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Archive 2006
IFS has been featured in numerous articles and reports in both online and print publications. Summaries and excerpts from selected articles are displayed below.
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Technology Evaluation Centers - December 22, 2006 - Is Your Enterprise Application on a Road to Nowhere?
If your enterprise application is part of a large portfolio of products purchased during a recent splurge of acquisitions—or if the vendor has broken many promises about adding functionality—it just might be on the road to nowhere. IFS chief technical officer Dan Matthews gives helpful tips on evaluating how serious a vendor is about investing in a particular enterprise application.
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Line56.com - Dec. 5, 2006 - GreenScreen Begone
IFS Director of Industry Solutions Anders Berger shares his insights on the next generation of graphical user interfaces.
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CRM Magazine - Dec. 1, 2006 - Secret of My Success: A CRM Manufacturing Makeover
Robby Johnson, Information Systems Supervisor at J&H Machine Tools describes real, measurable payback from the company's IFS implementation: "Eighty-eight percent of all sales quotes are now generated and emailed to the customer automatically. This has freed our support staff to work on more difficult projects and customer issues and has saved J&H about $41,600 per year."
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Technology Evaluation Centers - Nov. 22, 2006 - The Case Against Modifying Your Enterprise Software
IFS' Jeff Kugler furthers the case against modifying enterprise software.
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The Manufacturer - Nov. 9, 2006 - IFS Forms Food & Bev Council
This article describes the formation of the Food and Beverage Advisory Council (FABAC), which provides the platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience among IFS, its food and beverage customers, and leading industry experts.
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CIO Magazine - Nov. 6, 2006 - Don't Modify Your Enterprise Application
Philippe Beaurain, Vice President of Services for IFS North America, compares the temptation to modify an enterprise application with the tendency to add cream and sugar to that first cup of coffee. Like many modifications, the admixtures to the coffee become unnecessary as you become more familiar with the experience. But unlike the cream and sugar, modifications to an enterprise application can cost millions.
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Assembly Magazine - October 1, 2006 - Software Organizes Production, Inventory
This case study describes how Lou-Rich standardized its inventory and accounting practices with IFS Applications. Lou-Rich is a contract manufacturer that also markets its own branded equipment line. The company operates in multiple manufacturing modes, including make-to-order, make-to-inventory, and ship-to-order.
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CRM Buyer - September 29, 2006 - The Customer Data Advantage in Manufacturing
This article explains why manufacturers are embracing customer relationship management (CRM) software to meet the just-in-time demands of customers. Michael Kalkman, project manager for Stolle Machinery, explains his company's decision to implement IFS' CRM solution: "If we didn't implement it, we wouldn't be able to stay competitive."
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ARC Advisory Group - September 18, 2006 - Briefing: IFS Asset Lifecycle Management
Houghton Leroy, ARC's Senior Advisor for Enterprise Software, discusses IFS' asset lifecycle management (ALM) solution, which follows the Design Operate Maintain (DOM) interoperability model.
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InfoWorld - September 18, 2006 - Executive Order: Attract and Retain Top IT Talent
Looking for people with experience in targeted industries is one of IFS' strategies for attracting top talent, according to IFS North America CEO Cindy Jaudon.
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Control Engineering - September 14, 2006 - IFS reports substantial growth
Despite consolidation in the enterprise software industry, IFS announced strong quarter-on-quarter growth. License revenue for IFS Americas more than doubled for the first half of 2006, compared to the same period in 2005; maintenance and support revenue increased 20 percent; and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were up 80 percent.
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Manufacturing Business Technology - August 2006 - Air Force locks up integrated logistics
IFS has signed a contract with Oracle USA, Inc., to provide the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) portion of an integrated logistics system that Oracle is delivering to the U.S. Air Force. In accordance with the Oracle contract, the system will support 250,000 users of the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) program. This article discusses IFS' role in the ECSS program.
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Manufacturing Business Technology - August 2006 - Exotic Electro-Optics finds shop-floor solution
Steve Buzard, IT Manager for Murrieta, California-based Exotic Electro-Optics (EEO), tells how IFS Applications has helped his company become more agile through better management of product specifications and testing requirements, and more efficient through more precise tracking of costs and business performance data.
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Managing Automation - July 19, 2006 - IFS Reports Lower Q2 Profits; License Growth Soars
"Continuing a string of positive financial results, enterprise software provider IFS today reported a second-quarter profit of SKr 13 million on revenue growth of slightly more than 5% to SKr 561 million. License revenue grew 41% in the quarter." So begins David Brousell, editor-in-chief of Managing Automation, in his coverage of IFS' Q2 2006 financial results. The article includes excerpts from an exclusive interview with IFS president and CEO Alastair Sorbie.
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eWeek podcast, July 6, 2006, Vertical Expertise Scales Up
In an interview with eWeek's Peter Coffee, Cindy Jaudon, president and CEO of IFS North America, discusses the importance of agility in navigating today's fast-changing business environment.
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Industry Week - July 1, 2006 - Associated Rubber: ERP Improves Inventory Management, Financial Closings
Ramey Thompson, president of Associated Rubber, Tallapoosa, Georgia, tells how IFS Applications has helped his company become more competitive through better inventory control, faster financial closings, and streamlined ISO 9001:2000 compliance.
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Supply Chain Manufacturing & Logistics - June 23, 2006 - Mixed-Mode Manufacturer Shines with ERP
Steve Lundeen, director of Information Technology for Nioxin Research Laboratories, discusses how his company has increased sales and enhanced customer service in a mixed-mode environment with IFS Applications.
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Supply Chain Manufacturing & Logistics - June 22, 2006 - Web Services—Years in the Making
Rick Veague, chief technology officer of IFS North America, explains how IFS' component-based service-oriented architecture makes it easier for customers to take advantage of Web services.
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Maintenance Technology - June 2006 - Realizing The Benefits Of Design, Operate, Maintain
Christian Klingspor, IFS Senior Advisor for ALM, Maintenance, and Engineering, discusses how an integrated enterprise system can enhance communication between industrial facility designers and those who operate and maintain the facilities, leading to improvements in efficiency, profitability, and uptime.
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IBM Forward View - June 2006 - Video presentation
In a video presentation included in IBM's e-newsletter "Forward View," Cindy Jaudon, president and CEO of IFS North America, discusses how IFS' step-by-step approach to software implementation gives manufacturers the agility to keep pace with changes in technology and the marketplace.
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Crain's Chicago Business - June 19, 2006 - Local firms snag gov't biz
Crain's Chicago Business explores the significance of IFS' role in the U.S. Air Force's Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) program. This program will replace more than 500 largely incompatible computer systems with one integrated, off-the-shelf approach. IFS signed a contract with Oracle to provide the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) portion of the system, which will support 250,000 ECSS users.
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Assembly - May 2006 - Mixed-mode manufacturing: software strategy is everything
IFS customer Tony Chalet of GED Integrated Systems is the author of an Assembly magazine article on software strategy for mixed-mode manufacturers.
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Manufacturing Business Technology - June 2006 - IFS Applications 7 tackles vertical industries, improves user interface
"The new graphical interface is more aesthetically pleasing," said Eric Karofsky, senior research analyst at Boston-based AMR Research, commenting about IFS Applications 7 in the June issue of Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) magazine. "IFS also spent time trying to understand workflow and user requirements. Workflow shepherds users around, making the solution easier to use, which in turn promotes efficiency." The MBT article also features comments about IFS Applications 7 from IFS customers Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co. and Kamatics Corp.
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Manufacturing Business Technology - May 2006 - Agile more important than lean
IFS customer R&R Products, a leading parts supplier for the turf and golf industry, has reduced its irrigation parts supply from several months to several weeks since implementing IFS Applications. In the May 2006 issue of Manufacturing Business Technology, R&R CEO Brian Larson also explains how the Tucson, Arizona-based company is using its IFS system to extend lean principles to the supply chain.
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Automation World - March 2006 - Manage Supplier Relationships for More, Better Access
If manufacturers want to improve operations, "then becoming faster doesn't have nearly as much impact as having more and faster access to suppliers and customers," says IFS North America CTO Rick Veague in an Automation World article on supplier relationship management (SRM).
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Baseline - March 6, 2006 - Todd Pacific: PDAs Help Keep Shipyard on Course
A wireless time reporting system, fully integrated with IFS Applications, is helping Todd Pacific Shipyards to better plan and execute jobs at its 46-acre facility in Seattle.
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Managing Automation - February 1, 2006 - IFS North America Says Improvement Plan is Working and Pipelines are Growing
IFS' partner-based sales strategy has resulted in improved profitability and a growing pipeline. In an article published February 1, 2006, on Managing Automation's Web site, editor-in-chief David Brousell talks with IFS North America president Cindy Jaudon and marketing director Steve Andrew about the factors behind IFS' success in the North American market.
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Managing Automation - January 18, 2006 - IFS Replaces CEO
As the next step in its plan for worldwide growth in a wide range of industry verticals, IFS has appointed a new CEO. Alastair Sorbie, who currently manages IFS' EMEA operations, will assume the position March 10, 2006. Sorbie replaces Michael Hallén, who will remain as CEO in the interim. In his current position, Sorbie oversees IFS' largest division, accounting for 70 percent of the company's revenue and 40 percent of its total staff. Since joining IFS in 1997, he was instrumental in founding some of the company's most successful country organizations, including those in the UK, South Africa, and the Middle East. In the article "IFS Replaces CEO," published January 18, 2006, on Managing Automation's Web site, editor-in-chief David Brousell takes a look at IFS' new CEO and what lies ahead for the company under his leadership.
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Plant Engineering - January 2006 - Marriage of ERP and EAM/CMMS: Means Better Business Decisions
Asset-intensive companies have long recognized that good enterprise asset management (EAM) systems produce significant cost savings that go directly to the bottom line. But inefficiencies arise when EAM and ERP are handled by standalone systems that don't share information. In the January 2006 issue of Plant Engineering magazine, IFS business solutions consultant Mary Wylde discusses the solution: the marriage of ERP and EAM.
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Software Magazine - January 2006 - Manufacturing Software Consolidating
IFS has found success by growing organically and staying focused on the manufacturing mid-market, according to an article in the January 2006 issue of Software Magazine.
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