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Cloud-based entry solutions, for small fabrications, to easily digitize tools.

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TDM Systems
The competence between the IT and tool worlds

TDM Systems has its headquarters in Tübingen, Germany and is the leading software provider for managing tool data in the metal cutting industry.

The company is member of the SANDVIK Group, of which TDM Systems is a 100% subsidiary. This allows TDM Systems to rely on the know-how of internationally leading tool manufacturers and participate in their customer projects.

The focus of TDM Systems is on solutions and services for the entire life cycle of tool data. TDM Systems contributes to optimized planning and provision of metal-cutting tools by offering a wide range of interfaces.

30 years of experience, profound development expertise and being close to tool manufacturers make TDM Systems one-of-a-kind.
 

A profile of TDM Systems

About us
Experts in software and tool management
TDM Systems cares about the environment.
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Our responsibility to community and environment
TDM Systems relies on partnerships to increase the competent service of our software for tool data management.
About us
An internationally established system integrator

Social involvement

Social involvement is a company value that TDM Systems practices in day-to-day life as well. We devote special attention to the education of young talents. TDM Systems employs an above-average number of apprentices in the areas of office management and IT. As a cooperation partner of the school for the physically handicapped in the Neckar-Alb region, TDM Systems offers the school's students trainee positions for future office managers and also makes it possible for its own apprentices to complete social welfare-oriented internships at the school for young people with physical disabilities.

2013 – Today

TDM Systems introduces the IT strategy "100% Tool Management" in 2022. The goal is an open system all the way from CAD/CAM planning to the shopfloor that allows integration into virtually any system environment of a metal cutting company. To achieve this, TDM Systems develops its strategic partnerships with research institutes, tool manufacturers, customers and other software companies. TDM Systems is also developing web-based solutions for digitally networked factories and Industrie 4.0. TDM Global Line is launched in 2015 and is, at first, primarily available for the international expansion of existing customer applications. In 2021, TDM Cloud Essentials is released, a cloud-based application for tool management.

2009 – 2012

TDM Systems establishes a network of service and sales partners. The software is developed further in the direction of Tool Lifecycle Management by adding new modules, such as Machine Tool Manager, as well as functions and integrations. TDM solutions can also be used on various end devices. TDM Systems develops editors and converters for quick and easy preparation of 2D/3D tool graphics for use in NC programming and simulation analysis.

2004 – 2008

In 2004, Walter Informationssysteme GmbH becomes TDM Systems GmbH, the specialist for Tool Data Management and member of the SANDVIK Group. 2004 was also an important year for TDM software: Version 4 of TDM was launched with many innovative features, including the display and processing of 3D tool graphics. TDM Systems was an absolute pioneer in the 3D capability of tool data. In 2005, the TDM Data and Graphic Generator was introduced, a completely new tool for the automated generation of 3D tool graphics and tool data based on various manufacturer catalogs.  The internationalization of TDM began when a subsidiary was founded in Chicago.

2000 – 2003

TDM Systems has entered into technology partnerships with mid-sized and large customers. All TDM users ultimately benefit from the new solutions and functions, such as the connection of presetting systems or the organization of the tool circulation, because these concepts have been developed further into standard modules. A step was taken toward internationalization and the cloud with myTDM.com: The browser-supported solution for the visualization or querying of tool data and graphics worldwide provided support for international customers.

1993 – 1999

TDMeasy is the first system ever released for novice users, with a reduced range of functions. This system made it easier for smaller companies in particular to make the switch to digital tool data management. TDM Systems takes a giant leap forward by connecting Tool Data Management to the SAP world, which controls central business processes and has also become the standard for ERP applications in industrial companies. In 1993, the increasing success of the software led to the transformation of the software department at Walter into Walter Informationssysteme GmbH as the software development company of Walter AG.

1987 – 1992

The interplay between technical and organizational functions in information technology in production is discussed during the 1980s: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). The tool manufacturer Walter AG lays the foundation for Walter Informationssysteme (WIS), which will eventually focus on the integrated management of tool data. A project team develops the first basic system for purely internal purposes. Customers begin to notice this system during factory tours and insist that they get a chance to use it themselves. One year later (1989), the first module for Tool Data Management was introduced at the EMO trade show. In the years to follow, TDM Systems gradually makes further developments to the modular software, designed for integration, by adding the Crib, Gauge and Calibration Control Module.