GDM™ is a Graphical Documentation System based on Microsoft® Windows 7 (or higher) that was developed in cooperation with users, customers, and advisors, especially for the requirements of the footwear industry.

GDM™ can provide product-specific documentation of any kind, either online (e. g., on a computer screen on an IT network, Internet, etc.) as well as offl ine (as printouts of the documents). More than 25 years of collective experience in the development of human-centered software solutions are concentrated in GDM™.

GDM™ was developed as the most modern multi-tier application, and is therefore scalable for all sizes of enterprises. The system is designed for IT network operation and supports “concurrent collaboration” of all participating staff members. On demand, GDM™ can also be operated as a stand-alone solution.

GDM™ functionalities like the “administration mode”, the “enterprise library” and the “property window” allow to customize the software to individual or enterprise-wide needs. Correct, enterprise-specific documentation standards are implemented very easily and shortly.

A new GDM™-Viewer inside PDM (to review all GDM™ documentation pages without having GDM™ installed) has been implemented from Version 4.5. onward. GDM™ Data (specific information on some GDM™ documentation pages like cutting knife number, stitching data, values from tables and so on) can be extracted to PDM forms. This also includes a Cutting Knife Documentation – semi automatic way to generate proper cutting knife documentations for ordering, history, archiving, …