Where the Mittelland Canal crosses the Weser, logistics is no side issue. Ports, freight forwarders and wholesalers in Minden link inland shipping, rail and road — and expect the same from their systems: data that moves from one system to the next without being retyped. An online shop that only knows stock levels once a day, or a website that sends enquiries as emails to a shared inbox, does not fit that way of working. That is why we develop the interfaces between shop, ERP and warehouse ourselves, rather than leaving them to off-the-shelf plugins that break with the next update.
The Minden-Lübbecke district is home to manufacturers of electrical and connection technology, mechanical engineering and household and consumer goods, many of them family-run and strong exporters. Their product data is extensive: technical attributes, approvals, variants, translations. That is what decides whether a shop or website works day to day — not the home page, but whether large ranges come cleanly out of the PIM or ERP and whether dealers and installers find what they are looking for. Data volumes like that need systems with a clear structure, not a website builder.
B2B comes first for manufacturers and wholesalers in Minden. For them we build dealer portals with Shopware 6 where electricians reorder by part number, with customer-specific prices and order approvals for purchasing departments. Where end customers should buy as well, a B2C channel runs on the same installation. We develop the ERP and warehouse integration ourselves. After go-live we take over operation: updates to the current Shopware version after testing on staging, security fixes, plugin maintenance, monitoring of the checkout process and imports. In the maintenance contract we agree whether 24, 8, 4 or 2 hours response time suits your business.
Several languages, countries or brands under one roof — where a website has to carry that, we use TYPO3 in Minden: at exporting manufacturers as much as at hospitals, foundations and municipal institutions in the district. New projects start on TYPO3 v14 LTS. If your site still runs on v11 or v12, we plan the way up: extension audit, migration on a test instance, switchover after sign-off. In ongoing maintenance we assess every TYPO3 security bulletin, apply patches, keep PHP and the database up to date and log what we did and when.
Seen from Oldenburg, Minden lies across the state border in North Rhine-Westphalia, about two hours' drive. For companies that value specialisation in Shopware and TYPO3 and operation from one team, travel time matters little. We meet in person in Minden by arrangement for the kick-off and the key workshops; development and support run remotely. Hosting is on our own servers in Germany, access and the installation are documented, and the domain is always registered in your name. You can reach us by phone Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 16:00, and Friday, 9:00 to 13:00 CET, on +49 441 21 21 63 0.