IFS in the News
A selection of clippings about IFS from online and in-print news sources.
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The Manufacturer, August 2007
'Supporting lean'
While fundamentalists proclaim that IT has no part to play in a lean operation, Malcolm Wheatley discovers that, in reality, IT is being widely used to support the lean process... (requires free registration) Read more on TheManufacturer.com
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CICA Newsletter, August 2007
'Solutions for the agile enterprise'
Do your IT systems stop your business from being as agile as you would like? Richard Cork, Business Consultant at IFS, looks at ways conventional IT systems can stifle change and restrict business growth... Read more on CICA.org.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 14th June 2007
'IFS and Tata ally for more agile asset management'
Enterprise software firm IFS is partnering with IT services company Tata Consultancy Services to provide enterprise asset management (EAM) and service management for its clients... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 23rd November 2006
'Food and beverage industry gets manufacturing business systems advisory group'
Food and beverage industry users have welcomed the formation of an advisory group for the sector by ERP software developer IFS... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 6th October 2006
'Supply chain agility and IT flexibility are keys from IFS' by Brian Tinham
Manufacturers need to invest in technology to make their supply chains more agile and responsive if they’re to compete in today’s global village. That’s among the un-startling messages from ERP software developer IFS UK’s new managing director, Paul Massey. But he adds that they also need to look to their IT and make it more flexible to support inevitable and constant change... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 27th September 2006
'Labels maker finds key to standardising variety' by Brian Tinham
Improved productivity – all the way from estimating and quoting to production and shipping – and greatly enhanced global business visibility from a new ERP system impressed the panel at £35m labels manufacturer Worldmark International... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 21st September 2006
'New roles for IT in Lean and Theory of Constraints' by Andrew Ward
Few suggest that IT should be your first port of call in a lean thinking or TOC initiative, but Andrew Ward finds manufacturers turning to it to cement in their successes... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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The Manufacturer, September 2006
'Seamless systems'
Brian Davis reports on the changes in IT infrastructure that are needed to manufacture to demand... (requires free registration) Read more on TheManufacturer.com
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The Manufacturer, August 2006
'Proving compliance'
In an increasingly regulated industrial environment, auditing and providing proof of compliance is essential, but can established IT systems cope, asks Brian Davis, or are niche products the answer?... (requires free registration) Read more on TheManufacturer.com
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 24th July 2006
'QuadTech to integrate global operations with IFS ERP system'
Press and finishing controls technology developer QuadTech is to implement IFS Applications 7 ERP software on IBM/AIX at its headquarters in Sussex, Wisconsin USA and eventually at its sites across Europe, Japan, China and Singapore... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 17th July 2006
'Oracle and IFS to replace US Air Force logistics systems'
Swedish ERP developer IFS is to provide the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) management portion of an integrated logistics system to the US Air Force under contract to Oracle... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 28th June 2006
'Hamworthy Norway goes for £1million-plus ERP implementation' by Brian Tinham
Fluid handling systems manufacturer Hamworthy’s Norwegian subsidiaries, which supply gas and pump systems to shipping and offshore industries, are investing £1.12 million in an extended ERP system from IFS... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 22nd June 2006
'Cadbury Schweppes takes £12m hit on SAP implementation' by Brian Tinham
Confectionery and drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes says problems with its SAP implementation have hit revenues and profits in the UK to the tune of some £12 million... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 25th May 2006
'IFS quietly re-emerging as global opportunist ERP force' by Brian Tinham
International ERP systems developer IFS has brought its sales and R&D teams together to drive what new CEO Alastair Sorbie describes as: “a much more aggressive sales programme”... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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Manufacturing Computer Solutions, 1st March 2006
'Manufacturing to the pull of the customer' by Brian Tinham
Most of us know that we need to do something radical in manufacturing to tackle stiffening competition, particularly from the increasingly active low cost economies around the world – like India, China and eastern Europe... Read more on MCSolutions.co.uk
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