A previous blog post debunked some common myths surrounding migrating enterprise resources to the cloud. In this post, part of our regular series of posts of n-nonsense insight into enterprise cloud computing, I look at the benefits of provisioning core business applications in the cloud. To be clear, at IFS we believe in giving our…
Selecting and implementing any enterprise technology is not a rapid process. And the internet of things (IoT), as an enterprise technology, has to contend with some strong headwinds. An August 2018 study from the management consulting firm Bain & Company reveals that would-be IoT adopters “believe that vendors have made little progress on lowering the…
When a business should consider a TWO-TIER ERP STRATEGY Today’s ERP landscape is mature, with most companies having implemented some level of ERP solution. However, many larger companies still find themselves in the situation where their existing solution cannot deliver on all the business requirements across its group of companies. This situation isn’t something that…
In a couple of previous blog posts we have looked at the ideas of DDMRP and examined the five steps of the planning process. The intention with this blog post is to discuss how DDMRP relates to other planning solutions, how they can co-exist and how DDMRP differentiate itself from other well-known concepts. DDMRP has…
Choosing new software for your business is not easy, as many of the manufacturers I meet tell me. Everyone says that they have the perfect solution and that the customer is the centre of everything that they do – but what can you do to help uncover the truth? In this new infographic we have…
In my previous blog, I outlined key trends facing engineering, construction & infrastructure organizations – digital transformation, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the digital asset lifecycle model, embracing construction-integrated manufacturing and exploiting new service and facilities management revenues. The overall conclusion was that the non-integrated business systems and processes used by most companies today will…
In my last blog post we took a look at DDMRP as a concept and the ideas behind it. In this blog we will examine the five steps that define DDMRP. Not all parts are buffered, most parts will still be planned with ordinary MRP logic also when DDMRP is used. The following is not…
MRP was invented in the fifties, computerized in the sixties and later became the dominating planning principle in the manufacturing industry. Today you find an MRP calculation being part of any ERP system available on the market. As the years have gone by since MRP was introduced have seen a shift from an era with…
I have been spending a lot of time with different companies in the wood industry over the past couple of months. Representing the full value chain, from forestry to wholesale for further processing in other industries or retail and use in their own finished products, it’s clear that the market is moving and the time…
More and more we see the need to manage project resources as an important requirement in ERP software RFIs from manufacturers for OEMs. This suggests OEMs are pushing down more of the project accounting requirements on their vendors. Resource forecasting, labor hour scheduling and resource allocation insight is necessary for sound manufacturing project management, but…
