APIS North America Opens Office in Royal Oak, Mich.

Royal Oak, MI, October 28, 2016 --(PR.com)-- APIS North America (www.apis-iq.com) announced the opening of an office in Royal Oak, Mich. (621 E. 5th St.) to provide training and consultation service to customers of APIS Informationstechnologien GmbH.

The German-based developer authors IQ (Installation Qualification) software designed for risk mitigation and functional safety analysis of product and processes by providing a graphically-focused environment for a thorough assessment of how they fail and identifying their respective causes and effects. It then creates a plan with many graphical editors and analysis tools detailing how to prevent the failures or, at least, mitigate their effects. The IQ-Software products are built from the ground up and can be customized to fit each customer’s needs.

“We look forward to working with our North and South American customers to enhance the globalization of their quality assurance programs by helping them improve their products and processes,” said APIS North America President Dr. Lynn Johnson, whose background includes healthcare (doctorate in pharmacy) and technology business development. “Whether it’s automotive, alternative energy or healthcare, we are confident that APIS North America offers the highest quality software paired with the most effective training and facilitation—all matched to meet our customers’ needs.”

Since its initial product launch in 1992, APIS has created a variety of tools for performing robust risk assessments and optimization plans for products and processes, including: Functional Safety Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Design Review by Failure Mode (DRBFM). In addition to North America, the company’s reach stretches across South America, Europe, China and into Japan.

“All of APIS is driven by the simple motivator—to be the best and provide the best,” said APIS North America Vice President Chad Johnson, a graduate of GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich. “We are very proud to be of service to APIS customers. We are passionate about delivering and applying the best software with the best methods to the most advanced products. This enables our customers to have the highest confidence that their products are safe and robust.”