| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Manufacturing, Transform Your Business
Era of the Smart Factory: How can manufacturers get to the future quicker?

Businesses are constantly told they will go broke if they do not digitally transform and quickly, but for manufacturers it’s…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing
Will manufacturers ride the servitization wave to greater profitability?
Will manufacturers ride the servitization wave to greater profitability?

The servitization megatrend is upon us. Product-driven companies are adding services revenue streams and business models, usually to augment but…

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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: 3 minutes | Industries
Combien pensez-vous que cela va coûter?
How much do you think it will cost? Bidding and estimating

«Combien cela va-t-il coûter?» C’est une question récurrente qu’un fabricant se posera lors du développement de nouveaux produits et une…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Manufacturing
How much do you think it will cost?
How much do you think it will cost? Bidding and estimating

“How much do you think it will cost?” This is often a common question a manufacturer will ask themselves when…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Strategy, Transform Your Business
10 manufacturing buzzwords you should pay attention to
10 manufacturing buzzwords that you need to pay attention to today and tomorrow

We’re in an age of rolling waves of technologically-driven disruption. Which are the 10 emerging technologies with the biggest chance of impacting your business? Here’s our guesses.

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transform Your Business
Demand-driven MRP: a competitive edge for you in IFS Applications 10
Demand-driven material requirement planning

The world of MRP has hit the buffers, literally. Stock buffers are critical to the new discipline of dean drive materials requirements planning – and it’s new in IFS Applications 10.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, Manufacturing
HEXPOL Stellana: From paper to digital resource sharing with IFS Applications 10’s operations blocks

Making the most of bottleneck resources is vital to boost manufacturing efficiency. The new resource sharing tools in IFS Applications 10 will allow you to make more of your assets – automatically.

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Manufacturing, Research, Strategy
3 game-changers for the manufacturing industry in 2018
2018 manufacturing industry trends

The Internet of Things (IoT) being built into the product design, manufacturers adopting a more service-centric business model and 3D…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Manufacturing
How the manufacturing industry is using technology to increase efficiency
How the manufacturing industry is using technology to increase efficiency

Manufacturers are looking to Smart Manufacturing (US term) and Industry 4.0 (European term) to embrace the benefits of digital technology….

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, IFS Applications, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing
Gartner names a Leader in the FrontRunners quadrant for Manufacturing Software
Gartner names a Leader in the FrontRunners quadrant for Manufacturing Software

Why IFS was named a Leader in the FrontRunners quadrant for Manufacturing Software. It was a great honor to be…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Research, Strategy
Is your adherence to EAM excellence really just surface deep?
Is your adherence to enterprise asset management excellence really just surface deep?

Research shows that the fundamentals of asset management and maintenance excellence will remain integral to the optimal performance. Organizations in…

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