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IFS Applications by IFS :: Last updated on January 18, 2007

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Throughout the world, IFS provides industry-focused software solutions that help leading companies to improve profitability, meet regulatory requirements, and take advantage of new business opportunities. IFS Applications, IFS' suite of more than 60 web-based components, is the only true component-based enterprise solution on the market, enabling companies to deploy the software step by step as their needs and budget dictate. Based on open standards, IFS Applications makes it easier to stay up-to-date with technology and to integrate with legacy systems. And only IFS offers total lifecycle management, helping companies maximize profitability over the lifecycles of their products, customers, and assets.

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WHITE PAPERS CASE STUDIES WEBCASTS VIDEO/PODCASTS   Going Lean, Step by Step, with IFS Applications This whitepaper explains how IFS Applications supports lean principles in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based (takt-driven) and order-based shop-floor execution. Learn how to support lean practices from forecasting demand, customer scheduling, and leveling production to setting line rates, Kaizen costing and pulling parts using Kanban signals at the pace of actual demand. Total Cost of Ownership Secrets for Enterprise Applications Enterprise software should pay for itself in increased productivity (reducing cost of goods sold) and business efficiency (reduced cycle times, etc). As this white paper explains, any enterprise suite will pay for itself faster if you work diligently to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). 3 Things Business Decision-Makers need to know about SOA Given the central role that SOA is playing in information technology, it is important for professionals involved with specifying and purchasing enterprise applications to get beyond a buzzword level understanding of what SOA is and what it is not. Access now to learn the 3 things business decision-makers need to know about SOA! 6 Steps To ERP Implementation Success Implementing an enterprise application like an enterprise resources planning (ERP), contact relationship management (CRM), or enterprise asset management (EAM) is almost as complex as undertaking a civil engineering or major construction project. Lean Enterprise Development in Engineer to Order Companies Learn how IFS Business Modeler and IFS Applications bring the lean disciplines normally associated with repetitive manufacturing to engineer to order companies. When information crosses departmental lines fluidly, take time and kaizen apply to ETO office activities like specifying, estimating and engineering and then extend on to the shop floor. Blast Past Bottlenecks with Constraint Based Scheduling Lumpy demand due to seasonality or business cycle. Limited capacity in part of a plant. Skilled labor shortages. These and a number of other problems can be solved with constraint-based scheduling, also referred to as finite scheduling. Learn the basics of constraint-based scheduling including optimal, predictive and interactive scheduling. Usability as an ERP Selection Criteria ERP software is often criticized for being complex and difficult to use. Learn to evaluate ERP software for usability, and how consistent design, affordance, integrated search functionality and Web-like interfaces can make an ERP easier to use. Avoid investing in platforms that won't be evolved towards more usable and efficient interfaces. IFS  has not provided any white papers at this time. Please feel free to browse all of our case studies to find what you're looking for. No webcasts available for IFS Applications at this time. Please view more related resources from IFS No content available. Please browse ManagingAutomation.com's Video/Podcast section, which contains videos and audiocasts that may be useful to your research. IFS has not provided any research reports at this time. Please feel free to browse ManagingAutomation.com's Analyst Reports section , which contains research that may be useful to you.

Core Capabilities

• Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) / CMMS
• Asset Management
• Materials Management
• Procurement
• Work Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• CRM Modules for ERP
• EAM Modules for ERP
• Financial Modules for ERP
• Human Resources Modules for ERP
• SCM Modules for ERP
• Manufacturing
• Batch Process Reporting
• Kitting & Kit Processing
• Labor Reporting
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lot & Serial Reporting
• Materials Management
• Plant Floor Data Collection
• Production Order Management
• Production Reporting
• Production Scheduling
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• Operator Interface
• Process Control
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• CAD Visualization
• Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP)
• Digital Design Management
• Document Management
• Engineering
• Engineering Change & Configuration Management
• Formulation
• Product Data Management
• Product Lifecycle Collaboration
• Product Variant Configuration
• Production & Event Simulation
• Project, Program & Portfolio Management
• Quality Management
• Cost of Quality
• Hazardous Material Reporting
• Inspection and Testing
• Nonconformance and Corrective Action
• Product Handling and Servicing
• Quality Documentation
• Quality System Interfaces
• Statistical Analysis/Techniques
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
• Exchange-Marketplace Procurement
• Partner Collaboration
• Procurement Receipt & Inspection
• Procurement Reporting & Supplier Performance
• Purchasing
• Strategic Sourcing
• Supply Chain Execution (SCE)
• International Trade Management
• Warehouse Inventory Management
• Warehouse Management
• Warehouse Management Reporting
• Warehouse Management Reporting/Analysis
• Warehouse Receiving & Put-Away
• Warehousing Pick, Pack & Ship
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Advanced Production Scheduling
• Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)
• Customer Planning/Shipment Scheduling
• Demand Planning
• DRP & Distribution Network Planning
• Enterprisewide Planning
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Optimization
• Master Production Scheduling
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Replenishment Planning & Scheduling
• Resolution Management
• Service Parts Planning
• Shipment Planning & Management
• Supply Chain Planning
• Supply Chain Reporting & Analytics

Industries

• Aerospace and Defense
• Automotive OEM
• Automotive Supplier
• Chemicals
• Consumer Packaged Goods - Beverage, Tobacco
• Consumer Packaged Goods - Food Products
• Electrical Equipment
• Electronics and Semiconductors
• Hi-Tech (Computers, Communications, Office)
• Industrial/Heavy Equipment and Machinery
• Instruments and Controls
• Medical Devices
• Metals - Fabrication and Assembly
• Metals - Primary (Mills, Foundries)
• Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Oil and Gas
• Other Transportation (Railroad, Ships, Boats)
• Pharmaceuticals
• Plastics and Rubber Products
• Pulp and Paper

Platforms

• HP/UX
• IBM AIX
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows CE
• Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP
• Sun Solaris/Sun OS

Databases supported

• Oracle

Target Business Size(s)

• Large (501+ users)
• Mid-Size (101-500 users)

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