The power of digital transformation is so strong that it can change an entire industry. Companies that change the way…
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Completing the Picture – IFS acquires VisionWaves
Today IFS announced the acquisition of VisionWaves. I feel really good about this as the acquisition completes an area where we have been investing strategically. In a way, you could say that we have been piecing together a puzzle over the last few years, and the addition of VisionWaves completes the picture.
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During my 20 years with IFS, I have spent a lot of time trying to convince companies – predominantly in…
Read MoreSupply Chain Segmentation: What it is and why it matters
To measure your supply chain’s performance, take a look at these three variables. Two years ago I had the pleasure…
Read MoreIs 3D printing ready for the consumer market?
While there’s a certain enjoyment about growing and picking your own fruit – or should I now say printing your…
Read MoreHow Can I.T. Keep Up with the 3D Printing Revolution?
3D printing has continued to hit the headlines with some fascinating use cases, such as the architects in Amsterdam that…
Read MoreWhy does business agility matter now more than ever?
Change or die. It is a pretty simple concept!
And that is why IFS is devoting substantial resources (see the first in our series of business agility whitepapers) to making the case for increased business agility, not only in the thinking of executives and the intelligentsia, but in the technology infrastructure that holds an enterprise-class business together.
Read MoreWhat Does 3D Printing Mean for ERP?
As I talk with customers at our IFS industry councils and at other professional events, I find many manufacturers and…
Read MoreHow Pulp and Paper Mills are Leaving Millions on the Table
When the industrial revolution came to the paper manufacturing industry in the early 1900’s no one could have envisioned how…
Read MoreTip for 2012: Be Specialized—It has worked the last 10,000 years
What happens when you cut off the ability for people to specialize and exchange? The answer is that you slow down technology progress—or even regress. There are studies to prove this, e.g. what happened Tasmania 10 000 years ago when it was isolated as the waters rose. But we don’t have to look back some 10 000 years. Look what has happened with societies such as North Korea or some of the Arab countries when people have been cut off from the ability to specialize and trade.
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