IDS Scheer

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{{Infobox company

| name = IDS Scheer Consulting GmbH

| type = Public

| foundation = 1984

| founder = Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer

| location_city = Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Rudolf Keul, Josef Bommersbach

| industry = Information Technology

| parent = Scheer Group GmbH

| homepage = https://www.scheer-group.com/

}}

IDS Scheer was a software company that developed, marketed, and supported Business Process Management (BPM) software. It has been regarded as the founder of the BPM industry.{{cite web | publisher=ITWire | url=http://www.itwire.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=13342 | title=IDS Scheer Launches in Australia | date=5 July 2007 | accessdate=9 May 2009}}{{Cite web |date= |title=BPM Maturity Check |url=http://www.bpmmaturity.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121061050/http://www.bpmmaturity.com/ |archive-date=2008-11-21 |access-date= |website=www.bpmmaturity.com}}{{cite web | url=http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/amcis2008/Documents/About%20IDS%20Scheer.pdf | title=About IDS Scheer | publisher=mcmaster.ca | access-date=2 July 2009 | archive-date=27 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627014325/http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/amcis2008/Documents/About%20IDS%20Scheer.pdf | url-status=dead }}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}} The company was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer who also served as supervisory board chairman and Chief Technology Advisor, as a spin-off from the Institute for Information Systems.{{cite web | url=http://www.ids-scheer.nl/nl/Over_Ons/IDS_Scheer_Group/28005.html | title=IDS Scheer's History Website | accessdate=9 May 2009}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{cite web | first=Bob | last=Violino | publisher=CIO Zone | url=http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Management/BPM-3-Vendors-To-Watch/IDS-Scheer-Offers-Integrated-Portfolio-Of-BPM-Products.html | title=BPM: 3 Vendors To Watch | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310234713/http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Management/BPM-3-Vendors-To-Watch/IDS-Scheer-Offers-Integrated-Portfolio-Of-BPM-Products.html |archivedate=2009-03-10 | accessdate=9 May 2009}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{cite web | first=Prasad | last=Ramasubramanian | publisher=CIOL | url=http://www.ciol.com/content/151207102226.aspx | title=IDS SCHEER looks to augment BPM in India | date=15 December 2007 | accessdate=9 May 2009}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}} The company was centered around selling products and services based on Dr. Scheer's early Y-Model, developed in the 1980s .{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}} In 2009 it was acquired by Software AG.{{Cite web |date=2010-10-20 |title=German Software giant acquires solid MDM foundations |url=http://www.it-director.com/technology/data_mgmt/content.php?cid=12366 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713070608/http://www.it-director.com/technology/data_mgmt/content.php?cid=12366 |archive-date=2011-07-13 |access-date= |website=www.it-director.com}}

IDS Scheer had a dominant BPM market-share in Europe and was considered well-positioned in the US market based on its partnerships with Microsoft, SAP, HP, Oracle, IBM and TIBCO as well as consistent financial success and numerous favorable reports from Gartner, Forrester, and AMR Research. However, the company is less well known in the US market, warranting some in the US to call IDS Scheer a "better kept secret."{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Bjorlin |first=Courtney |date=2009-04-22 |title=More SAP customers adopting BPM tools despite the recession |url=http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1354491,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426125644/http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1354491,00.html |archive-date=2009-04-26 |access-date= |website=searchsap.techtarget.com}}{{Cite web |last=Greenbaum |first=Joshua |date=2007-03-05 |title=A Little Known Company Charts the BPM-SOA Future |url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/erp/article.php/3663256 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328212221/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/erp/article.php/3663256 |archive-date=2007-03-28 |access-date= |website=itmanagement.earthweb.com}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Cite web |date= |title=IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM {{!}} Enterprise Anti-matter {{!}} ZDNet.com |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenbaum/?p=153 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308114146/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenbaum/?p=153 |archive-date=2008-03-08 |access-date= |website=blogs.zdnet.com}}{{Cite web |date=2006-10-11 |title=IDS Scheer Named a Market Leader in Business Process Modeling Tools by Independent Research Firm. - Free Online Library |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IDS+Scheer+Named+a+Market+Leader+in+Business+Process+Modeling+Tools...-a0154086589 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013012835/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IDS+Scheer+Named+a+Market+Leader+in+Business+Process+Modeling+Tools...-a0154086589 |archive-date=2012-10-13 |access-date= |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}

Its product held the unique distinction of being embedded in the products of SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft.{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}}{{Full citation needed|date=July 2014}} End-user markets for IDS Scheer included consumer packaged goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, papers, metals, retail and textile industries.