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

Stadium

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

Sweden
Retail
100 stores in Sweden, Denmark and Finland

What they got

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

What they bought

IFS Distribution
IFS Retail

Stadium

Customer Stories | Testimonial

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

Customer Stories | Testimonial

Jotun

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

Norway
Batch Manufacturing
More than 7,000 employees and NKR, 11,703 million in revenue in 2008

What they got

More standardized 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-oriented IT strategy

What they bought

IFS Manufacturing
IFS Distribution
IFS Maintenance

Jotun

Customer Stories | Testimonial

Systembolaget

Systembolaget, the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly, is responsible for selling alcoholic beverages in Sweden. It has 410 own stores throughout Sweden and is represented by about 560 other distributors in small towns and in country areas. Revenue for 2005 totaled SKr 18,083 million.

IFS Applications is a key business tool for us
Mats Pettersson, responsible for Systembolaget’s IT unit

BENEFITS

Greater efficiency
More time saved
Improved Coordination

Systembolaget

Customer Stories | Testimonial

Byggmax

Swedish-based Byggmax was founded in 1993 and has expanded on the basis of its business concept, which is to give its customers building materials of the best quality at the best price in Sweden and to ensure that all the articles in its assortment are available in the stores. All Byggmax stores, more than 30 throughout Sweden, have drive-in facilities so that customers can load their cars directly, making it more convenient to buy building materials.

We were also impressed by the picture of IFS we got when talking to reference customers in the retail trade.
Jacob Notlöv, IT director

Benefits

Fast, smooth implementation
Rapid access to accurate business information
Easier to follow up KPIs
More efficient purchasing
Inventory optimisation based on up-to-the-minute sales data
Integrated business processes, including integration with point-of-sale systems
Less tied capital, more room for investment

Byggmax

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.

Solution - Supply Chain Management - Distribution

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.

Solution - Supply Chain Management - Retail

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.

Solution - Supply Chain Management - Spare Part

IFS APPLICATIONS—KATTAVA ERP-RATKAISU

YKSI TUOTE

IFS Applications on yhtenäinen, integroitu tuote, joka tukee liiketoiminnan neljää ydinprosessia; huolto- ja palvelutoimintoja, tuotantoa, projektihallintaa ja toimitusketjun hallintaa. Yhdistettynä pitkäaikaiseen liiketoiminta-alojen tuntemukseemme ja horisontaaliratkaisuihin, kuten taloushallintoon, HR:ään ja CRM:ään, IFS Applications on kattava ERP-ratkaisu, joka vastaa kaikkiin liiketoimintatarpeisiisi.

KÄYTTÄJÄN TUOTTAVUUS

Helppokäyttöinen, intuitiivinen ja tehokas IFS Applications auttaa käyttäjää löytämään helposti työn tekemiseen tarvittavat toiminnot. Aikaa menee vähemmän ohjelmiston hallinnointiin ja sitä jää enemmän itse liiketoiminnan hoitamiseen.

KOMPONENTTIPOHJAINEN SOA

IFS Applications on kehitetty hyödyntämällä samaa periaatetta kuin menestyksekkäät valmistajat—valmistamalla ja kokoonpanemalla komponentteja. SOA-arkkitehtuurin ansiosta voidaan ottaa käyttöön vain kulloinkin tarvittavat komponentit. Ja lisätä uusia sitä mukaan kun tarvetta ilmenee.

SUUNNITELTU MUUTTUMAAN

IFS Applications -ratkaisun avulla liiketoiminta pysyy ketteränä, valmiina muuttumaan ja kehittymään ilman että jo käyttöönotetut ratkaisut kärsivät. Muutoksia tukeva strategiamme sisältää parhaita käytäntöjä, sitoutumista standarditeknologioihin ja hyvin tunnettuihin tuotteisiin.

Tuotteet