MINNEAPOLIS-ASI DataMyte Inc., provider of manufacturing quality-related software solutions, and ddw Computersysteme GmbH (ddw) have concluded an agreement to combine the ddw business with ASI DataMyte’s global enterprise. ddw will be merged with ASI DataMyte GmbH, and the merged companies will operate under the ASI DataMyte name.

ddw, located in Lübeck, Germany, is a provider of computer-aided quality solutions in the German and European markets.

“This is the most important development for ASI DataMyte since the merger in 2002 of Applied Statistics and the DataMyte business,” says Frank Voigt, president of ASI DataMyte. “ddw’s and ASI DataMyte’s product lines, customer bases, sales channels and personnel are a perfect fit, and the combination of the two enterprises will provide many opportunities for both companies and their respective customers.”

ddw’s manufacturing quality-related software suite, known as QDA, addresses a broad range of manufacturers’ quality-control requirements, including SPC, APQP, FMEA, PPAP, gage management, document management, complaint management, supplier management, test planning and incoming inspection. ddw also offers a complete laboratory information management system (LIMS) and an assembly management solution.