| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing
Smart Factories – The theory of constraints reborn?

Over the years there have been many paradigms that claim to optimize production and save the world—bottleneck, forward and backward,…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Automotive, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation
Predictive maintenance – moving from relevant to essential in the automotive industry
Worker performing test on machinery

The penalties for poor maintenance can be high—in energy production, loss of revenue and component costs, as well as fines…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Strategy
Q&A: How manufacturing can overcome today’s industry challenges
Q&A: How manufacturing can overcome today’s industry challenges

In this Q&A, I ask our manufacturing industry expert, Antony Bourne, to answer five questions about how manufacturing companies can…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Manufacturing, Research, Service
EAM and ERP: An increasingly critical partnership
EAM and ERP

Meet our guest author, Ted Rohm, Senior ERP Analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Ted Rohm is a Senior ERP…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Process Manufacturing
ERP 2028 part 3: the demise of the production planner?
ERP 2028: The demise of the production planner?

Imagine going forward in time 10 years. How will the technologies evolving today change the way we work? What will…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, IFS Labs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain
IFS World Conference 2018: Focus on customer success
Focus on customer success

IFS innovations are only meaningful when they make your business better. In this session we hear from IFS partners, customers on staff about how we’re making people’s businesses better.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Research, Strategy
Peer Reviews: The modern word-of-mouth for enterprise buyers
Peer Reviews: The modern word-of-mouth for enterprise buyers

You need to buy a new pair running shoes – the best that will meet your needs. What’s the first…

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| | Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Oil & Gas, Service, Strategy
Digital investments are key to the recovery of the mining industry
Digital investments are key to the recovery of the mining industry

Digital investments, new business models, digital twins and IoT empower mining companies to leverage industry recovery. After a tough couple…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing
ERP 2028 part 2: traceability and digital string?
ERP 2028 part 2: traceability and digital string?

Imagine going forward in time 10 years, how will the technologies evolving today change the way we work? What will…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Process Manufacturing
ERP 2028: A look into the future?
futur erp 2028

Imagine going forward in time 10 years. What will ERP 2028 be like? When I was much younger, the idea…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Process Manufacturing, Service, Strategy
Breakdowns or breakdowns?
predictive maintenance

Breakdowns in a plant or just breakdowns in communication? Is your plant and business at risk? This is the story…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Oil & Gas, Research, Strategy
Digital investments and new business models empower oil & gas companies to leverage industry recovery in 2018
2018 tendances pétrole et gaz

Many oil and gas companies experienced a tough couple of years recently, as oil prices plummeted to record-low levels. The…

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