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
Crete, Ill.-based (U.S.A.) Holland Co. is
the world leader in flash-butt welding
in railroad applications. In addition to
full-service mobile, fixed plant and containerized
welding, Holland also builds
rail equipment, performs track testing,
cleans and repairs railcars and designs
and operates transloading pods, manufactures
components for railcars, and
more.
The general manager of our welding business unit flatly stated that we wouldn’t have stood a chance without IFS.
Jim Tieri, Director of Information Technology
- USA
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Operates world’s largest rail-welding fleet
What they got
- Immediate payback
- Shorter lead times
- Improved customer satisfaction and profitability
- Accurate, real-time data
- Greater efficiency through process automation
- New opportunities for cost savings
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IFS APPLICATIONS – FULL-SUITE ERP SOFTWARE
ONE PRODUCT
IFS Applications is a single, integrated product supporting the management of 4 core processes: Service and Assets, Manufacturing, Projects, and Supply Chain. Combined with our deep industry knowledge and horizontal solutions such as financials, HR, CRM etc., it is a complete ERP solution for all your business needs.
USER PRODUCTIVITY
IFS Applications provides an attractive, intuitive and efficient user experience, helping you easily find what you need to do your job. So you can spend less time managing your software and more time managing your business.
COMPONENT-BASED SOA
IFS Applications is built using the same principles as successful manufacturers – the production and assembly of components. Thanks to our service-orientated component architecture you can choose only the business components you need. And add new ones as you go along.
BUILT FOR CHANGE
With IFS Applications you stay agile, ready for change and evolution, without disrupting the implemented solution. Our strategy of building for change includes a number of best practices, including a commitment to standard technologies and well-known products.
