A global IDC study, sponsored by IFS, reveals the top-three mobile business apps on company wish lists. Having polled more than 450 C-level executives worldwide, there is no doubt the most wanted mobile functionality is: CRM.
Ensuring a competitive advantage and enabling an even more productive workforce that gets access to correct data, even when they are on the move, is a critical success factor in the future and a major focus for mobility solutions. Mobility and mobile data solutions are part of the core foundation for ICT industry growth up to 2020, said Jason Andersson, IDC Program Director.
IFS has partnered with Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, for joint sales and marketing activities around the IFS Applications software suite as well as staff training. The agreement also includes sponsorship of the 2012 IFS World Conference, which will be held in October in Gothenburg, Sweden.
We see great opportunities in the partnership with IFS, especially given their success over the last years. IFS’s consistent performance and impressive list of world-renowned customers make them an ideal partner. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial partnership as we continue to develop new opportunities together, said C P Gurnani – CEO of Mahindra Satyam.
IFS has signed an agreement with the owners of Metrix LLC to purchase 100 percent of the membership interests. The acquisition will further strengthen IFS’s market position in the high-growth global Mobility & Service Management application market.
With the acquisition of Metrix, IFS can be seen as executing on its stated strategy for growth by investing in one of the fastest growing sectors for enterprise applications. This acquisition gives IFS an excellent platform to exploit the growth potential in this market and provide solutions to help our customers deliver competitive advantage. IFS will significantly strengthen its execution capabilities in this very attractive sector, especially in North America, to the benefit of all our existing and new customers, Alastair Sorbie, IFS CEO said
Stadium, one of Scandinavia’s leading sport retailers, has ordered an expansion of its retail solution from IFS. After having upgraded to the latest version of IFS Applications in 2011, Stadium decided to extend its IFS retail solution with advanced features for assortment planning and stock replenishment.
We are expanding our use of IFS Applications to maximize the efficiency within assortment planning and replenishment. In IFS, we have found a business partner that can support our entire value chain and offer intelligent solutions for both our current needs and our future plans, said Gustaf Öhrn, CEO, Stadium.
Swedish automotive engineering company VBG GROUP has gone live on the Beta 2 version of IFS Applications™ 8 in order to streamline and modernize the business processes within one of their business divisions. VBG GROUP is one of the worldwide Applications 8 early adopters utilizing the new and innovative features of IFS Applications 8.
The decision to get involved in the early adopter program was easy. We wanted to modernize our enterprise applications platform in order to maintain our leading position within the industry. We believe that IFS Applications 8 will enable us to make improvements throughout our value chain—from enhanced user efficiency via the IFS Enterprise Explorer interface, to streamlined processes on our production line, said Stefan Josefsson, CIO at VBG GROUP.
Get, one of Norway’s leading providers of digital TV and broadband, has chosen IFS 360 Scheduling to streamline and optimize the performance of its field force.
We chose IFS 360 Scheduling because it offered us the best functional fit and it was backed by an organization that truly understands the complexity of field dispatching. This is one of several important investments we will do on our way toward 100% customer satisfaction. We need to process several tens of thousands of work orders annually to ensure stability, service and growth. We are confident that IFS 360 Scheduling will help us turn them into as many success stories, said Børge Elle, director of field operations at Get.
High-tech manufacturer Beijer Electronics is live with IFS Applications 7.5 at its Industrial Data Communications and Swedish HMI divisions. The solution includes IFS Enterprise Explorer, an innovative user interface developed to improve user experience.
Today, especially our young users expect a competent and modern interface like IFS Enterprise Explorer and usability was therefore an important factor for us when selecting business applications and one of the reasons for selecting IFS Applications. By implementing the IFS Enterprise Explorer interface, we are promoting user productivity by providing an intuitive tool for easy navigation through our business data, said Joakim Stolt, IT Manager at Beijer Electronics.
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The keen, and growing, interest in green business is a recognized fact. IFS has conducted an independent study in the USA, Scandinavia and Benelux assessing executive attitudes to green IT in the post-recessional economy.
A recent IFS study revealed widespread lack of confidence in project control among decision makers; emphasizing the importance of project management functionality as an integrated part of the overall ERP system.
The increasing complexities of globalized business mean increasingly complex ERP systems. IFS combats this trend by constantly exploring new and innovative ways of designing a system that allows intuitive and efficient navigation and information search.
IFS has long experience from delivering solutions supporting the mobile workforce and service management companies - enhancing customer service while reducing costs and environmental impact.
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IFS is a public company (OMX STO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops, supplies, and implements IFS Applications™, a component-based extended ERP suite built on SOA technology.
IFS Labs, part of IFS Research & Development, combines consumer technology with business applications to create user-friendly enterprise tools that make everyday work more productive, efficient and fun.
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