Service organizations are being asked to do more with less: deliver faster fixes, clearer customer communication, and consistent outcomes all while protecting margins in a world of complex contracts, mixed workforces, and unpredictable demand. IFS Cloud Service Management 26R1 focuses on the practical capabilities service leaders need to keep work moving smoothly from request to execution to commercial accuracy. 

Consistent service execution online, offline, and with contractors 

Field service execution isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some teams need strong offline capability. Others operate entirely online. Many rely on external contractors who must be productive quickly without lengthy onboarding. When those models aren’t supported consistently, execution becomes fragmented, productivity drops, and service quality varies from job to job. 

Service Management in IFS Cloud 26R1 supports multiple technician execution models without sacrificing consistency or control: 

  • Mobile execution for technicians and contractors who require offline capability, including clearer visibility of the correct contact for each request, task, location, or object and a service-oriented view of complex products to quickly identify serviceable components and relevant spare parts. 
  • A fully online, browser-based Service Execution Portal that covers the complete technician workflow, from job acceptance through time, material, measurement, and signature reporting. 
  • A streamlined contractor execution portal that enables secure, link-based access with no account setup that guides contractors through status updates, work reporting, evidence capture, and payment information. 

These enhancements deliver higher first-time fix rates, faster execution, and more professional customer interactions because technicians and contractors are better informed at the point of service and onboarding effort is reduced. 

Introducing Service Projects  

Service work is increasingly larger, longer, and more complex than break-fix. Many engagements span weeks or months and require coordinated packages of work and yet service leaders often lack long-term visibility into capacity. The workaround is typically a separate project tool, which adds overhead and disconnects planning from service execution. 

With Service Projects introduced into Request Management, you can manage packages of work under a single Service Project without leaving the service domain. Project-oriented work can be raised directly or initiated through a quotation process, providing a natural extension of existing service workflows. This also lays the foundation for long-term planning by visualizing work over an extended period and supporting resource planning based on overall capacity. 

The result is more predictable outcomes for long-duration and complex scopes of work, with improved utilization, and stronger control over future demand and capacity, without the overhead of standalone project systems. 

Manage commercial service agreements with confidence 

As service models move beyond simple break-fix toward usage-based and outcome-oriented agreements, contracts become living commercial instruments rather than static documents. But many organizations still struggle with rigid pricing models, disconnected entitlements, and manual workarounds that lead to billing disputes and margin leakage. 

Service Management in IFS Cloud 26R1 strengthens commercial governance by enabling service organizations to model, govern, and execute real-world service agreements using rule-based commercial logic: 

  • Automated pricing adjustments and usage-based benefits, such as discounts, so pricing aligns transparently with contractual terms during service execution. 
  • Controlled contract revision handling through approved versions with full audit trails, while the active contract remains in force until a new revision is activated. 
  • A service costing and pricing framework to support accurate costing, predictable margins, and confident commercial execution at scale. 

Value delivered: commercially accurate service delivery with reduced billing risk, stronger margin protection, and improved customer trust through fair, transparent, usage-aligned contracts that can evolve over time. 

From request to execution and revenue more predictably 

Service Management in IFS Cloud 26R1 brings together three outcomes service leaders care about: consistent execution across every workforce model, control over long-duration work, and confidence that delivery and billing match the commercial agreement. 

If you’re looking to improve service consistency, planning confidence, and commercial accuracy:

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