Orion ERP
See how Axelis & Partners aims to connect customer, project, costing, materials, work preparation, purchasing, planning, production and invoicing in one business flow.
Discover Orion ERP →Dirk Panis is founder of Axelis & Partners and leads the product vision for Orion ERP. His experience sits at the intersection of commercial leadership, business processes, digitalisation and the day-to-day reality of kitchen, interior fit-out and custom manufacturing businesses.
The strongest process improvements do not come from theory alone, but from understanding what actually happens between customer enquiry, quotation, work preparation, production and installation.
Dirk built his career in the kitchen, interior and manufacturing industry. That means he understands both the commercial side of a project and the operational consequences of decisions made earlier in the process.
Sales, costing, work preparation, purchasing, planning, production and installation are not separate worlds. They share the same information and continuously influence one another.
“Digitalisation only works when it makes the job easier for the people who have to use it every day.”
That conviction is now an important part of the product vision behind Orion ERP and of the way Axelis & Partners approaches business processes.
For Dirk, technology is not an end in itself. It is a way to improve the flow of information, support stronger decisions and help people work together more effectively.
Sales organisation, customer experience, commercial processes and translating strategy into day-to-day execution.
Making waste visible, simplifying information flows and organising processes around what genuinely adds value.
Connecting digital systems to the real workflow of costing, work preparation, purchasing, planning and production.
In many companies, the same information is entered several times. A customer change becomes an email, then a revised quotation, then a note for work preparation and finally another interpretation on the shop floor.
That costs time and makes errors more likely.
The product vision behind Orion therefore starts from a simple rule: information captured correctly once should remain reusable later in the process.
Axelis & Partners translates that vision into an organisation-backed software platform in which practical expertise, product development, documentation and support come together.
Kitchen, interior and manufacturing businesses through commercial and operational roles.
Connecting teams, customer processes, profitability and commercial organisation.
Looking at workflows through value, waste, information and handovers.
Translating practical experience into business software for custom manufacturing companies.
Axelis & Partners is deliberately being built as an organisation around Orion, so that knowledge, software and support do not depend on one person.
Dirk is founder and the driving force behind the product vision. But Orion ERP is developed and supported within Axelis & Partners as a business platform.
That is why the focus is not only on features and technology, but also on documentation, support, transferability and long-term continuity.
That structure matters to customers. Business software should not depend on one person, one device or one piece of implicit knowledge.
See how Axelis & Partners aims to connect customer, project, costing, materials, work preparation, purchasing, planning, production and invoicing in one business flow.
Discover Orion ERP →See how the same vision is translated for interior fit-out, kitchen manufacturing and joinery.
ERP for interior fit-out →For substantive questions, you can contact us directly. If you mainly want to know when Orion becomes available, you can also join the waiting list.