AUTOMOTIVE

FOR LARGE TO SMALL GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PLAYERS

Automotive concerns turn to IFS Applications because of the unprecedented range of manufacturing- and business-control strategies we support. With IFS, large and mid-size corporations have the multi-national, multi-language, multi-site, multi-currency and multiple sets of accounting and tax-rule capabilities they need. For smaller companies, IFS Applications is a comprehensive solution, appropriate for divergent business processes and plans. For all, the result is supply chain efficiency and cost reductions.

DEMAND PLANNING & REAL-TIME SCHEDULING

IFS Kanban, based on the Toyota Production System, uses real-time information to minimise inventories and eliminate waste. Kanban support includes integrated planning tools, options for Kanban calculations and graphical simulation tools that help avoid stock-outs. This advanced planning board forecasts materials, staff, and machinery – across multiple orders in parallel – increasing capacity and managing operations-critical bottlenecks. Integration with IFS Planning ensures rapid response to changing demand projections, with data for Kanban calculations retrieved and the recalculated Kanban levels transferred back to the planning system. Kanban circuits needing change are quickly identified. IFS EDI Solutions simplify customer demand processing, automate shipping functions and enhance supplier ratings. B2B EDI for IFS includes support for XML and Web services.

QUALITY PRODUCT, QUALITY PROCESSES

IFS Quality Management includes failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), a systematic technique for recording and analysing product and process challenges. Statistical process control (SPC) can be applied across operations to reduce process variation and promote continuous improvement. IFS Business Modeller, including tools, standard methodologies and graphical models, supports business re-engineering for efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. IFS Business Performance, a digital dashboard, gives you a real-time snapshot of project performance, product quality, costs and delivery.

ASSET LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

IFS Applications for document and product data management – including two-way integration with leading CAD vendors – gives you the single source of truth needed in tiered supply chains in which participants specify any of several CAD environments, including lightweight collaborative formats. IFS Applications lets you increase efficiency and avoid costly errors by managing design changes within the system. Engineering change requests could include design improvements from engineering, fault reports from the service department or recommendations from procurement to change suppliers or materials.