| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Asset Intensive, Oil & Gas, Service
The Most Under-appreciated Link in the Energy Value Chain?

Companies in the energy sector are getting a lot of attention these days. New and innovative technologies are making more…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Service
Civil Aviation Should See Maintenance as a Profit Center
civil aviation mro software

The Wall Street Journal has shown that there is very little room for profit in the aviation industry. In fact,…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Events
IFS13 Opening Session – Alastair Sorbie

This is one of a series of live blog posts directly from the site of the 2013 IFS World Conference…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Sustainability Monitoring – Do you do it? 68% of UK A&D companies don’t!

…and those that do, use manual spreadsheets! Governments of the world have been working towards an improved level of sustainability…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Asset Intensive, Research
How 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…

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| | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Oil & Gas
ERP for Drilling Contractors – Raising the standard for visibility performance and control

Today, international drilling contractors face a situation in which strong growth requires new ways of handling increased pressure on human resources, equipment utilization, and assets performance.

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Process Manufacturing
Supply 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.

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology
Windows 8 vs. iPad – It’s PC vs. Mac all over again
Old Machintosh computer

I have just returned from three months paternity leave, and I must say that in addition to enjoying time with my kids it has been quite refreshing to experience IT “out of business”. Rather than reading IT press, the last few months I have seen how the iPads and Windows 8 devices work in the hands of my kids, their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Process Manufacturing
How 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.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology
CRM App – The most wanted business app is now also available on Android

According to and IDC survey 31 percent of companies indicate CRM (e.g. management of sales, contracts, activities, and opportunities) is the mobile business app that would most significantly impact their business. We have it. Please try it.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Creativity & Innovation
A Big and Creative Brain is a Small Brain

Many times I have asked myself why some people and companies seem to be more creative and innovative than others. Do some people have superior DNA or are they blessed with a bigger brain? I read a book during my summer vacation that shed some light on my question. I would like to share it with you here.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Creativity & Innovation
Shaping an Innovation Culture Includes Rewarding Failure

We discussed whether your fear of failure is due to the fear of losing your job or damaging your career. I asked if anyone has really lost their job due to that kind of failure, but the answer was ‘no’. So maybe the fear is just a perception? …. and they nodded in agreement.

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