Honored: Tebis Technology receives German Innovation Award

SmartOps Technology, which combines CAD/CAM operations into one safe and reliable end-to-end CAD/CAM process, receives an award from the German Design Council

Tebis SmartOps: A step toward industrial CAD/CAM automation for a lot size of one

Since its launch in November 2025, SmartOps Technology has become synonymous with fast, flexible, automated design and CAM programming. This technology transforms conventional CAD/CAM programming into a manageable end-to-end process within a single, clearly structured work environment.

The benefits for users include significantly less time and effort, standardization of processes, and a noticeable reduction in their day-to-day workload. These advantages are especially clear in the context of a skilled labor shortage, time pressure, and ever greater product variety.

The initial results in practice speak for themselves:

• CAD and CAM training time reduced by at least 50%
• Time and effort for manufacturing preparation reduced by up to 90%
• Throughput times from CAD data input to the finished part reduced by around 20%
• Less manual creation of jobs and significantly fewer iterations
• Reproducible processes with maximum flexibility

The revolutionary SmartOps Technology comes with Tebis 4.1 and provides wizard-based interfaces to guide users through all steps of a process, while still allowing them
to intervene when necessary. The parametric structure preserves the transparency, manageability, and adaptive flexibility of all processes at all times.

Rather than residing in individual employees’ minds, a company’s know-how is stored systematically in part class templates and structured knowledge databases. Recurring tasks and strategies can be standardized and automated without any extra IT or scripting knowledge. This approach makes knowledge scalable.

The Tebis AG team feels validated by this award, which also provides motivation for their next development steps. They are already looking towards the future:

• The next phase of development aims to create a fully autonomous overall process, including MES integration, based on ProLeiS
• In the future, AI-powered part classification will enable automatic assignment of appropriate SmartOps strategies. This will provide a basis for precise quotation calculations, followed immediately by part design, NC programming, scheduling, and manufacturing control
  

SmartOps Technology was developed in close collaboration with project partners and has already been deployed successfully by corporate customers.

Torsten Fiedler: “Our solution has already proven successful in practice, and the demand is high. It was very gratifying to receive the German Innovation Award for this work , and to see our innovation recognized and appreciated outside the die and mold manufacturing industry as well.”

German Innovation Award

The German Innovation Award is presented by the German Design Council and recognizes innovations that create long-term added value through their originality, implementation, and effectiveness. It honors technologies, products, and solutions that combine a forward-looking approach with practical relevance. You can find more information here.