit (WMCP)
 
The WMPS straightening station is primarily concerned with the electronic support of the set-up or preparation of medication. Via 2D barcode readers, all medications for straightening are identified and managed - including LOT and expiry dates, if available. Step by step, the straightening station guides the nursing staff both when straightening medication into the distribution dispenser and when providing individual medication. The electronic prescription provides information about the medication, preparation and dispensing. Straightening and dispensing activities are compared with the time axis. Traffic light functions signal the urgency status of the activities.
 
WM5R is a mobile app that runs on various operating systems and devices. It ensures that medication can be traced back to the patient's bedside, thus ensuring traceability and medication safety by allowing the dispensing process to be logged directly at the patient's bedside. The WM5R app implements the 5-R rule: right patient, right drug, right dosage, right application, right time.  Both the entries from the WMPS and the WM5R are automatically fed back into the hospital system.
 
The WMM environment can be managed with the web application WMCP Cockpit. In addition to user and group administration and an overview of patients and prescriptions, this includes a very large part of logistics. The entire supply of the pharmacy and central warehouse as well as the ward can be monitored and coordinated via WMCP. The staff has an overview of the stock levels of all wards everywhere and at any time via a web-based interface. Orders are automatically triggered or manually released and transmitted to the purchasing system. Thus, every material movement is automatically saved (date, user, patient). Evaluations per package, LOT, expiration date, etc. make it possible to trace the movements in detail. The automatic ordering procedure is a central component of this solution and is implemented based on three principles:
1. directional station: according to the dispensations (consumption), the system determines a forecast of the future demand for a drug.
2. kanban: orders are automatically triggered when stock levels fall below a certain level.
3. autoinventory: special cabinets with scales, especially for consumables, allow a completely automatic warehouse, which determines the stock and the necessary orders by weight.
 
The Wiegand drug management system is based on the Java programming language with a PostgreSQL database in the background for WMCC and WMPS. The WMCP was implemented with Python on the server and AngularJS, Bootstrap and HTML5 on the frontend. The WM5R app runs under Phonegap (Apache Cordova) on all major mobile platforms. Throughout Switzerland, the system has already been successfully implemented in several hospitals and connected to the local hospital information and prescription system, while maintaining the HL7 (Health Level 7 an international standard for the exchange of data between health care organizations and their computer systems) standard.

 

Kunde:	Civil engineering office of the canton of Zug Department of Road Maintenance
Applikation:	smartBSAzg
Technologie:	Python, Django, NGinx, MySQL, Angular, ag-grid, XML, React Native

The Electrical Engineering Department of the Canton of Zug Civil Engineering Office is responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the operating and safety equipment (BSA) of the cantonal roads.

The electrotechnical operating and safety equipment (BSA) of the cantonal roads in the canton of Zug shall become smart.

All BSAs of the Canton of Zug, which are located on the cantonal roads or in technical premises, must be clearly identifiable by means of a plant identification system (ACS).

Already today, all BSA elements of the canton of Zug are clearly marked. However, the existing coding was no longer sufficient. In smartBSAzg, the BSA will receive an extended AKS coding.
The new AKS code is formed from 14 segments according to AKS-ZG+, which also allows the dynamic coding of data points.

soXes has received the order to develop a web-based BSA tool. In the smart BSA tool, all BSAs are to be inventoried. smartBSAzg contains the static master data, which can be dynamically synchronized with connected peripheral systems (UeKS and UeLS) via XML interface.

New and changed BSA data should be automatically synchronized with surrounding systems. An XML-based interface is to be built, which allows daily data synchronization with surrounding systems.

Within the scope of this project, soXes has also developed a mobile app that allows to read all captured BSA data by scanning the data matrix on the on-site BSA signs.

 

Kunde:	instaSOLUTION AG
Applikation:	instaSOLUTION
Technologie:	PHP, Python, Angular, .NET Core, Percona Cluster, Redis, Graylog Cluster, High-availability systems, Maria DB, JSON, Java Script, Lora, REST, Microservices

instaSOLUTION AG offers a modern and efficient communication and management solution in the areas of alerting, crisis management, mobile collaboration, messaging and IoT. With our modular, highly secure and flexible connectivity platform instaCORE we connect what needs to be connected. The instaSOLUTION app is highly performant, modular and based on microservices.

It combines 5 solutions in one: 

1) instaGUARD is a security solution that helps you to successfully manage critical events, thus increasing the protection of people, buildings and systems. We hereby support companies in the areas of personal security, mobilisation, technical alarming and IT-alarming. instaGUARD is a virtual alarm server.

2) instaCRISIS is an emergency and crisis management solution which provides additional security in exceptional situations. After the automated alerting of the crisis management team, the members have access to the emergency plan, role-specific documents and todo checklists on a mobile basis - also for collaborative use with encrypted group chat.

3) instaCOLLAB is a mobile collaboration solution, with which mobile documents can be distributed in addition to an intelligent chat. Thanks to standardised communication, reduced to the essentials and automatically evaluated, time is saved. Mobile surveys, trainings or quizzes can be started here. Simple to use, encrypted, effective.

4) instaMESSAGING is the solution when it comes to communicating via different channels using a simple interface - App, SMS, Text2Voice, Paging.

5) instaIoT is an IoT (Internet of Things) solution which, by linking the physical and digital worlds, makes it possible to make a large number of processes in an organisation more efficient, effective and transparent.

 

Kunde:	SolExperts AG
Applikation:	GeoMonitor 3
Technologie:	Json, WPF, TDMS and C#

SolExperts AG is a recognized Swiss company that participates in renowned projects worldwide with geotechnical and hydrogeological instrumentation and field tests. The activities of SolExperts AG are in the fields of tunneling, hydraulic engineering, special civil engineering, wind energy plants and in research projects for nuclear waste disposal as well as for the sequestration of CO₂.

The main activity of SolExperts AG is the monitoring and evaluation of the collected data. For this purpose, it operates a technical monitoring software, which utilizes information about connected devices, their parameters, alarms and functions. This information is organized and interpreted in JSON format. SolExperts AG commissioned soXes to create a new, more intuitive user interface for the application in order to be able to offer it to its customers as independent software.

In the first step of the project, the software was analyzed in detail. Due to the lack of a clean documentation and the high complexity of the tool, a re-factoring of the software had to be done. For this, a specification for the further procedure had to be created in an elaborate next step. The specified functions were discussed in detail in a subsequent UI workshop with SolExperts AG and the design experts from soXes. With the help of these inputs, a UI concept could be created and subsequently implemented.

For the implementation of the JSON tool the programming language C# was used. The back-end logic of the desktop application was implemented with the .NET framework and the user interface with the WPF class library. The basic building blocks of the project are so-called JSON files, which are interpreted and manipulated by the application. The tool also provides an export function to the TDMS file format, which is used by SolExperts AG to display the information graphically.

By creating a clean specification and then re-factoring the tool, SolExperts AG gained deeper insight into the complexity and depth of the application and now has a user-friendly and intuitive application with the new UI design.