Read the latest IFS blog posts from the Service industries experts at IFS here. These authors understand the issues and challenges you face – read their thoughts from around the world on new technologies and market developments in service management. Learn more about IFS’s expertise in the Service industries.

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PODCAST: Improve the Customer Experience with Service Management Software

As products themselves become mere commodities, we need to differentiate ourselves through services. And that is more difficult than it…

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Observations from Field Service Medical
IFS Medical Devices

Thank you to all who visited IFS at Field Service Medical in San Diego, CA! The Field Service Medical Conference…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Finance, Oil & Gas, Service
VSMC Reaps Rewards from IFS Mobility Solutions

Mobile devices and what they enable employees to do are a central part of the story of IFS customer VSMC and its deployment of a single uniform mobility solution across its international operations.

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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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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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Podcast — Corporate Culture, RCM and EAM Software

According to maintenance and reliability guru Carlo Odoardi, the primary barrier to successful enterprise asset management (EAM) software and reliability…

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Service Management Reflections for Barcelona

The 2013 IFS World Conference was a fantastic event, during which a number of future trends and challenges for service…

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Cubic Case Study: Keeping cities moving with field service management software from IFS

Cubic makes – and supports – the fare gates used by the world’s transport systems. To keep those cities moving, they use Metrix and 360 Scheduling to hits SLAs and keep the gates open.

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IFS World 2013: Services and Assets Breakout

IFS is offering ever-more sophisticated solutions for easy management of the whole asset lifecycle and work scheduling. Here’s an insight into what comes next.

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Proving the Value of Service Provision; More than Meets the Eye!

Managers and executives engaged in field service or maintenance often talk about how customers are becoming more demanding. But how…

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Does Big Data Have a Role to Play in Service Management?

The other day, I had an enjoyable conversation with IFS Senior Vice President Larry Laux – one of our most…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Research, Service
ERP in the Cloud: What do businesses want?

Today, most enterprise software runs on servers at a business’ premises. Of course a growing percentage of solutions like customer relationship management (CRM) or even enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are delivered from the cloud. Sometimes they are even sold not through a perpetual license, but as as a subscription service or from the cloud.

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