As I talk with customers at our IFS industry councils and at other professional events, I find many manufacturers and…
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Performance-Based Logistics: Cementing BRICS on the Path to Competitive Growth
BRICS nations have an opportunity to assert themselves on the global stage and are looking to invest in their armed…
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If you had boots on the ground for the IFS World Conference in Barcelona, you are probably already aware that…
Read MoreCubic Case Study: Keeping cities moving with field service management software from IFS
Cubic makes – and supports – the fare gates used by the world’s transport systems. To keep those cities moving, they use Metrix and 360 Scheduling to hits SLAs and keep the gates open.
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The top-performing maintenance, repair and overhaul companies have defined an enterprise platform to overcome the barrier to organizational change by…
Read More7 Steps to Optimizing Operational Capability
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is viewed as one of the key methods allowing maintenance engineers to do more with less at the same time as minimizing risk. RCM provides a greater understanding of the level of risk that an organization is currently managing, as well as supporting the establishment of capital maintenance regimes, thereby increasing cost effectiveness and equipment uptime. Implementing an RCM solution is not necessarily a complex or procedure – particularly if an organization follows seven easy steps…
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The mission of the Enterprise was to go where no one had gone before. Elements of any science fiction story…
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Today, most enterprise software runs on servers at a business’ premises. Of course a growing percentage of solutions like customer relationship management (CRM) or even enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are delivered from the cloud. Sometimes they are even sold not through a perpetual license, but as as a subscription service or from the cloud.
Read MoreHow Mobility Access Unlocks Business Benefits for Industrial Maintenance
How do you access enterprise software from mobile devices while doing maintenance work and other asset management activities?
It’s a question we recently asked executives at industrial companies with more than $50 million in annual revenue and have some involvement with enterprise software selection. We heard some surprising answers…
Read MoreOperation Mobile: How mobile apps are changing the way the military operates in the field
The consumer world is unable to function without a smartphone and/or a tablet and has moved on from brick-sized analogue devices to wafer thin smartphones with processing capabilities comparable to those of laptops. New technology is constantly pushing the boundaries of what we can expect from our mobile devices. The A&D market is trending in a similar direction primarily driven by the demand for industrial workforce productivity combined with dramatic improvements that can be achieved in military operational effectiveness. The big question remaining is exactly what role mobile apps could play in defense strategy.
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