IDS Scheer, Inc. was founded in 1985 by Professor Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer, a worldwide noted authority on business process improvement, with its international headquarters in Germany.

A consulting and software company, IDS Scheer, enables enterprises to design and improve business processes, simplify the implementation of enterprise-wide software systems, and carefully manage across the enterprise.

IDS Scheer employs over 700 professionals and specialists in SAP R/3 implementation and business process improvement worldwide, and has over 2,700 customers including GTE, Lockheed Martin, Grace Davison, Boeing, Akzo Nobel, McDermott, and Daimler-Chrysler. The company's flagship product, the ARIS Toolset, has been ranked the leading BPR tool by several technology analyst groups.

The ARIS Easy Design and ARIS Toolset provide organizations with a powerful tool to visualize and document their business processes, and then use this information to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply-chain management (SCM) systems. These products can be linked to SAP R/3 systems, as well as other knowledge management, workflow, and other thrid-party applications. Both tools offer a Windows-based graphical user interface which is extremely user-friendly.

IDS Scheer's consulting services help companies deploy and use ARIS Easy Design and the ARIS Toolset. The company is a pioneer in ERP implementations and has more experience than most consulting firms in this area, which is reflected in the design of its tools.