STRIKE THE BALANCE

Master the key disciplines of cost, availability and quality to increase your margins and make your supply chain strategy a reality. This way you create a supply chain that’s driven by demand and that places your customer firmly in the center—and lets you respond quickly to change without eating into your margins.

Customer Stories | Testimonial

BrightPoint streamlines supply chain with IFS Applications

BrightPoint is a global leader in the distribution of wireless devices and the provisioning of customized logistic services to the wireless industry. In 2009, the company handled about 84 million wireless devices worldwide. BrightPoint offers flexible, cost-effective and innovative solutions for product packaging, software configuration, e-commerce and third-party logistics. The company provides distribution and customized services to more than 25,000 customers worldwide. BrightPoint has approximately 3,000 employees in 26 countries and is headquartered in Plainfield, Indiana, USA. In 2009 the company reported revenue of US $ 3.2 billion.

We have estimated that the total cost over five years is at least 30 percent less with IFS Applications than with the SAP solution we chose to discontinue.
Thomas Kanflo, Director of Supply Chain Solutions, BrightPoint, Indiana, USA

BENEFITS

ERP software that supports all parts of the business
Powerful support for companies that need to be agile and meet new market requirements
Rapid global implementation, easy to add new functionality
Continuous performance and functionality updates
Stronger, improved capacity to work with global processes
Local IFS support for regional offices
Uniform reporting throughout the organization

BrightPoint

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Heaven Hill Distilleries

Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., of Bardstown, Kentucky, is the largest independent, family-owned marketer and producer of distilled spirits in the United States. The company is the second-largest holder of Kentucky bourbon in the world, with more than 650,000 barrels aging at any given time.

We have reduced the order lead time that we require from our customers by 30 percent as a result of the improved planning and operational capabilities that the new system provides us.
Allan Latts, Director of Corporate Planning

Benefits

Reduction of finished goods inventory by up to 20 percent
Reduction of customer order lead time by 30 percent

Heaven Hill Distilleries

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Stadium

Stadium is a Swedish sport retailer with more than 100 stores in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. Its vision is to inspire people to lead a fun, active and healthy life. The Stadium stores are owned by the Parent Company, Stadium AB, which is also the service office for the stores. Stadium AB also includes 10 other operations and stores.

Efficient supply chain management and stock replenishment are crucial. Previously, we had to handle many of these processes manually, which wasn’t viable because we wanted to be one of the leading players in the trade.
Stefan Maxeby, Project Manager

BENEFITS

Better visibility to ensure the right products are in the stores at the right time
Optimized SCM
Lower inventory levels
Smoother purchasing routines
Centralized financial processes
Automated goods flows
No need for manual processes
Time-saving for each store
Collaboration with IFS to refine sales forecasting

Stadium

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Jotun

One of the world’s major manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings, the Jotun Group has 5,000 employees in 39 production facilities on all continents. In 2005 revenue amounted to US$ 1,042 million. Jotun develops, produces and sells cost-effective paint and coatings products, and provides customer service and technical support to residential, marine and industrial markets worldwide. The Jotun Group, divided into four business areas, is headquartered in Sandefjord, Norway.

We have already started to roll out parts of the solution internationally. Jotun sites worldwide have been given access to a master database which contains a considerable amount of data, including recipes – our most important assets.
Øyvind Hauge, head of business development

Benefits

More standardised business processes provide better control, greater efficiency, and enhanced global collaboration
Global solutions, such as a central database for recipes, ensure real-time access to relevant information worldwide
Industry solution creates conditions for a future-orientated IT strategy

Distribution/Supply Chain

IFS provides supply chain software that helps you find a balance between efficiency and responsiveness by including the inherent functionality for mixed-mode operations. It mixes supply modes simultaneously and adapts swiftly to new supply models as products mature or retire. Moving between order-based and orderless production, it meets any change in your customers’ requirement. It also reduces lead times and stock requirements. Moreover, collaboration portals that shorten lines of communication also allow maximum access and control

Integration and seeing the big picture is part of our DNA. That’s why our supply chain software is part of a full suite of ERP components that can be implemented as your needs change and your business grows.

Go to Downloads for more detailed information about our supply chain solutions. Or contact us directly, because face-to-face is the way we prefer to do business.

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Retail & Wholesale

Looking for a store management solution that gives you total visibility from warehouse to point of sale and back? That helps you drive sales and enhance real-time communication with customers? Need a management system that lets you follow the flow of goods from the supplier to your store? That streamlines your purchasing and procurement processes? And that’s integrated with back-office solutions for financials, HR, employee scheduling etc.?

The solution already exists—IFS Retail, and end-to-end solution for your retail and wholesale needs. Forecasting and demand planning, price management, assortment allocation—whatever you need to enhance efficiencies and increase profitability, it’s all in IFS Retail. Going all the way back to head office, it gives you complete control of your business from shop floor to top floor.

For more detailed information, go to Downloads below. Or better still, contact us directly and find out why business solutions from IFS Retail are probably the best solutions for your retail business.

Supply Chain Management - Retail & Wholesale

Spare parts management

When it comes to enterprise asset management, we find it strange to speak of your industry; after more than 25 years in the business—our entire life—and recognition as an industry leader, ‘our’ feels more appropriate. So we know the importance of visibility across the extended supply chain, we’re well aware of the risks and opportunities related to availability contracting and performance-based logistics, and SPM is not merely another acronym.

Building on a foundation of service-oriented architecture, IFS pioneered agile and spiral development for rapid response to customer demands—and customer input. Many of our standards came from specific industry needs, such as traceability, serial number and lot tracking, role-defined procurement, and agile shipment processes. And the software’s messaging capabilities make it as easy to communicate with field operations as with the office next door. Integration with fleet and asset management and MRO capabilities means that all your SPM needs are met in a single software solution.

For further information on optimizing SPM, go to Downloads below. Or contact us directly and find out why lower budgets needn’t mean lower revenue.

Supply Chain Management - Spare Part

IFS APPLICATIONS—FULL-SUITE ERP SOFTWARE

ONE PRODUCT

IFS Applications is a single, integrated product supporting the management of 4 core processes; Service and Asset, Manufacturing, Project, 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-oriented 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.

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