# Power IMS – Modular Integrated Management System (Detailed Reference)

> Power IMS by Power Manufaktur GmbH is a modular integrated management system (IMS) built on Microsoft Cloud technologies. It helps manufacturing and regulated companies digitize quality, safety, maintenance, audit, risk, and compliance processes.

## Company Information

- **Name:** Power Manufaktur GmbH
- **Legal Form:** Swiss GmbH (LLC)
- **Managing Director:** Heinz Süess
- **Location:** Mettenwilstrasse 1, 6203 Sempach Station, Switzerland
- **Website:** https://power-ims.com
- **Contact:** info@powermanufaktur.com | +41 41 244 98 98
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/power-manufaktur
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/@PowerManufaktur
- **Industry:** Enterprise Software, Management Systems, Quality Management
- **Founded:** 2024, Switzerland
- **Data Hosting:** Microsoft Azure, EU data centers
- **Compliance:** GDPR, Swiss DSG
- **UID:** CHE-153.237.765
- **CH-ID:** CH-100-4819626-7

## Platform Architecture

Power IMS is built natively on the Microsoft Cloud stack:
- **Foundation:** Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive)
- **Backend:** Azure, Power Platform
- **AI Features:** Automated document translation, intelligent suggestions, AI-powered compliance checks
- **Languages:** German, English (UI and content)
- **Deployment:** Cloud-based SaaS, no on-premise installation required
- **Authentication:** Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), SSO/SAML support
- **Multi-tenancy:** Full multi-site and multi-company support

## Modules (Detailed)

### Power QMS – Quality Management System
- **Status:** Generally Available
- **Standards:** ISO 9001, IATF 16949
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/qms
- **Description:** Complete digital quality management. Centrally manage documents, processes, SOPs, and work instructions with version control, approval workflows, and read confirmations.
- **Key Features:**
  - Document control with versioning and approval workflows
  - Process map with interactive tree navigation
  - KPI dashboard with real-time metrics
  - Multi-language document support
  - Read confirmations and acknowledgments
  - Flexible multi-step approval workflows
  - Automated document translation (AI-powered)
  - Distribution groups for targeted document sharing
  - Configurable metadata and custom fields
  - Full-text search across all documents
  - Change request management
  - Link control between related documents
- **Ideal for:** Manufacturing companies seeking ISO 9001 certification, quality managers, compliance teams

### Power Audit – Audit Management
- **Status:** Generally Available
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/audit
- **Description:** Plan, execute, and report internal audits, supplier audits, and certification audits. Complete audit lifecycle management.
- **Key Features:**
  - Audit planning and scheduling
  - Customizable audit checklists
  - Finding and non-conformity management
  - Photo documentation and evidence capture
  - Automated audit reports (PDF/Word)
  - Auditor qualification management
  - Corrective action tracking (CAPA)
  - Audit program management
  - Risk-based audit scheduling
- **Ideal for:** Internal auditors, quality managers, compliance officers, ISO certification audits

### Power Maintenance – Maintenance Management (CMMS)
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/maintenance
- **Description:** Digitize maintenance operations with preventive and corrective maintenance planning, fault reporting, and complete machine history.
- **Key Features:**
  - Preventive maintenance planning and scheduling
  - Fault and incident reporting
  - Asset and machine management
  - Spare parts inventory tracking
  - Mobile maintenance app
  - MTTR/MTBF/OEE metrics and analytics
  - Work order management
  - Maintenance cost tracking
  - QR code asset identification
- **Ideal for:** Maintenance managers, plant managers, production facilities

### Power Safety – Occupational Safety & Health (EHS)
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/safety
- **Description:** Comprehensive occupational safety management. Manage safety instructions, incidents, hazard assessments, and PPE digitally.
- **Key Features:**
  - Safety instruction management with acknowledgments
  - Incident and near-miss reporting
  - Hazard assessments (risk assessment)
  - PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) management
  - Safety walks and inspections
  - Safety KPI dashboard
  - Regulatory compliance tracking
  - Emergency response planning
- **Ideal for:** Safety officers, EHS managers, plant safety teams

### Power Risk – Risk Management
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/risk
- **Description:** Enterprise risk management. Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks across the organization with visual risk matrices.
- **Key Features:**
  - Risk register with categorization
  - Visual risk matrix (heat map)
  - Risk assessments with scoring
  - Mitigation action tracking
  - Risk monitoring and alerts
  - Risk reporting and dashboards
  - Risk owner assignment
  - Integration with audit findings
- **Ideal for:** Risk managers, compliance teams, executive management

### Power Knowledge – Knowledge Management
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/knowledge
- **Description:** Capture, organize, and share organizational knowledge. Build a searchable knowledge base for best practices, lessons learned, and standards.
- **Key Features:**
  - Wiki-style knowledge base
  - Best practices library
  - Standards and regulations reference
  - Full-text search with categorization
  - Version history
  - Collaborative editing
  - Knowledge templates
- **Ideal for:** Knowledge managers, training departments, engineering teams

### Power CI – Continuous Improvement (KVP/Kaizen)
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/ci
- **Description:** Foster a culture of continuous improvement. Manage improvement ideas, projects, and Kaizen initiatives.
- **Key Features:**
  - Idea management and submission
  - Improvement project tracking
  - A3 problem-solving reports
  - Kaizen event management
  - ROI tracking for improvements
  - Employee participation metrics
  - PDCA cycle support
- **Ideal for:** Continuous improvement managers, Lean/Six Sigma teams, operations

### Power Contract – Contract Management
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/contract
- **Description:** Centralized contract management with deadline tracking, renewal reminders, and obligation management.
- **Key Features:**
  - Contract repository with search
  - Deadline and milestone tracking
  - Automatic renewal reminders
  - Obligation and compliance tracking
  - Contract templates
  - Approval workflows
  - Vendor and supplier contracts
- **Ideal for:** Legal departments, procurement, contract managers

### Power Performance – Performance Management
- **Status:** Coming Soon
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/products/performance
- **Description:** Employee performance reviews, goal management, and competency development.
- **Key Features:**
  - Performance review cycles
  - Goal setting and tracking (OKR/MBO)
  - Competency management
  - 360° feedback
  - Development planning
  - Performance analytics
- **Ideal for:** HR departments, team leads, talent management

## Use Cases

### ISO 9001 Certification
- **Challenge:** Complex documentation requirements, manual processes, audit preparation
- **Solution:** Power QMS + Power Audit for complete ISO 9001 compliance
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/iso-certification

### Complaint Management
- **Challenge:** Lost complaints, no systematic root cause analysis, slow resolution
- **Solution:** Power QMS with integrated complaint workflows and CAPA
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/complaint-management

### Preventive Maintenance
- **Challenge:** Reactive maintenance, no visibility into asset health, paper-based processes
- **Solution:** Power Maintenance for preventive maintenance and asset tracking
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/preventive-maintenance

### Occupational Safety
- **Challenge:** Paper-based safety instructions, unreported incidents, compliance gaps
- **Solution:** Power Safety for digital safety management
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/workplace-safety

### Risk Management
- **Challenge:** Unstructured risk tracking, no visibility across departments
- **Solution:** Power Risk for enterprise-wide risk management
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/enterprise-risk-management

### Continuous Improvement (KVP)
- **Challenge:** Ideas lost in email, no structured improvement process
- **Solution:** Power CI for systematic continuous improvement
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/continuous-improvement

### Contract Lifecycle Management
- **Challenge:** Missed deadlines, scattered contract documents, no oversight
- **Solution:** Power Contract for centralized contract management
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/contract-lifecycle

### Operational Excellence
- **Challenge:** Siloed processes, no cross-functional visibility
- **Solution:** Multiple Power IMS modules for integrated management
- **URL:** https://power-ims.com/de/pm-ims/use-cases/operational-excellence

## Pricing

Products are sold as **one-time licenses** (NOT subscriptions/SaaS). Additional annual maintenance & support costs (15% of license fees) apply. There is no monthly or annual subscription model.

- **Free demo available:** Book at https://outlook.office.com/book/PowerManufakturGmbH1@powermanufaktur.com/
- All plans include: Microsoft 365 integration, regular updates, Swiss data hosting

## Key Differentiators

1. **Native Microsoft Cloud Integration** – Works seamlessly within Teams, SharePoint, Outlook
2. **Modular Architecture** – Start with one module, add more as needed
3. **AI-Powered Features** – Automated translations, intelligent suggestions, compliance checks
4. **Swiss Quality** – Swiss company, GDPR/DSG compliant, EU data centers
5. **No Extra App Required** – Works within existing Microsoft 365 environment
6. **Industry Focus** – Built specifically for manufacturing and regulated industries
7. **Rapid Deployment** – Go live in days, not months
8. **One-Time License** – No recurring subscription fees for the software license

## Technical Specifications

- **Browser Support:** All modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari)
- **Mobile:** Responsive web app, native mobile apps for maintenance
- **API:** REST APIs for integration
- **Data Format:** Standard formats (CSV, Excel, PDF export)
- **Backup:** Automated daily backups
- **Security:** Microsoft Azure security, encryption at rest and in transit

## FAQ

**Q: Do I need a separate application?**
A: No. Power IMS runs entirely within your Microsoft 365 environment (Teams, SharePoint).

**Q: Can I start with just one module?**
A: Yes. Each module works independently. You can add modules at any time.

**Q: Is Power IMS suitable for ISO certification?**
A: Yes. Power QMS and Power Audit are designed specifically for ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and other management system standards.

**Q: Where is my data stored?**
A: In your Microsoft 365 tenant (SharePoint/Azure), within EU data centers.

**Q: How long does implementation take?**
A: Typical deployment is 1-5 days depending on the number of modules and customization needs.

**Q: Is training included?**
A: Yes. All plans include onboarding training and documentation.

**Q: Is Power IMS a subscription?**
A: No. Power IMS is sold as a one-time license. Annual maintenance & support is billed separately at 15% of the license cost.

## Contact

- **Sales & Demos:** https://outlook.office.com/book/PowerManufakturGmbH1@powermanufaktur.com/
- **Email:** info@powermanufaktur.com
- **Phone:** +41 41 244 98 98
- **Address:** Mettenwilstrasse 1, 6203 Sempach Station, Switzerland