SAP Output. With heart, system and experience.

Foundation

Detlev Jagnow and Harry Schwabe start in Berlin with SAP R/2. Their company is called Softway GbR.

Branch

Branch opened in Hirschaid near Bamberg.

New corporate form

Softway GbR becomes Softway GmbH.

Early development

• Softway has more than ten employees and cooperates directly with SAP AG.
• A merchandise management program for PCs based on C16 is developed.
• Participation in the Cebit.

Hirschaid

• The branch becomes the head office.

Succession

• Harry Schwabe retires as a shareholder of the company. Friedrich Saffer becomes a partner in the course of the year.

Further development

• The core area of SAP development is being expanded even further.
• First projects abroad lead to the USA.

Restructuring

• With Zündel & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Softway GmbH gains a new partner and additional shareholder.

Tight growth

• The number of employees continues to grow and the need for space increases.

Own property

• Industriestrasse 17 in Hirschaid: From now on the representative company headquarters with its own offices.
• The company celebrates its 10th anniversary in Hirschaid.

New business segment

• Foundation of Softway Training GmbH.
• Softway becomes a certified training partner of SAP AG and takes over regional IT and SAP training courses for the employment office.

Appearance of the AG

• In November 2000, Zündel & Partner’s shares in Softway GmbH were bought back by Detlev Jagnov.
• In December, Softway AG was founded by Uwe Herrmann, Eckhard Krummrei and Friedrich Saffer!
• The number of employees continues to rise.
• Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG becomes an important customer (to this day).

HR Dataguard & post-formation and contribution agreement

• In June 2001, Softway GmbH and Softway Training GmbH were incorporated into Softway AG.
• A successful in-house development is presented: HR Dataguard. The SAP program simplifies the access and evaluation of SAP HR data.

Brose vehicle parts

• Preferred Supplier status of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG.

On course for further expansion

• Softway AG is responding to current market requirements with improved sales concepts, new products and additional employees, thus maintaining its expansion course.
• SoftSurvey, developed in-house on the basis of the SAP Web Application Server, is a success.
• Softway AG becomes a preferred supplier of Capgemini Deutschland Holding GmbH by concluding a framework agreement.
• Sales is introduced and implemented.

SoftProVis

• Process visualization SoftProVis is installed at a customer for the first time.
• Softway AG and Capgemini Deutschland Holding GmbH extend their framework agreement to include Austria.

More energy

• Customer contacts and business relationships with the energy supply industry are intensified.
• The 20th anniversary is celebrated at Weissenstein Castle near Pommersfelden.

Strong partnerships

• New partnerships with SAP (SAP Partner Services) and Adobe (Solution Partner Bronze) strengthen Softway AG’s market position.
• Expansion of the output management division.

SoftOIR

• A new development from Softway AG is ready for the market: SoftOIR facilitates data exchange with SAP when using interactive Adobe forms.

Qualified electronic signature

• In cooperation with secrypt GmbH, an interface technology is being developed that facilitates the integration of qualified electronic signatures (QES) in SAP documents (message control with MSC and dS-Connector SAP Plus).
• Start of cooperation with the Verband der Vereine Creditrefom e. V. as a preferred supplier.
• Our solution SSP MSC – for extended e-mail dispatch from SAP® is in the starting blocks.

Major project

• A comprehensive reorganization of forms and output management is being planned and implemented for one of Germany’s largest construction machinery manufacturers.
• Partnership with EURO-LOG AG, one of the leading IT service providers for cross-company process integration in logistics.

SSP Forms 1.0

• The SSP Forms Release 1.0 is approved.

DMS Expo

• Softway is exhibiting at the DMS EXPO trade fair in Stuttgart.
• The SSP Forms Release 2.1 is approved.

SSP Forms 2.2

• The SSP Forms Release 2.2 is approved.

SSP Forms 3.0, barcode verification

• The SSP Forms Release 3.0 is created.
• Softway participates for the first time as an exhibitor at the DSAG annual congress, special: song presentation.
• A barcode verification tool (Vericube) is created.
• A solution for advance VAT returns with Mini-One-Stop-Shop (Moss) is launched.

Darth SAPs – the movie

• Participation in the DSAG Annual Congress, Special: Darth SAP’s movie – We declare war on the dark powers of forms.

30 years of Softway

• Softway is represented as an exhibitor at the DSAG Technology Days, the DSAG Annual Congress, Special: Live ISS and the IA4SP Future Workshop.
• Increase in the number of employees.
• The 30th anniversary is celebrated in Ebrach.
• The first ZUGFeRD pilot project is implemented and the first S/4 HANA customer.
• Appointed Brose Key Supplier 2018.
• The SSP Forms Release 4.1 is approved.

All under one roof

• Softway will once again be exhibiting at the DSAG Technology Days, the DSAG Annual Congress and the IA4SP Future Workshop and will also be attending careers, study and training fairs for the first time.
• The offices are expanded and modernized. The entire team moves back under one roof.
• The SSP Forms Release 4.1 and 4.2 is approved.

e-Invoicing

• Softway presents the e-Invoicing solution at the DSAG Technology Days in Mannheim.
• With e-Invoicing, electronic invoices can be created in ZUGFeRD and XRechnung format and sent individually by email. This makes the Softway solution compliant with EN 16931.

Change of leadership

• Josephine Reinhold and Frank Engert succeed István Veiland following his sudden and completely unexpected death.
• The SSP Forms Release 5.1 is approved.

SAPscript Analyzing Tools, Release 2209, Start of the webinar series

• The cooperation with SAP® Champion Michael Keller on the analysis tools for SAPscript forms is successfully finalized.
• The SSP Forms Release 2209 is published.
• The webinar series on the topic “Easy form design even under SAP® S/4HANA – How do I create freedom for my ABAP developers?” is being launched.

35 years of Softway AG

• Softway AG celebrated its 35th anniversary on 03.10.2023.
• The SSP Forms Release 2310 is adopted.
• Softway is a successful exhibitor at the DSAG Technology Days and the DSAG Annual Congress and is also represented at a number of career, study and training fairs in the region.

Forms podcast, Release 2410, launch of a new webinar & course

• The “We love Forms” podcast in cooperation with SAP® Champion Michael Keller is one year old.
• The SSP Forms Release 2410 is published.
• The webinar series on “BRF+, Adobe Fragments, SAP Cloud Forms: Mastering the jungle of terms in SAP Output Management” was launched and has been held at regular intervals ever since.
• The course “Introduction to S/4HANA Output Management and SAP Cloud Forms (Fiori-based)” is established.