Fabricated Metal Products

Fabricated metal products manufacturers face the challenge of handling to-order business processes, such as configure-to-order, make-to-order, or assemble-to-order. Concurrently, the same manufacturer may also have product lines that are made to a forecast as part of the portfolio. With to-order products, manufacturers face the daily challenge of delivering customized products to customers who demand competitive pricing, high quality, and fast delivery. IFS Applications lets companies meet these business requirements using front- and back-office configurations along with dynamic order processing (Seiban). The solution also supports make-to-stock processes with integrated forecasting and planning. All requirements are then consolidated into an integrated purchasing and manufacturing system.

Integrated Product Lifecycle Management

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a business approach for managing the flow from the design and engineering of the product through manufacturing, delivery, after-sales service, and feedback reporting. It spans the entire product lifecycle, integrating people, processes, business systems, and information. With IFS Applications, this product information is managed and updated automatically for each product phase. For example, the manufacturing bill of material (BOM) is created automatically based on the engineering BOM.

Collaborate with your business partners

IFS Applications supports total product configuration management—that is, knowing what is delivered to whom and when—as well as collaboration throughout the enterprise, enabling you to reuse and share information and do everything right from the beginning. IFS provides cost reduction opportunities, integrated change management with fast impact analyses, and total project control. It also provides solutions for collaborative design, which use web technology to transcend organizational boundaries. The end result is enhanced product and service quality, and enhanced customer loyalty.

Role-Based portals

The extended enterprise is a company that collaborates with its suppliers, partners, and customers to streamline business processes, transcending traditional boundaries and enhancing mutual customer benefits. IFS Applications offers role-based portals that you can use together with your suppliers, partners, and customers to achieve the benefits of collaboration for business processes such as:

• Customer relationship management
• Collaborative planning
• e-procurement
• Subcontracting
  

Integrated Corporate Performance Management

IFS’ integrated solution for corporate performance management enables companies to enhance quality and increase profitability. It ensures optimal business performance by giving you an instant overview of the critical aspects of your business, such as project performance, quality, costs, and delivery times.
Business Performance brings together strategic applications, along with operational and analytical applications, to give you both high-level and in-depth views of your business. Over time, you will find it easier to compare key figures from different business units and identify possibilities for improvement. With prepackaged online analytical processing (OLAP) tools, you will be able to analyze key figures in greater detail.