Custom panel building software

Panel building software supports the business process of a switchgear builder from order to delivery: costing and quotes, job preparation, materials and purchasing, assembly and wiring progress per cabinet, inspection to NEN-EN-IEC 61439 and the CE file, through to post-calculation. It is not the same as engineering software such as EPLAN, where the electrical schematic and the 3D cabinet layout are drawn. Panel building software sits around it: it takes the bill of materials and terminal list from the engineering and uses them to drive purchasing, the workshop and documentation. Custom software lets you set this up to match your own way of working and article management.

Our software does not replace EPLAN. EPLAN P8 and EPLAN Pro Panel remain where the electrical design, 3D cabinet layout and wiring reports are created. Our custom software sits at the interface: it reads the item bill of materials, wiring list and terminal list from engineering and uses them as the basis for procurement, production planning and progress tracking. This means the production planner does not have to retype bills of materials, and the engineering model stays leading, while the order and production process runs in one system.

EPLAN produces article bills of materials, wiring lists and terminal lists, often based on article data from the EPLAN Data Portal and configurators such as Rittal RiPanel. We build an import that reads these lists and links them to your own article file, so purchase recommendations, stock and material availability per enclosure are accurate. If the engineering changes, the bill of materials can be re-imported and the work preparer sees what has changed. We tailor the integration to your export format and your article numbering, rather than to a fixed assumption.

Yes. A switchgear assembly is verified according to NEN-EN-IEC 61439, with checks on, among other things, insulation resistance, PE continuity, clearances and creepage distances, and the correct protective devices. We build inspection checklists and test records into the software, so that every cabinet receives a recorded test report. The system collects the documents that belong to the technical file and the declaration of conformity: schematics, test report, terminal list and revisions. This makes it traceable, for each cabinet, that the inspection was completed before the cabinet leaves the building.

We build custom software. Panel builders differ greatly in how they work: one builds one-off control cabinets project by project, another runs series production of distribution boards, and the way they cost, purchase and inspect differs accordingly. Custom software fits your actual process and article management, and can grow with you as you scale up or your workflow changes. After an intake meeting, we decide together which functionality matters most and in what order to develop it, without promising a fixed lead time or price that we can't yet justify.

Yes. We integrate with existing systems via REST APIs and common exchange formats. Think of your ERP or accounting system for orders, purchasing and invoicing, and machines on the shop floor, such as a wire processing machine that is supplied with wiring data. We first map out which integrations add real value and which data is the master, so you avoid double entry and always have the current status of each enclosure in one place.

Yes. We regularly take over existing applications, even when another party built them. We review the architecture, integrations, article and bill-of-materials model and security, document the current setup and propose improvements. From there we can handle extensions, integrations and monitoring, or modernise the software step by step into a maintainable state.