Colin Beaney

Colin is a Key Account Manager at IFS, where he has worked for nearly 20 years. Colin has been involved in implementing and project managing IFS software into many project and asset-intensive organizations in Europe and worldwide. These cover many industries including energy, utilities, pulp & paper, aerospace and defense.

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How Torresol Energy met its lifecycle needs with IFS Applications

Solar power for the generation, storage and re-use of energy is one hot topic at the moment. Along with other…

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Agility, flexibility and asset management excellence are paramount for Imerys Minerals

Responding quickly to change in your business and in your market is something every company wants to achieve, and is…

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The energy and utility sectors must stay close to customers to find out what is going on
energy and utilities industry

Energiforum is an opportunity for IFS customers in the energy and utilities industry to meet, exchange ideas and hear about…

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View from the top for the power generation sector

Today at ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, we’ve announced a “plug-and-play” version of IFS CPM (corporate performance management), for companies in…

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Production Data – A Potential Goldmine for Capital-Intensive Industries

Data collected from production and better collaboration between the various parts of an organization can lead to fewer disruptions, increased…

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Operational Intelligence – The Game Changer in Energy & Utilities Software

Within IFS Applications, operational intelligence (OI) is delivered through the IFS CPM component. This is so much more than business intelligence (BI), this is a model driven approach to blending OI and BI technologies combining the benefits of data and processes in real time to create continuous situational awareness.

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What a Week for The Energy Industry & Environmental Footprint Management

One of the more interesting pieces of news that came out this week is that the two biggest economies in…

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Augmenting Reality for Best Collaborative Service

  How do you solve complex asset maintenance issues on-site, without actually being on-site? And if the person with all the…

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How does IFS stay close to its energy and utility customers?

It has been 30 years or so since IFS got its start in the energy and utilities (E&U) industry. We…

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And the sooner you use enterprise software, the quicker the ROI!

Last week Martin Gunnarsson blogged that “Owning enterprise software doesn’t add value to your business; using it does.” How true…

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Using ERP to Come to Grips with Business Transformation

Companies that succeed are the ones that embrace change. They have the built-in flexibility to respond to fast-changing business conditions. …

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Project Integration Key to Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Success

As the global energy sector reconsiders the place of nuclear in the power generation portfolio, all eyes ought to be…

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