| | 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 An investment in ERP is not just a way to get a modern, supported and cost effective replacement of an outdated ERP, but a key component on the path to strategic alignment.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure
Joining the dots: The need for integration in the construction industry

BIM or (Building Information Modelling) is one of the construction industry’s (relatively few) buzzwords that continues to dominate conversations—and for…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Manufacturing
3D Printing beyond the glitz
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If you’re anything like me, you’re finding it increasingly difficult to be (and stay) wowed by the spectacular feats of…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Selecting ERP for Aerospace and Defense

When it comes to selecting enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for asset-intensive industries such as aerospace & defense (A&D), there…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Automotive, Business Agility
Greasing the wheels of the automotive supply chain
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When it comes to manufacturing’s next revolution – the much-discussed Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 – the automotive industry…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Agility, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure
Is the end goal BIM + ERP integrated?
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BIM is driving us all towards an integrated data-driven digital world. So where does ERP fit in? What type of…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, IFS Applications, Strategy
Completing the Picture – IFS acquires VisionWaves
IFS | 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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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
The 3D Printing Paradox in A&D

3D printing is becoming a ‘must have’ for manufacturers rather than a luxury R&D project. Simplifying the process can cause…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Agility, Process Manufacturing
As a process manufacturer, which ERP is right for you?

During my 20 years with IFS, I have spent a lot of time trying to convince companies – predominantly in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Agility, Manufacturing
NEC: Empowered By Innovation

Since 1998, NEC have been a valued partner of IFS, and one success factor of the partnership is the similarities…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Agility, Process Manufacturing
How Heaven Hill Distilleries got its business agility

Heaven Hill Distilleries explains how they’ve achieved their goals and how they became more agile. Recently, I was in conversation with…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology
Dining out on IoT and M2M

While many understand the general principle, it’s increasingly common for IoT to be used incorrectly and describe a different type…

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