In 2015, Roima experienced tremendous growth, as three companies Dialogos Team, Lean Forward and Done Software Solutions – joined in.
Operations Management & Enterprise Resource Planning Business from Tieto
Roima’s offering was complemented with Lean System, an enterprise resource planning solution that has been the trusted solution of the industry already since the 1990s. Its foundations are in Dialogos-Team Oy, a company established in 1988 as a research spin-off of Helsinki University of Technology. The company launched the first version of Lean System production management system, which became a tool that covers the entire chain from the order to invoicing and from material needs to purchase invoice processes.
Through mergers and acquisitions, Lean System was moved under Tieto (TT-Tieto at that time) and dedicated as the only brand and product platform for the business. Lean System was positioned as a midsize enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for manufacturing and industrial service industries, and later on also as an operations management tool, with a special focus on manufacturing operations management and industrial service business.
Service Business from Lean Forward
Companies using Lean System had growing needs for additional services in the area of operations management, and to respond to those needs, a new company, Lean Forward Oy, was founded in 2005. They were able to offer the customers expertise in requirements specification, architecture and technology choices and functional design services as well as, of course, in successful implementation projects, too.
Due to the industrial background of Lean Forward consultants, the company has been able to offer Lean System users advanced services based on in-depth know-how, as well as expert, training and development services in operations management. From Roima, the customer can now get hands-on expertise in shop floor operations, sales and operation planning and order-to-delivery processes.
Intralogistics from Done Software Solutions
To complement its offering, Roima also needed an advanced intralogistics solution. Especially the Finnish FidaWare solution and the company Done Software Solutions sparked Roima’s interest.
The roots of this company based in the Finnish city of Seinäjoki extend all the way to the year 1978 and to Teknillinen Toimisto Esko Salo Ky, located in the city of Kauhajoki. Within just a few years from its foundation, Esko Salo expanded the company’s operations and started to deliver turnkey intralogistics solutions also to international customers. Over the span of its long history and before acquired by Roima, the company’s name and ownership changed more than once, and in 2010, the company was known by the name Done Software Solutions, with its offering focusing on the FidaWare product family.