Summary of functionality

The following bullet points summarise the key elements of functionality delivered in the IFS Project Solution:

• Integrated Finance, Design, Build/ Construction or Manufacturing, Procurement, HR, T & A, and Payroll
• Integrated PDM to support Concurrent Engineering, where detailed designs evolve throughout the whole life-cycle
• Integrated Change Management and Variation control
• Integrated Resources Planning for Resources and Skills, and Time, Materials and Expenses booking across project resources
• Project-centric build and procurement driven by required date on the project activity level – avoiding the pitfalls of traditional MRPII based systems
• Support for “as-built” view of physical deliverables, with Tag ID’s and Serialised tracking of key assemblies or components
• Multiple Revenue Billing options to reflect Milestones, Progress achieved, Retention arrangements
• Credit Management focus
• Procurement supports RFQ’s, Requisitions and Authorisation flows, and eInvoice where “intelligent” value scanning can interpret, match, post and route direct to Approvers and/or automatically post directly into the finance suite
• Early procurement of long lead-time items
• 2-way integration to MS Project and Primavera P3 for Gantt displays and drag and drop re-scheduling of activities
• Collaboration Portals for secure access to Project data by all interested parties
• Construction sector features supporting Payment Applications and Contract Management, QS certification process loops, and with CIS/CITB handling
• Document Management, both internally and with Portal approval and exchange via Collaborating partners
• Business Intelligence support with Balanced Scorecards for KPI focus, delivered via your browser, wherever you are in the world
• Service Management and Call-desk functionality for after-market Services delivery
• Enterprise Asset Management and Facilities Management for Asset or FM in the field
• Workflow driven to compress time delays between activities, and providing a lean operation