Our History

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Ardans, a consulting and engineering company

Founded on December 27, 1999, Ardans is a consulting and engineering company whose mission is to support organisations in the analysis and processing of information and knowledge, Knowledge Management.

Since 1985, the founders of Ardans have shared common experiences in the design and implementation of information or knowledge-based systems in the telecoms, industry, banking, health and service sectors. Although Ardans' clients today vary greatly in size and status, they all share the common characteristic of being inspired by a truly sustainable human dimension.

---2024

CoP Manager: the tool dedicated to the CoP leader of CoPs, integrating all CoPBoK concepts.

AUGM 8th edition: Ardans brings its entire community together in Paris at the end of 2024 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

---2023

PARNASSE: ISO30401 tool in practice delivered to Knowledge Management Club

---2022

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 7th edition at La Fabrique in Paris

AKM Loader new version to facilitate the integration of content in the knowledge base

---2021

From the KB-Scope to the ELS, the Expertise Locator System, from the mapping of expertise to that of experts.

Kalam for mapping critical knowledge, another result of the dynamics of Ardans and Polia feedback and methods

---2020

CoPBoK : Community of Practice Body of Knowledge the result of feedback from Ardans and Polia

---2019

Ardans welcomes Polia Consulting and Jean-Yves Prax in its midst

---2018

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 6th edition Pan Piper Paris

---2017

New internal organisation (KM, Lab, IT) and revamped communication

---2016

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 5th edition
Pan Piper Paris

---2015

Implementation of Ardans Information Maker version 1 in a .Net environment

---2014

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 4th edition
Maison de la Mutualité Paris

AKM v3 in production

The AKM BDES Tool (economic and social database)

---2013

Version 1 of AIM Ardans Information Maker

Realease of the IMT tool(AKM Innovation Management Tool)

---2012

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 3rd edition
Salons Champs Elysées Boétie Paris

Ardans is moving to Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Paris-Saclay)

---2011

Implementation of version 1 of Ardans Information Maker in a java environment.

Ardans delivers its first e-K.Book: JASMINE

---2010

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 2nd edition
Etoile St Honoré Paris

---2009

AKM v2 in production

---2008

Ardans Users' Group Meeting 1st edition
Versailles

---2007

The Ardans method and the Ardans Knowledge Maker tool in front of the CGE community in Namur

---2006

ICARE deployed in the automotive industry to be presented at the Knowledge Week in Nantes

---2005

Livraison des premières licences d'AKM v1

---2004

Employee takeover of the company

---2003

1st collection of expertise produced with AKM

---2002

Development of Ardans Knowledge Maker v0: AKM

---2001

Ardans SAS with a capital of 200 000 € then 230 000 €

---1999

Creation of Ardans SAS with a capital of €150,000

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