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IFS World |
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North America Edition |
August 2009 |
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In this issue:
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Welcome New
IFS Customer:
Control Components
Inc.
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Announcement: IFS Acquires
MultiPlus Solutions
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Earlier this month, IFS
signed an agreement with Qurius International Holding
B.V. to purchase 100 percent of the shares of MultiPlus
Solutions AS. The acquisition will further strengthen
IFS' market position with respect to project-based
solutions (PBS) for targeted industry sectors.
MultiPlus Solutions, based
in Sandefjord, Norway and with sites in China and
Denmark, is a well-established vendor of project-based
business applications to the marine (shipbuilding,
offshore), EPC (Engineering, Procurement and
Construction) and project manufacturing industries. The
company offers a complete ERP suite including
functionality for areas such as finance, project
control, maintenance, manufacturing, document
management, and human resource management.
MultiPlus Solutions has
almost 100 customers in
Norway, Denmark, France, the United States, and China.
IFS intends to continue to support, maintain and enhance
the product, while realizing economy of scale and
synergies related to having similar industry and
solution competencies.
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White Paper: Databases
and ERP Selection: Oracle vs SQL Server
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 The
database is an essential component of Enterprise
applications like ERP and EAM, and this whitepaper
outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the Oracle
and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms. How do the
two compare when it comes to reliability, scalability
and total cost of ownership when integrated with
enterprise software?
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IFS Podcast: Are Project Based
Solutions Right for You?
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In this mon th's
IFS Radio Network interview podcast, we are
joined by IFS head of analyst relations Tony
Humphries, who will discuss Project Based
Solutions (PBS), a type of ERP IFS has been
formalizing and defining with
other thought leaders including
Ray Wang, formerly of analyst firm Forrester
Research. Humphries will walk through a series
of criteria that will help you determine if PBS
is a better fit for your business than
traditional ERP.
Humphries outlines a series of
categories defined jointly by IFS and Forrester,
including Project Critical, Project Centric,
Project Enabled, Project Potential and Project
Never.
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"There are three
critical things - Is what you make high
value? Are you controlled
by regulatory
compliance … rigorous regulatory compliance?
And do you have an understanding of what it
is you are accepting an order for, i.e. do
you have a complete specification, before
you sign the order? Depending on how you
answer those three
questions determines
whether Project Based Solutions is right for
you. The important thing
is how you answer these three questions, not
whether you are Critical, Enabled or
Centric."
– Tony Humphries
IFS head of Analyst Relations |
Subscribe through iTunes to automatically receive
monthly podcasts.
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Events: Visit IFS This Fall
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Customer Success:
Miller Formless Reduces 18 Price Lists to 2
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Miller Formless Company
Inc. of McHenry, Ill., became an IFS customer in 2000,
and has since reported business improvements from using
IFS Applications. Miller Formless manufactures equipment
that is used to pour concrete curbs, gutter
s,
sidewalks and pavement.
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"We have maintained double
digit percentages in our margin every year since
formalizing our pricing and costing functions.
The information provided by these components has
been so useful that we increased our net profit
percentage from year
to year even though our net
sales were down during the same year to year
comparison."
- Tony Borkowski, Business Analyst, Miller
Formless |
Benefits Realized:
products - increased net income 7
percent.
Better pricing
management automation on thousands of parts - reduced
18 price lists to two.
Improved aftermarket
sales and service in the manufacturing environment.
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Utilize Express RFI for Smart
Software Decisions
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IFS Expr ess
RFI, certified by Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC),
is the industry's easiest and quickest way to create an
RFI for enterprise applications. It provides a template
of more than 3,000 functional specifications, organized
by department. IFS Applications 7.5 functionality has
already been identified within the RFI, and each
response has been reviewed and certified by a TEC
industry analyst.
IFS Applications 7.5, a component-based enterprise software,
enables enterprise agility so that organizations can
take advantage of rapidly changing international market
conditions. It gives enterprises a service-oriented
architecture (SOA) with reusable business components
designed for improved user productivity, faster
implementation, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and
easier upgrades. For more
information send an e-mail from the link below or
call 1-888-437-4968.
Download a free copy now!
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Announcement: Defense Group Saab Signs
Corporate
Agreement with IFS
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 Saab
AB signed a corporate agreement with IFS to deepen the
cooperation between the parties and to position the
group for new business opportunities. Several companies
within Saab currently use IFS Applications for
after-sales services, design and manufacturing, MRO
(Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul), engineering,
supply-chain management, and project management.
Saab has been a
customer of IFS since 1994 and has a long-term strategy
of increasing its use of IFS Applications across the
group to achieve greater efficiency within IT. One
example is the business units that manufacture
aerostructures and related sub-systems for commercial
aviation as well as the military market such as the JAS
Gripen, Saab Aerostructures, which in 2006 carried out a
successful consolidation of 59 self-developed or
customized systems into one common system—IFS
Applications.
"We see great
opportunities for similar synergies in the other
business units within the Saab Group, and our strategy
is to achieve a global standardization of processes and
systems by 2013. We look forward to working with IFS to
continue streamlining and rationalizing our operations
based on a common business system," Saab AB Vice
President ICT Coordination Office Johan Sjödin said.
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About IFS
If
you're considering new ERP/EAM options, take a closer
look
at IFS - the choice of successful companies such as
General Electric, BMW, Ericsson, and Lockheed Martin.
IFS' component-based software makes it easier for
companies to achieve rapid bottom-line results.
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Designed for Agility
IFS, the global enterprise
applications company, provides solutions that
 enable
organizations to respond quickly to market changes,
allowing resources to be used in a more agile way to
achieve better business performance and competitive
advantage. Founded in 1983, IFS pioneered
component-based enterprise resources planning (ERP)
software with IFS Applications, now in its seventh
generation. IFS' component architecture provides
solutions that are easier to implement, run, and
upgrade. For more information, visit
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