{"id":43241,"date":"2023-12-27T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wowflow.com\/how-wowflow-supports-stern-in-documenting-technical-systems-and-optimizing-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:37:34","slug":"how-wowflow-supports-stern-in-documenting-technical-systems-and-optimizing-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wowflow.com\/en\/references\/stern\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wowflow supports Stern in documenting and optimizing facility maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Stern M\u00f6bel is experiencing a considerable improvement thanks to Wowflow, bringing more clarity into their facilities management process. This software exceeds\u00a0 all expectations in terms of user-friendliness and enables Stern to fully document all\u00a0 their technical assets. The whole team is particularly enthusiastic about the user-friendly user experience of the Wowflo mobile app.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Stern family business has been developing garden and leisure furniture for over 70 years,\u00a0with ever-growing creativity and passion<\/span>. Their products range extends from lightweight aluminium furniture to purist stainless steel\u00a0<\/span>shapes made <\/span>and classic wickerwork or teak. Around 100 employees work every day at the company headquarters in Affalterbach in southern Germany to\u00a0<\/span>promptly\u00a0<\/span>supply almost 500 partners in Europe via a modern central warehouse with around 17,000 pallet spaces.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Traditional CAFM tools offer way more functions than Stern could ever need.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Stern, Facility Management worked with intensity using Excel spreadsheets and verbal and written communication and reports. This proved to be time-consuming and nerve-wracking, especially as they had no dedicated facility manager. Stern’s managing director took on these tasks himself. However, it quickly became clear that this way of working did not allow for a comprehensive overview over the facilities management processes.<\/p>

That’s why Max Walter was hired as an experienced facility manager at Stern. Due to his expertise in dealing with CAFM systems, it was clear that Stern needed software that would make workflows faster and simpler while providing a clear overview of the whole facilities management process.<\/p>

However, with three buildings to manage and only a few technical assets, they quickly realized that a comprehensive CAFM system was too powerful for their needs. It seemed to them that a traditional CAFM system offers more functions than Stern’s facility management could possibly need in their daily work.\u00a0Max Walter summed it up:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cThe software should be exactly as simple and uncomplicated as our work is.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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