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# compacer knowledge center

In our knowledge center, you’ll find valuable know-how regarding data integration and digitalisation. Discover webinars, white papers, and case studies.

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 Digital retrofit

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

 EDI

 e-Invoicing

 Products

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 Product

##### compacer archive – digital and secure archiving

compacer archive offers convenient and legally compliant archiving of all your business documents: efficient, mobile and scalable!

To the brochure 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Broschuere-compacer-archive-EN.pdf) [![Headerbild-Hafenautomation](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Headerbild-Hafenautomation.jpg?width=1312&height=739&name=Headerbild-Hafenautomation.jpg)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### compacer´s Digital Twin helps ports save energy

Digital twins and CO2-neutral approaches can be used to optimise the loading and unloading processes of cargo and container ships. However, this is only the start of a long-term development towards a more energy-efficient logistics industry.

To the brochure 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/compacer%20Digital%20Twin%20EN%202026.pdf) [![Header_LP_RetrofitArchitektur_800x450](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Header_LP_RetrofitArchitektur_800x450.jpg?width=800&height=450&name=Header_LP_RetrofitArchitektur_800x450.jpg)

 Digital Retrofit

##### Digital Retrofit - Why to go with us?

Smart efficiency: We do not modify every single machine in the production environment & Intelligent communication: We let the machine speak their “language” or we enable it to communicate.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Retrofit%20Why%20us_en.pdf) [![discussing_blueprints](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/assets/images/discussing_blueprints.png?width=705&height=501&name=discussing_blueprints.png)

 Digital retrofit

##### Existing Plants Retrofit

The reliable way of modernisation: a secure implementation process that is perfectly matched to your requirements, your schedule and your budget!

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Flyer%20Challenges%20Retrofit_en.pdf) [![Fotolia_125388408_L_Urheber_MG_optimized](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Fotolia_125388408_L_Urheber_MG_optimized.png?width=1680&height=921&name=Fotolia_125388408_L_Urheber_MG_optimized.png)

 Digital retrofit

##### Retrofit - Industry 4.0 for existing equipment

In many manufacturing companies, heterogeneous production environments have evolved over time and many production lines still operate with a low degree of automation. These can – and should – now be integrated into today’s digital world.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Solution%20Retrofit_en.pdf) [![Retrofit_Header klein](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Fotos/Retrofit_Header%20klein.jpg?width=802&height=450&name=Retrofit_Header%20klein.jpg)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### Predictive Maintenance - Data Driven Production

Every year, significant financial losses accrue due to the failure of technology. Small causes often have huge effects in this context because production environments optimised for efficiency and productivity are largely composed of closely intertwined production steps.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Solution%20Predictive%20Maintenance_en.pdf) [![Bild_AET_Luftaufnahme_Terminal_Schiffe_klein](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bild_AET_Luftaufnahme_Terminal_Schiffe_klein.jpg?width=1000&height=563&name=Bild_AET_Luftaufnahme_Terminal_Schiffe_klein.jpg)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### Success Story - Antwerp Euroterminal

Antwerp Euroterminal - easier data integration and better services thanks to edbic. The implementation of a new Terminal Operating System (TOS) environment was a one-off...

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Compacer-Success-Story-AET-EN_final.pdf) [![mobile_and_desktop_work](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/assets/images/mobile_and_desktop_work.png?width=705&height=501&name=mobile_and_desktop_work.png)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### How to build a Smart Factory!

How do you approach the topic of Digital Factory or Smart Factory and what do you need to pay attention to? With the right considerations in advance, you can already avoid the first obstacles, because a structured approach has proven itself in practice.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/E-Book_retrofit_smart_factory_EN.pdf) [![Blogartikel_Energieoptimierung_header](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogartikel_Energieoptimierung_header.jpg?width=1680&height=945&name=Blogartikel_Energieoptimierung_header.jpg)

 Digital retrofit

##### (Retro)fit for machinery 4.0

Our e-book "(Retro)Fit for Machinery 4.0" shows why a digital retrofit is the more favorable alternative compared to a new acquisition.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/e-Book_retrofit_for_machinery40_EN.pdf) [![So-gelingt-Condition-Monitoring-in-der-Produktion--Vorteile-Tipps-und-Praxisbeispiele](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/So-gelingt-Condition-Monitoring-in-der-Produktion--Vorteile-Tipps-und-Praxisbeispiele.jpg?width=1680&height=726&name=So-gelingt-Condition-Monitoring-in-der-Produktion--Vorteile-Tipps-und-Praxisbeispiele.jpg)

 Digital retrofit

##### Implementation of Retrofit

Make your machines and systems fit for the future! It is almost irrelevant how old a machine or plant is and which mechanical, electronic and IT components it already has. Because technology, coupled with IT, makes it possible.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/en/digital-retrofit) [![AET Hafen](https://compacer.com/hubfs/AET%20Hafen.jfif)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### Interview: Data integration for security and efficiency

Tim Pieters from Antwerp Euroterminal NV reveals what added value edbic and edpem bring to a port terminal operator - in day-to-day business, but also in the long term

To the interview 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Interview_Tim_Pieters_AET-EN_final.pdf) [![web-of-devices (2)](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/web-of-devices%20(2).webp?width=1680&height=945&name=web-of-devices%20(2).webp)

 Condition monitoring & predictive maintenance

##### Predictive Maintenance - Data supported production reliability

In a production process geared towards efficiency and productivity, the individual production steps are closely interlinked. The sudden unexpected failure of a machine or component can bring the entire production line to a standstill.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Datenbl%C3%A4tter/Solutions/Predictive%20Maintenance/compacer%20Solution%20Predictive%20Maintenance_en.pdf) [![laptop (1)](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/laptop%20(1).webp?width=1574&height=1050&name=laptop%20(1).webp)

 e-Invoicing

##### e-Invoicing - Smart Services Solutions

In companies there are all kinds of questions when it comes to introducing the electronic interchange of invoicing data and choosing the most suitable approach. Is the emphasis in your work on processing large quantities of data, verifying the plausibility of invoice contents, ensuring the fulfilment of fiscal framework conditions, or guaranteeing legal conformity via audited procedures?

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Solution%20e-Invoicing_en.pdf) [![corridor_flipped](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/assets/images/corridor_flipped.png?width=708&height=510&name=corridor_flipped.png)

 EDI

##### EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

Put your trust in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to improve the quality and information of data and the security of business processes, achieving high-speed transmission and thus reducing costs.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20Solution%20EDI_en.pdf) [![AdobeStock_107303306_Referenz_Pharmalogistik_optimized-scaled](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AdobeStock_107303306_Referenz_Pharmalogistik_optimized-scaled.jpeg?width=1574&height=1050&name=AdobeStock_107303306_Referenz_Pharmalogistik_optimized-scaled.jpeg)

 Products

##### edbic - Business Integration Cluster

All business data, with their various different formats and origins, come together in edbic, and the business processes are improved with lasting effect through meaningful automation.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20datasheet%20edbic_en_web.pdf) [![board_with_pins](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/assets/images/board_with_pins.png?width=548&height=401&name=board_with_pins.png)

 Products

##### edbic - Technical Highlights

edbic is a modern data integration system that digitally connects all stakeholders in the value chain.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/Know%20How%20(EN)/compacer%20datasheet%20edbic%20technical%20highlights_en_web.pdf) [![vr](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/assets/images/vr.png?width=708&height=510&name=vr.png)

 Products

##### edpem - Process Event Monitor

Whether within your own company or in business relationships with customers, suppliers and service providers, the secure, reliable and fast transfer and exchange of information, documents and data is crucial to a company's success in our globalized world.

To the whitepaper 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/compacer-edpem-Data%20Sheet%20engl%20042026.pdf) [![adobestock_281210481_optimized](https://compacer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/adobestock_281210481_optimized.jpeg?width=1680&height=946&name=adobestock_281210481_optimized.jpeg)

 EDI

##### Automated migration from TradeXpress to edbic

As part of this project, more than 600 mappings from an existing EDI service platform were automatically migrated from TradeXpress to edbic.

To the case study 

](https://compacer.com/hubfs/compacer%20Case%20Study%20toolsupported%20Migration.pdf)

#### Products

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#### Services

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#### [Future ready logistics](https://compacer.com/en/future-ready-logistics)

[Horizontal networking](https://compacer.com/en/future-ready-logistics/horizontal-networking)[Digital Transformation & Retrofit](https://compacer.com/en/future-ready-logistics/digital-transformation-and-retrofit)[Energy & Sustainability](https://compacer.com/en/future-ready-logistics/energy-and-sustainability)[Just-in-Time-Excellence](https://compacer.com/en/future-ready-logistics/just-in-time-excellence)

#### [Digital Transformation](https://compacer.com/en/digital-transformation)

[IT-Strategy](https://compacer.com/en/digital-transformation/it-strategy)[IT-System-Consolidation](https://compacer.com/en/digital-transformation/it-system-consolidation)[Replacement-Legacy-Systems](https://compacer.com/en/digital-transformation/replacement-legacy-systems)

#### [Data Strategy](https://compacer.com/en/data-strategy)

[EDI](https://compacer.com/en/data-strategy/edi)[B2B-Gateway](https://compacer.com/en/data-strategy/b2b-gateway)[Tool Supported Migration](https://compacer.com/en/data-strategy/tool-supported-migration)[Interface management](https://compacer.com/en/data-strategy/interface-management)

#### [Digital Retrofit](https://compacer.com/en/digital-retrofit)

[Digitizing analogue modules](https://compacer.com/en/digital-retrofit/digitizing-analog-modules)[IIoT-Gateway Industry 4.0](https://compacer.com/en/digital-retrofit/iiot-gateway)

#### [Process Automation](https://compacer.com/en/process-automation)

[e-Invoicing](https://compacer.com/en/process-automation/e-invoicing)[Peppol](https://compacer.com/en/process-automation/peppol)[Mappings](https://compacer.com/en/process-automation/mappings)[Continuous Monitoring](https://compacer.com/en/process-automation/real-time-monitoring)

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