This sunset represents the end of the chapter of the first 25 years of Ardans on 23 December 2024 and the opening of a new one.
Photograph taken at Pointe de Pen Hir (Camaret) on 20 June 2024 at 22:12 © Ardans 2024.
Ardans was launched in Lyon on 23/12/1999
with Jean Viallard as President.
After celebrating 25 years on 8/10/2024,
we would like to thank all those who have placed their trust in us!
1999-2024: stages from Lyon to Montigny-le-Bretonneux
The launch took place in Lyon with Solygec's administrative team, with a view to returning to Guyancourt in January 2001 with the creation of the Guyancourt site at Cristal.
Since June 12, 2022, its headquarters have been established in Montigny-le-Bretonneux. The year 2000 was the year when Jean-Pierre and Alain joined Jean to build the project: the former management team of TDL and then Decan Telecom met again.
From the first consulting actions to the delivery of the first IS for an SMI
In 2001, Nicolas, Eric, David and Samuel joined the adventure to work with Ardans' first customers: France Telecom, PSA Peugeot Citroën (Banque PSA Finance) and Électricité de France.
We will also mention a SMI "Soprel" for which we redesigned the entire information system by taking advantage of the euro to build a real application for managing the production and operation of the company.
The information technology engineering activity
It is notable to note the loyalty of more than 20 years in the relationship of Ardans with the companies Sol Paysage, SMEH / SUPEX and EDF. With the latter, Ardans has notably developed expertise around CIM and 61850 standards ... and more generally on information systems for electrical networks. Moreover, the expertise developed and the efficiency of this work are recognized and are gaining in diffusion in the industrial world.
CIM training modules are provided to help you understand and use the Common Information Model .
Knowledge engineering and knowledge management
You can't change your nature!
Alain's past as a knowledge engineer and the projects shared since Framentec-Cognitech & Ingénia facilitated Pierre's arrival to confidently launch our first "professional reference" project at the DTPA at PSA Peugeot Citroën, we are mid-2002.
At the end of 2002, Ardans communicates on the Omega Cycle and produces its first collection at SAFT in Poitiers using this method and uses the alpha version of what was to be called K-Maker before being called Ardans Knowledge Maker (AKM).
The first AKM export delivered for validation on 23 February 2003 was generated in the form of a 139-page structured Word document!
Consulting and engineering to generate methods
This knowledge engineering and management activity is being consolidated incrementally between methods and software tools, so that we can continue to evolve our methods and refine our tools... a brief reminder of our KM methodological elements:
The handover on 29 November 2004
With Jean's well-deserved retirement, a new capital structure was put in place, with employees, partners - Myriam, Adrien - and close friends - Michel, Denis - acquiring a stake in the company. Jean-Pierre became the second Président of Ardans on 1st January 2005, and the following day appointed Alain as Directeur Général. To date, all the shareholders are employees of the company.
The commercial launch of Ardans Knowledge Maker
On 16 December 2004, Dialog Services became the first purchaser of AKM for the Phoenics project, followed by ALTIR for Apollon in March and in June 2005, on the one hand the acquisition by Stago for Racines, and on the other hand the approval followed by the purchase by PSA Peugeot Citroën for Icare.