Success by design: Yaveon wins the 2025 ERP award for the process manufacturing industry

Published Oct 29, 2025

Summary:
We are delighted to have won the 2025 ERP Award in the category “ERP for the process manufacturing industry”. This recognition confirms our industry expertise, innovative strength, and customer focus. With our solution based on Microsoft Business Central, we demonstrate how modern ERP systems simplify processes, create transparency, and sustainably strengthen companies in the process manufacturing industry.

What makes this award so special

The ERP System of the Year competition is not an award you win by chance. It is regarded as one of Europe’s most prestigious ERP awards and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The selection process is rigorous: first, participating companies submit extensive documentation, followed by a public online pitch before a 14-member jury of independent industry experts from business and academia.

The questions are demanding, the criteria clearly defined: depth of innovation, customer benefits, practical relevance, and future viability. To impress here, you need more than just a good system – you need a strong concept, a deep understanding of your customers, and a solution that truly works in real life.

Why Yaveon impressed the jury

The jury had a clear explanation for its decision:

“With industry expertise and technological finesse, Yaveon impressed in the category process manufacturing industry. Built on Microsoft Business Central, the solution combines flexibility, integration, and security in a modular platform. Functions such as batch tracing, recipe management, and quality control are seamlessly interconnected – ideal for the food & beverage sector as well as for the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, cosmetics, and medical technology industries. Particularly noteworthy are the company’s deep compliance expertise, automated testing, and the close integration with Microsoft’s app architecture. Yaveon demonstrates how modern ERP systems perfectly combine processes, transparency, and sustainability.”

— In short: We make complex processes simple – with solutions that fit the exact requirements of the process manufacturing industry.

An award that belongs to the whole team

On stage in Frankfurt, Gebhard Schwan and Winfried Stahl accepted the award on behalf of the entire Yaveon team. The recognition reflects what can be achieved when passion, expertise, and trust come together.

“This award is a wonderful acknowledgment of our many years of work and our commitment to supporting companies in the process manufacturing industry with powerful and practical ERP solutions. My special thanks go to our team, our customers, and our partners – their trust and collaboration on equal footing made this success possible.”

— Gebhard Schwan, Managing Director at Yaveon.

“What makes me particularly proud is that we won because we have the most suitable solution for the process manufacturing industry – and because we truly understand what our customers need. This success is the result of genuine collaboration within our team and with our customers and partners.”

— Winfried Stahl, Head of Sales

More than an award – a confirmation

For us, this prize is more than just a trophy on a shelf. It’s a confirmation of our path: we develop ERP solutions that integrate seamlessly into the Microsoft ecosystem, reduce complexity, and create space for innovation. We empower companies that produce life-enhancing products – and support the people who make them possible. This award motivates us to keep challenging boundaries, embrace new ideas, and develop solutions that truly make a difference.

A heartfelt thank you goes to the entire Yaveon team, whose passion and perseverance made this achievement possible. Our gratitude also extends to the organizers of the competition – GITO Verlag, the Center for Enterprise Research (CER) at the University of Potsdam, the IT-Unternehmertag team, moderator Marc Semmler, and the dedicated jury. And of course, to our customers, whose requirements, ideas, and feedback inspire us every day to become even better.

We celebrate this success and take it as motivation to keep moving forward. Because those who want to shape the future don’t rest on their achievements. We continue – with curiosity, courage, and the conviction that technology has its greatest impact when it empowers people.

Thank you to everyone who is part of this journey!