Arter Oy

Arter Oy is a Finnish company that combines management consulting with its own software for running an organisation. It helps clients build a management system that links strategy, structure, culture and people leadership, so that strategy turns into daily practice and survives staff changes.

Products and services

• IMS software: a tool for building quality, management or operating systems, with sections aligned to ISO standard requirements and documents available to all staff from anywhere.
• ARC software: a browser-based SaaS tool for modelling an organisation's structures, functions and their links, from strategy down to information systems, as enterprise architecture.
• Management system consulting: expert help designing and developing processes and ways of working.
• Training: Qualitas Fennica quality management courses and product courses for ARC and IMS.
• Webinars and materials: sessions and a resource bank on process development and quality.

Customers and markets

The software is used by close to 600 organisations. One published case is a municipal federation that used IMS to build a quality system and meet the SHQS quality programme.

Key facts

• Based in: Finland
• Founded: 1998
• Team: about 40 experts
• Certifications: ISO 27001 and ISO 9001