IFS ERP Software Review

IFS delivers IFS Applications, user-friendly software that streamlines the core processes of service and asset, project, manufacturing, and supply chain management. IFS Applications is a component-based ERP solution built on service-oriented architecture technology that gives companies the freedom to choose business components and to add more as needed.

IFS Applications is built to make your business more agile and to leverage new business challenges as business opportunities. The system is designed to provide an intuitive and efficient user experience to help you effectively carry out your business processes. Over 2,000 customers worldwide rely on IFS Applications to optimize their agile businesses.

IFS Key Features:

Manufacturing

  • Support discrete, repetitive, batch, project-based or mixed-mode manufacturing
  • Integrate quality management, product development, material compliance forecasting and CRM and gain instant access to these data
  • Gain more planning agility and efficient production scheduling with EDI-enabled supplier/customer scheduling, orderless production, and manual and electronic Kanbans
  • Support quality product lifecycle, documentation, and eco-footprint management
  • Leverage financials, HR, and asset management functionality to support complete project lifecycle management

Projects

  • Gain real-time feedback at any project stage that enables you to proactively adjust to changes in project plans
  • Automatically update changes to project plans whenever new information is added to eliminate errors in manual data entry
  • Manage materials based on projects to save time and cost
  • Handle complex contracts and unstructured deliverables with contract and sub-contract management
  • Automatically track project progress with project accounting and use automatic routines for revenue recognition

Service and Asset

  • Improve asset reliability, launch predictive maintenance strategies and lower maintenance costs
  • Balance operational requirements against maintenance needs
  • Increase throughput and revenue with Critical Chain Project Management and other best practices methodologies

Supply Chain

  • Improve communication using collaboration portals that allow maximum access and control
  • Leverage missed-mode functionality to adapt to new supply models and changes in customer requirements
  • Increase efficiency with forecasting and demand planning, price management, assortment allocation and more
  • Streamline purchasing and procurement processes and integrate with back-office functionality like HR and financials
  • Integrate fleet and asset management and MRO capabilities and leverage functionality such as traceability, serial number and lot tracking, role-defined procurement and agile shipment

Companies Using IFS:

Amphenol Alden Products, Bergen Group Roseberg, Coba Plastic, British Sky Broadcasting, Heerema Fabrication Group, EPS, Gables Engineering, DDL, Rotary Engineering, Peerless Industries