The last year has been a big year for IFS on mobile. Here’s what we’ve learnt – and what’s coming next.
Read MoreThe Future of IFS on Mobile
Ray Wang: Go mobile or go extinct
We’re in a world of change, and you have a stark choice: be a disruptor or vein disrupted. Do you understand your company’s DNA enough to do that?
Read MoreDisruption and the Future of Software
Is software set to disappear? Will it become pervasive? Will business software become better than the consumer stuff? Industry experts discuss…
Read MoreIFS & Radley: The barcode solutions
Four customers share their stories of using IFS coupled with Radley’s barcode solutions to streamline their operations.
Read MoreIFS World 2013: Services and Assets Breakout
IFS is offering ever-more sophisticated solutions for easy management of the whole asset lifecycle and work scheduling. Here’s an insight into what comes next.
Read MoreIFS World 2013: IFS Applications 8 Update
Last year, we announced IFS Applications 8. Today we’ll hear from customers who have been using it.
Read MoreWhat can we learn from Nokia?
Pain is actually a good driver for coming up with new innovations because it forces you to produce new ideas. Being a leader is not painful. While you are concentrating on looking ahead, you might not detect what the competitors are doing and how your customers’ behavior and preferences are changing because you were too busy pleasing the financial market.
Read MoreCome on Apple—NFC is Good for Business
For a couple of years Near Field Communications (NFC) has been pushed by Google and others as the next big thing for smartphones. There has been a lot said about the merits of consumer applications for NFC, including digital wallets and replacing some of Bluetooth. But what about applications in business—what role could NFC play there? Here at IFS we’ve been looking into just that.
Read MoreSupply Chain Segmentation and Differentiated Inventory Planning
IFS has released a new solution for inventory planning. Even though the solution is a brand new development it was heavily inspired by a product extension that had been offered to our Scandinavian customer base for over ten years. In order to be able to offer this product globally it was included as a part the core IFS Applications. As we included the extension into core we also made some major enhancements of the solution. The most significant being vastly improved performance.
Read MoreMixed Mode Manufacturing – What’s in it for you?
Mixed mode manufacturing means that you combine make-to-stock (MTS) and make-to-order (MTO) in one common supply chain. The value proposition of this is that you can strike a balance between efficiency and flexibility across the product range by assigning different supply models to different products. In order to implement a strategy for a process manufacturing company it is important to have an enterprise software system such as IFS Applications that can support not only industry specific requirements for example formulations and multiple units of measure, but also mixed mode manufacturing.
Read MoreHow Enterprise Software Vendors Can Support Supply Chain Segmentation
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in London. One of the many interesting topics discussed was Supply Chain Segmentation. Segmentation lets companies boost profitability by tailoring multiple supply chains within one physical flow. This made me think about how ERP vendors such as IFS can support companies to implement segmented supply chains.
The supply chain segmentation example Gartner shared resonated with me.
Read MoreShorter Time to Value with “IFS Upgrade” Program
The aim with IFS Upgrade is to help our customers upgrade to the latest version of IFS Applications, thereby quickly taking advantage of new functionality to improve productivity and their competitive edge.
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