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North America Edition |
September 2009 |
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In this issue:
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Welcome New
IFS Customer:
Hytrol Conveyor Company
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White Paper: Selecting
Software for Asset Information Management
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 Learn
the essential concepts necessary to select the right
software for asset information management (AIM). This
whitepaper explains AIM and related concepts, including
CALM, ALM and DOM, and lists a series of attributes
necessary in an AIM software package including open
standards, and data standardization. Download your free
copy today!
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Software Upgrades are a Leading
Economic Indicator for a Coming Economic Recovery
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Recently it was reported
that more than 25 percent of
IFS' North American customer base is currently in an
upgrade process, in the formal planning process
necessary to ensure a quality upgrade, or have upgraded
within the last year. Executives at IFS and its partner
organizations – as well as customers engaged in upgrades
– suggest that healthy upgrade activity among IFS'
industrial customer base is driven by the expectation of
a robust economic recovery in coming months.
Among these customers
is EBARA International Corp., a manufacturer of
cryogenic pumps based in Sparks, Nev., which is
preparing to upgrade to IFS Applications 7.5, service
pack 4.
"Our business serves
the liquefied natural gas industry," EBARA Director of
Information Services Frank Lowery said. "Even in the
best economic times, we see some fluctuations in demand
driven by project cycles for large natural gas
processing plants, receiving terminals and ships. So we
know to take advantage of slower times to invest in our
business processes, which ultimately makes us more
competitive and efficient when demand once again peaks."
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IFS Podcast: How Can EAM Drive
Lean Process in Your Maintenance Department?
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With pressure to adopt lean
business practices intensifying, how are
industrial maintenance departments rising to the
challenge?
Increasingly, maintenance directors and senior
managers of asset-intensive industries are
relying on enterprise technology like Enterprise
Asset Management (EAM) to eliminate
non-value-added work.
In this month's
IFS Radio Network podcast, EAM expert and IFS
Business Analyst Mike Auer describes the
different ways that properly-implemented EAM
software can formalize and streamline processes,
improve communication and drive lean maintenance
improvements. Mike pays special attention to the
importance of integrating EAM tightly with other
enterprise software – including ERP – to
achieve even greater efficiencies by avoiding
duplication of efforts.
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“The benefit
of having an EAM system out there to assist
you with your maintenance
comes at a couple of different levels.
Typically, when you get a piece of equipment
for a manufacturing line from a vendor or a
group of vendors, they have a suggested
maintenance schedule that their piece of
equipment needs to undergo … whether that
is a daily or end-of-shift greasing to an
overhaul that might be done at one-year or
two-
year intervals. And that sits on a CD, in a vendor manual or on
somebody’s desk,
but if it is not used, you lose every
bit of engineering and thought that has gone
into that plan provided by the vendor. But
if we put that into an EAM system and
schedule that maintenance out, you are being
reminded to do these maintenance
activities, and that is something a CD or
vendor manual will not do …"
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Mike Auer, IFS Business Analyst |
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Events: Visit IFS This Fall
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Customer Case Study:
Offshore Drilling Contractor Gets Immediate Data From
IFS Portals
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IFS customer, SeaDrill is a leading international
offshore drilling contractor and most recently has
focused its operations in four main markets: jack-up
rigs, mobile units, tender rigs and well services. The
company has a modern fleet of
34 units, of which 13 are under construction. SeaDrill
operates in 12 countries on three continents and has
more than 4,800 employees.
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"The portals from IFS are
tailored to the needs of the individual users,
enabling rapid access to control and management
information about purchasing, inventory and
other key factors. Previously, we needed a
specialist to get some of this data, and we got
it once a month. Now it's immediately available
to all those who need it."
- Egil Hope, SeaDrill, Head of maintenance
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Benefits Realized:
- Rapid access to control and
management information about purchasing, inventory
and other key factors
- Information available
immediately, instead of waiting for a monthly report
- Single database for all sites and
employees
- Interactive learning eliminated
costly class-room training, saving both time and
money
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Free Web-Based Tool Simplifies CMMS/EAM Evaluation
Process
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Are you looking for a CMMS or EAM
solution but don't know where
to begin? Try the Plant Services CMMS/EAM Software
Review tool,
an industry-unique, web-based tool that simplifies the
software evaluation process. David Berger, principal of
Western Management Consultants and a well-known
authority on CMMS and EAM, has teamed up with Paul
Studebaker, Editor-in-Chief of Plant Services magazine,
to create this sophisticated comparison tool.
- Compare with 3 levels of complexity & up to 360
distinct data points
- Weight software attributes that are most critical to
you business
- View objective side-by-side comparison of multiple
solutions at once
No other web-based program offers superior analytical
capabilities than this CMMS evaluation program. Try it
now and save valuable time!
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Announcement: Hytrol Conveyor
Company Selects IFS Applications for
Configure/Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing
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 Hytrol Conveyor Company (Hytrol), a
major manufacturer of conveyors and conveying systems,
has chosen IFS Applications to support its strategic
initiatives by streamlining its business practices,
reducing cycle times and expanding customer relations.
The solution will be implemented at Hytrol's factory and
technology center both located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Hytrol chose IFS Applications to replace its inflexible
20-year-old software solution, and will implement
components for financials, supply chain, engineering,
manufacturing, sales and marketing, service and
maintenance, project management, document management,
quality management, human resources and business
analytics.
IFS was selected for its proven depth and breadth of
product functionality, ease of use, and track record of
success in similar companies, according to Hytrol
officials. "We were looking for an enterprise software
package that would enable us to better manage both
complex ETO and CTO projects, and after evaluating
several leading vendors, we found that IFS offers the
strongest solution on the market," Hytrol Director of IT
Steve Bell 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.
Compare
IFS to the Competition
Download Free IFS Materials
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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
www.ifsworld.com.
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Seven IFS Key Vertical
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