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INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

Industrial Manufacturing

IFS Applications for Industrial Manufacturing is used today by more than 600 companies involved in complex order-driven and mixed-mode manufacturing. IFS offers flexible, component-based, project-driven business solutions that manage the entire lifecycle of products, projects, assets and services. Users chose from a mix of functionally rich modules – fully integrated with financials and human resources.

INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE

MANUFACTURERS SEEKING A RICHER MIX

At IFS, we have more industrial manufacturing customers than any other kind. Like you, they know that integration of major business functions delivers significant benefits. Moreover, our users have a vision for achieving contextual integration with supply chain partners, and for integration with product lifecycle management (PLM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise asset management (EAM).

MIXED-MODE MEANS MANY OPTIONS

You’re tackling a mix of standard, custom and project jobs. IFS Applications handles engineering requirements found in to-order industries and the planning and detail scheduling requirements of make-to-stock. Multiple production environments can run simultaneously or alternate.

SUSTAINED SERVICES PROVISION

Profits associated with servicing field equipment are more generous than for most product sales. Yet OEMs and suppliers must compete against nimble third-party providers of parts and services. To command a price premium, you need a system of record that persists through design, engineering, manufacture, installation and service.

IT’S ALL ABOUT PROJECTS

To manage it all, you’ve become more project-driven. With IFS Applications, projects can be the principle around which work is organised and profit or loss assigned. Project management co-ordinates the engineering functions, and engineering with operations and the business. It’s at the core of the asset lifecycle and services provider processes by which IFS extends the enterprise.

INCREASINGLY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS

Real-time management of procurement, inventory and vendors ensures availability of goods and services associated with forecasts of planned and unplanned work. IFS Applications supports the supply chain – from global sourcing to lean manufacturing. Goods makers with far-flung operations benefit from multi-site agreements and common purchasing. Less capital is tied up in inventory. Global spare-parts availability supports customers’ efforts in a meaningful way.

ASSET LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

A system of record for product design, planning, data management and engineering change furnishes stakeholders with consistent, accurate information regarding products and projects. Engineering components make it easier to specify and configure design elements, assemblies and products. By streamlining document administration, everyone within the ever-widening circle of collaboration sees the latest information.

Customer Stories | Testimonial

Bristan

Bristan

Bristan Group is the parent company for two of the UK's largest bathroom brands: Bristan, a leading supplier of taps, showers and accessories, and Heritage Bathrooms, specialising in exclusive quality bathroom suites. Products are designed, developed and distributed from the company's headquarters in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Sales to end-user customers are normally through builders' merchants, DIY chains and independent specialist retail outlets.

Because of our positive experiences with IFS, we were comfortable rolling the solution out to a wider user base and it has proved easy to get to grips with at all levels. The IFS infrastructure has underpinned, and will continue to support, our long-term plans for growth.
Wes Mason, IT Services Manager

What they got

  • 360 Degree View functionality consolidates all information on a customer in one place
  • More pro-active with customers
  • Greater flexibility in creating custom events and alerts
  • Reduced maintenance costs and improved cost efficiency
  • Improved user productivity
Bristan upgrades customer service to new levels of excellence with IFS Applications
Bristan
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Coba Plastics

Coba Plastics

Coba Plastics specialises in manufacturing thermoplastic extrusions in accordance with QS 9000 standards. Much of Coba’s output is supplied to the automotive industry. As a key supplier, Coba manufactures the largest selection of trim retainers in Europe. Other products include a range of standard and bespoke components used for seating, sealing systems, airbags and windscreen-wiper mechanisms.

With its open architecture and advanced technology, IFS Applications provides a system which Coba Plastics can grow into rather than grow out of.
Mark Goodwin, IT Manager

  • United Kingdom
  • Automotive
  • Accreditations include ISO 9001, QS 9000/ISO 9002, TS 16949-2002, and ISO 14001

What they got

  • More accurate business information
  • Real-time production data
  • Greater accuracy in lead time forecasts
  • More efficient manufacturing schedules
  • Improved throughput
  • Better return on investment
  • Better overview of costs
IFS Applications is driving improvements at all levels for Coba Plastics, in particular by achieving greater efficiencies in financial, sales and manufacturing management.
Coba Plastics
Customer Stories | Testimonial

LINPAC Allibert

Linpac

LINPAC Allibert design and manufacture Returnable Transit Packaging (RTP), such as plastic pallets and containers, for the retail, automotive and general industry sectors across the UK & Europe.

In the context of a looming global economic slowdown, maintaining an agile business is more important than ever. You can only react if you have reliable information to act on. IFS gives us this in real time, every time
Andre Ertel, Project Manager

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • 800 IFS applications users

What they got

  • Better production and quality control, more accurate delivery times, improved customer service
  • A single IT platform across the business
  • Costs and credit control managed on a global scale
Leading packaging manufacturer LINPAC Allibert increases efficiency and agility with IFS Applications
LINPAC Allibert
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Portsmouth Aviation

Portsmouth Aviation

Portsmouth Aviation, a leading mechanical and aeronautical engineering company with 80 years of experience, successfully diversified its business to include not only mass manufacturing, but also bespoke manufacturing projects. Upgrading its ERP solution provided by IFS has been central to this business transformation and a key element of the company’s growth strategy.

  • United Kingdom
  • Aerospace & Defence

IFS is the place where our 150 users go to for all information and forms the core of every business function on site. Its flexibility, and the way it has been implemented, will allow us to improve and control our business as we need going forward. This, combined with the continued development of Business Dashboards, will help us make the right decisions and keep us competitive.
Andy Burton, IFS Manager at Portsmouth Aviation

What they got

  • Centralised management and version control of documents
  • Reduced costs through time savings
  • Increased usability and improved collaboration
  • Project management functionality
Portsmouth Aviation Diversifies Business for Future Growth by Utilising IFS Applications
Portsmouth Aviation
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Star Refrigeration

Star Refrigeration is the UK’s largest independent industrial refrigeration engineering company. Established in Glasgow in 1970, with ten strategically placed depots across the UK and two subsidiary companies, Star Refrigeration has approximately 350 employees and a current sales turnover in excess of £40 million. In addition to the provision of individual services including training, consultancy and ground-breaking refrigeration technology, Star Refrigeration offers complete solutions, working in partnership with customers, from design through to commissioning and maintenance.

As well as greater visibility, the IFS system has provided the discipline we needed to make sure everything is done properly and in a completely standard way
Graham Stuart, Operations Managing Director

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • More than 250 employees throughout the UK

What they got

  • Improved management control
  • Enhanced customer service
  • Greater visibility
  • Fewer queries
  • Faster invoicing
  • Better cash flow
Star refrigeration set for continuing growth with IFS Applications
Star Refrigeration
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Ultra Electronics PALS

Ultra Electronics Precision Air and Land Systems is the leading manufacturer of compact on-board gas solutions, including compact gas compressors for the aerospace and defence industry worldwide.

  • United Kingdom
  • Aerospace & Defence

In addition to tighter control of our project based orders, IFS Applications allows us clearer visibility across the financial and business processes. Reporting can now be produced in a more efficient, simpler and standardised way, enabling us to track costs, produce more accurate forecasts and ultimately protect the bottom line.
Ian Bradley, Head of Customer Service & Management Systems, Ultra Electronics Precision Air and Land Systems

What they got

  • Better budget control
  • Time efficiencies
  • Partnership working
  • Support for growth in project environment
IFS Applications supports growth in Ultra Electonics PALS project environment
Ultra Electronics PALS
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Vitec Group

Vitec Group serves worldwide customers in the media sector with products and services for the broadcast, entertainment and photographic industries. Vitec is based on multiple, well known, premium brands that professionals rely on. Vitec is organised in three divisions: Imaging & Staging, Videocom and Services.

This was a very important project for our business and has set us up for future cost and time efficiency. In addition, IFS Applications 7.5 was implemented across 11 locations in 6 countries at the same time within budget and on time.
Chris Beveridge, IT Director Broadcast Systems Division, Vitec Group

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Synchronised go-live across 11 locations in 6 countries

What they got

  • Acquired businesses from around the globe are now working together on a common platform and version
  • Standardised management and processes ensure visibility and collaboration across all group companies
  • New acquisitions can be brought into the business efficiently and quickly
  • Senior management now have easy access to information
Vitec implements IFS Applications 7.5 worldwide, reducing costs and improving processes
Vitec Group
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Wandsworth

Wandsworth

The Wandsworth Group is the UK’s oldest manufacturer of electrical switches and accessories. Products are specified by architects, consulting engineers and contractors, and can be found in Windsor Castle as well as prestigious hotels, airport terminals and large commercial buildings, in the UK and the Middle East.

The project was relatively painless. IFS consultants kept an eye on things and were readily available to provide support on site during the implementation.
John Williams, Associate Director

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • 160 employees

What they got

  • Easier, earlier access to information
  • Leaner manufacturing
  • Better throughput and capacity
  • Greater visibility of costing
  • More flexible discounting
  • Better understanding of profitability
    of individual contracts
  • More consistent pricing
  • Lower inventory levels required
Better use of working capital following implementation of new generation ERP system from IFS
Wandsworth
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Worldmark

Worldmark

Worldmark International manufactures identification products, and its business has grown globally with the demand for high quality products, particularly in the electronics and telecommunications sectors where identification, branding and security are important. In some cases, such as the keys for mobile phone handsets, Worldmark products are an integral part of the product design. Labels are also supplied into the automotive and pharmaceuticals sectors.

Worldmark now has a predefined cost/benefit target and we know that IFS will contribute to better informed decisions, improved productivity from the workforce and making the best possible use out of our working capital.
Alan Martin, Worldmark’s Business Systems Director

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • 600 employees

What they got

  • Standard global solution for all processes
  • Faster, more accurate product configuration
  • Swifter, more efficient quotes
  • Barcode scanning
  • Faster access to production data
  • Global visibility of all activities
  • Ease of availability to key indicators
Worldmark uses IFS Applications to manage global standards
Worldmark
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Stolle Machinery

Stolle Machinery

Founded in 1961, Stolle Machinery designs, engineers, and assembles complex production machinery. The company is the worldwide market leader in the can machinery industry, offering a complete line of equipment for manufacturing can ends and can bodies. In addition, with its Didde web press product line, Stolle Machinery is a leader in the web offset printing industry, having the largest installed base in North America.

In IFS Applications 7 there is complete integration to finance out of the project module. This lends itself very well to companies that do equipment building.
Michael Kalkman, Project Manager

  • USA
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • 4 manufacturing facilities

What they got

  • Integrated solution to unite multiple divisions
  • Economical step-by-step implementation
  • Ease of use
  • Real-time communication with customers through web portals
Stolle Machinery unites multiple divisions with IFS Applications
Stolle Machinery
Customer Stories | Testimonial

Volkl Sports

volkl

With manufacturing and R&D facilities in Straubing, Germany, Völkl Sports produces about 500,000 pairs of skis, 30,000 snowboards and 120,000 tennis rackets per year. Its products are available in more than 50 countries. Founded in 1923, Völkl is now part of the Marker Völkl Group headquartered in Baar/Zug, Switzerland, and has about 1,000 employees.

Without IFS Applications, our team couldn't satisfy the growing, mainly short-term, demands on the IT department. The old system took about three weeks to develop certain functionality. Now similar tasks take one to three days.
Gerold Fath, IT Manager, Völkl Sports GmbH, Straubing

  • Germany
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Approximately 1,000 employees

What they got

  • Efficient solution for complex processes in financials, human resource management and distribution
  • Easy access to information and greater transparency
  • Optimised information exchange between manufacturing site and sales organisation
  • Ability to make more precise delivery promises
  • Higher productivity and lower costs thanks to fully automated production control
Top Speed into the Winter Sports Season
Volkl Sports
Customer Stories | Testimonial

PartnerTech

Partnertech

PartnerTech develops and manufactures products on behalf of leading businesses in the market areas of Defence and Maritime Industry, Information Technology, MedTech & Instrumentation, CleanTech and Point of Sale Applications. PartnerTech has approximately 1,300 employees at plants in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland,the UK, the United States and China. PartnerTech AB, the parent company, is headquartered in Vellinge, Sweden and listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Exchange.

Without IFS Applications, we wouldn’t be able to optimise our operations—and those of our customers – as we do today.
Richard Skogh, VP, Supply Chain Planning & IT at PartnerTech

BENEFITS

  • Faster response to customer requests
  • Common solution throughout the company
  • Easier to implement new software – by site or company-wide
  • Consolidated procurement processes
  • Enhanced planning and forecasting capabilities
  • Project management capabilities that enhance efficiency
Global contract manufacturer gets transparency and agility with ERP software from IFS
PartnerTech
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Some of our Industrial Manufacturing Customers

Customer Stories | Testimonial
Global contract manufacturer gets transparency and agility with ERP software from IFS
PartnerTech
Customer Stories | Testimonial
Star refrigeration set for continuing growth with IFS Applications
Star Refrigeration
Customer Stories | Testimonial
Top Speed into the Winter Sports Season
Volkl Sports

Customer Stories | Testimonial
With IFS Applications Armatury has increased productivity and integrated business-critical processes.
Armatury Group
Customer Stories | Testimonial
Holland Company increased productivity with IFS Applications and uses IFS Enterprise Explorer, which makes business applications more intuitive and user-friendly.
Holland Co
Customer Stories | Testimonial
Lou-Rich improves efficiency and control in a mixed-mode environment with IFS Applications
Lou-Rich Inc

Customer Stories | Testimonial
IFS helps equipment manufacturer Miller Formless master the costing and pricing processes
Miller Formless
Customer Stories | Testimonial
Toshulin increases productivity thanks to IFS Applications
TOSHULIN
Documents and Brochures | PDF (1.99MB)
Manufacturing - Customer booklet
Manufacturing - Customer booklet

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Documents and Brochures | PDF (1.98MB)
IFS Applications for Industrial Manufacturing
IFS Applications for Industrial Manufacturing
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Machinery Manufacturing
Machinery Manufacturing
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IFS Applications for Discrete Manufacturing
IFS Applications for Discrete Manufacturing
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IFS Applications for Product Lifecycle Management
IFS Applications for Product Lifecycle Management

Executive summaries

Executive Summaries | PDF (181KB)
Mixed Mode Manufacturing
Mixed Mode Manufacturing
Executive Summaries | PDF (199KB)
Make/Assemble to Order
Make/Assemble to Order
Executive Summaries | PDF (185KB)
IFS Advanced Planning Board
IFS Advanced Planning Board
Executive Summaries | PDF (70KB)
Plastic Products Manufacturers
Plastic Products Manufacturers

White papers & Solution maps

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Solution Map - Industrial Manufacturing
Industrial Manufacturing
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ERP for Green Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing
ERP for Green Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing
Documents and Brochures | PDF (1.28MB)
IFS Applications for Quality Management
Quality Management
Whitepapers | PDF (558KB)
ERP Environmental Footprint Management for Manufacturers
ERP Environmental Footprint Management for Manufacturers

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