Released:
26. August 2026

1986 – 2026 | The dmc-ortim celebrates its 40th anniversary

Since our founding in 1986, we have been experts in work and time management and advise our customers on Industrial Engineering topics.

Founded on August 29, 1986 as ORTIM, the company based in Kiel, Erfurt, and Munich offers consulting services as well as hardware and software solutions in the field of Industrial Engineering. In 2010, the company ORTIM became part of the dmc-group and changed its name to dmc-ortim.

The range of services for our customers in industry and service companies has continuously evolved over the past decades and adapted to technical changes. So in addition to the professional time study recording device ORTIM a5, there are now numerous in-house developed software solutions for recording time studies with tablet or smartphone (ORTIM a6, ORTIM b6, ORTIM c6). With ORTIMzeit, the time studies from the various recording devices of the ORTIM system are clearly prepared. The dmc-ortim portfolio convinces through specialized products such as CAPP Knowledge. The leading planned time system integrates seamlessly into existing SAP environments. ORTIMplan, on the other hand, supports ERP system-independent work planning and serves as a bridge between modern time management and the system-based planning world, the ERP systems. To identify strengths and weaknesses of business processes, we use the multi-moment procedure, which we can quickly and efficiently prepare and evaluate depending on the application using ORTIMmulti or ORTIMnotes.

In addition to hardware and software, we also offer our customers consulting services related to work planning and work organization using time management methods (REFA and MTM). We support data collection and processing as well as guide the entire process. Depending on customer requirements, we support complete projects or provide individual coaching and product training.

The popular “dmc-ortim user meeting” takes place in Erfurt every two years. Here, users and customers have the opportunity to engage in direct exchange with each other and discuss the latest developments. In expert presentations, customers present individual application examples and projects.

We are proud to have supported our customers for 40 years with customized solutions for work planning. In times of limited resources, we can make improvement potential visible and optimize processes.
A heartfelt thank you to the entire team that does their best every day to make our customer projects successful!

When: August 29th, 2026

How can we assist you?

The professional time study recording device

We developed the ORTIM a5 specifically for use as a time study device and for recording multi-moment snapshots – in simple terms, it is a large stopwatch. 

  • Intuitive to use 
  • Touchscreen with integrated handwriting recognition 
  • Form pad with assigned measurement buttons for recording on paper 
Freely configurable
  • Adaptable to any type of time study and any evaluation rule 
  • Allows all types of time recording for multi-station work (cyclical and non-cyclical processes can be recorded simultaneously) 
  • Generate standard time codes from time recordings planned time formulas 
  • Plug-in keyboard with integrated form holder for extensive text entries 

You can then use our ORTIMzeit software to evaluate your time recordings

Questions about the product?