Software Partners

IFS extends its business solution functionality with tightly integrated software from national and global software partners. This allows customers to adopt IFS Applications and supplement them with best-of-breed solutions with full confidence that these solutions will work seamlessly together. These software products are fully integrated within IFS Applications and products and are used internally in our development and production environments.

Atrion International Inc.

Founded in 1989, Atrion International Inc. is the leading developer and provider of a comprehensive range of advanced materials compliance solutions for the management and product stewardship of regulated materials. Atrion's unique integration of regulatory and technological expertise provides a strategic business process to address changing regulatory requirements imposed on formula-based process industries competing in the global marketplace. IFS Applications has integration to Atrion's software for material compliance that facilitates a smoother business process for processing material compliance information in a company. As administration costs for documentation of hazardous goods are often 2-4 % of the annual revenue, the payback is substantial when material compliance is included in the ERP business processes.

Atrion International Inc.

Business Objects

Business Objects helps the world's leading organizations track, understand, and manage their businesses to improve enterprise performance. With more than 26,000 customers in 80 countries worldwide, Business Objects is the clear market leader in the business intelligence industry. Business Objects' software and services help companies:

• Improve operational efficiency
• Align corporate strategy with day-to-day execution
• Strengthen profitable relationships with customers, partners, and suppliers
• Enhance and differentiate their products and services 

IFS has long used Business Objects’ core print engines to deliver reports from their systems and is now a Business Objects OEM Partner. This enhanced relationship enables IFS customers to experience the ease of use of Business Objects' world-class reporting and analysis tools, such as Crystal Reports®, Crystal Analysis™, and Crystal Enterprise™.

Business Objects

ReadSoft

ReadSoft is the leading global supplier of Document Automation solutions. ReadSoft and IFS together deliver a document processing solution that is fully integrated with IFS Applications. The solution enables IFS customers to benefit from ReadSoft's technology, which automatically captures information from documents, such as forms and invoices, and transfers the data into IFS Applications. The ReadSoft software can capture and identify information such as account numbers, line item detail, and logos from all types of documents, including paper forms, faxes, web forms, and e-mail. The software can then determine the completeness and correctness of a document before sending the information to IFS Applications. Using ReadSoft's technology to scan documents and import the data directly into IFS Applications, IFS users can dramatically increase the speed and lower the expense of document processing with the highest degree of automation.

StreamServe

StreamServe is a leader and innovator in the fast-growing Enterprise Business Communications market, with over 3,000 customers worldwide. StreamServe is the only company to provide an independent platform for the bi-directional exchange of critical business information in any channel or format. This pioneering approach helps companies reduce the cost of communicating with distributed customers, suppliers and employees, and make all of their printed and electronic output more personal and customer-focused.

Xdin

IFS chose Xdin as its partner in Graphical Quality Systems based on their knowledge and proven success. Xdin is the supplier of the Model Based Management method, implemented in the Business Modeler tool. It is used to build Graphical Quality Systems. Xdin's mission is to undertake and implement complete product development projects. The company develops IT systems, manages changeover processes and trains personnel. Xdin also develops commercially mature products and services. Xdin has developed Business Viewer, a software program that makes it possible to describe activities from various points of view using easy-to-interpret pictures.

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