| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
2016 Defense trends – the rise of the protected military ecosystem

Four key factors that will change the way defense organizations operate and bring huge changes to military support chains. In…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, IFS Applications
Second time lucky for role-based user experiences?

History is full of concepts and products that flopped or ended up as nice products used for very limited purposes….

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Agility, Business Technology
Civil aviation trends
Civil Aviation

IFS’s Global Industry Director for the Aerospace & Defense sector, Graham Grose, predicts how key trends will be impacting the…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Events, Retail, Supply Chain
Meet with IFS at NRF 2016

The retail year of 2016 is kicking off with a bang as the industry’s biggest fair, NRF, hosted in New…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Retail, Strategy, Supply Chain
2016 Retail industry predictions

IFS’s Global Industry Director for the retail sector, Ulf Tillander, predicts how three key trends will be impacting the industry…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Automotive, Events, Strategy, Supply Chain
A meeting of automotive minds at Odette 2015
Odette 2015

What I saw and heard at Odette 2015. During the first week of December, I joined over 250 decision-makers and…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Automotive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Strategy, Supply Chain
2016 Automotive industry predictions

Asia will be the biggest car manufacturer worldwide within the next few years, but Europe will continue to lead in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Automotive, Business Technology, Supply Chain
Seeing auto trends at Odette 2015

Automotive is a fast-moving industry and keeping up with the latest trends, opportunities and threats is a major challenge. This…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Agility, IFS Applications, Process Manufacturing
Why is everyone so excited about IFS Applications 9?

I’m just back from the UK after two intensive days at the IFS UK user group conference in Birmingham. As…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Automotive, Business Agility
See how Toyota Lanka delivers excellence in customer service

Besides original equipment manufacturers who produce a final vehicle, Tier N suppliers within the automotive industry global supply chain and…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, IFS Applications, Strategy
Top 10 questions for your ERP vendor

When considering which enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to choose, the starting point is a set of ten specific questions…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Manufacturing, Strategy
Yield the potential of modern ERP
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How do we create a business process that offers the distinct attributes needed to support the company’s strategies and create competitive advantage? How do we find an ERP broad yet specific enough to provide real business agility? This is a move for ERP up the value chain. An investment in ERP is not just a way to get a modern, supported and cost effective replacement of an outdated ERP, but a key component on the path to strategic alignment.

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