One important element in the path to innovation is to learn about all the new capabilities in IFS Applications. We can help our customers to add—stepwise and pretty seamlessly—new product innovations to their ERP suite without major business intermission.
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When a technology is not well-understood, a number of myths or urban legends can spring up to fill in the…
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It’s that time of the year again – prediction time. Making predictions for the far off future is one thing, making them for next year is something completely different. Harder. More difficult. Higher risk of making a fool of yourself. More of a challenge.
Here at IFS Labs we’re not ones to shy away from a challenge. So here goes; the IFS Labs trend spotting for 2014.
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N’importe quelle technologie était magique il y a 200 ans. Le « medium d’information » n’arrête pas d’évoluer : physique, virtuel, audio ou une combinaison des trois…il est ensuite devenu électronique avant d’être un ordinateur ou un téléphone.
La suite ? On pourra très probablement et littéralement porter sur soi l’information…
To control computers today, we stare at screens and touch things. Is that the future? Pranav Mistry doesn’t think so, and he’s working to change it.
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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?
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Is software set to disappear? Will it become pervasive? Will business software become better than the consumer stuff? Industry experts discuss…
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From the internet of cows to big data – you’ll only be equipped to deal with the future of business if you truly understand what your business is.
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Travelling back after a week with Microsoft and its worldwide partners in a balmy (no pun intended) Houston, Texas. What impression did the 14.000 or so attendees leave with?
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Mobility continues to be a hot topic in the ERP/enterprise software market, but the conversations are changing from theory to optimization and practical use. In fact, mobility is one of Gartner’s nexus of forces, the convergence of social, mobility, cloud and information patterns that drive new business scenarios. This started me thinking about why manufacturers appear to be behind the curve in embracing this technology and in seeing the benefits on the shop floor.
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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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Borg van Katwijk, Financial Director at Visser & Smit Marine Contracting said, “Our workforce is becoming increasingly mobile. By using business apps, such as IFS Notify Me, our employees are no longer required to be at their desks. IFS Notify Me enables them to approve purchase orders and invoices at any time and at any location—at home, at the office, or on the go. This boosts productivity and ensures up-to-date information in our central ERP system.
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