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Free White Paper:
PAS 55 for Electric Utilities
PAS 55 compliance should
be of immediate interest to executives at electric
generation utilities and other asset intensive
industries. IFS Global Industry Director Michael
Blalock explains why this is the case, and offers
tips for using technology to adopt the asset
lifecycle management best practices in this
specification. Read
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Podcast: Product Data Management for Lean Manufacturing
In this month's interview episode of the
IFS Radio Network, Baker Tilly Consultant Paul Arnevik discusses how
Product Data Management (PDM) as part of an ERP suite can deliver lean
benefits and facilitate overall Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Indeed, PDM is essential for proper
revision control and efficient communication during the engineering and
manufacture of any process. But what are the finer points when it comes
to getting PDM to work as an integral part of an overarching ERP
solution? And what are the upsides of an optimized PDM-ERP solution?
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"From
what I have seen at clients and customers,
the design of their products is really their
sweet spot and really their competitive edge
in the market. A lot of clients that we've
seen may not have a rigorous PDM process, so
I think that is the cornerstone of how they
complete their manufacturing process. The
PDM is really the ground floor for where
everything starts... If you don't have that
control and level of discipline, you can run
into multiple issues with increasing cost
due to redoing work that has already been
done and a lack of understanding of why a
revision was done in the first place."
- Baker Tilly Consultant Paul Arnevik |
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IFS Launched New
Document Management Solution for Increased Efficiency
IFS has extended its document management
solution to help customers improve the efficiency
of capturing and managing project and enterprise information. Developed
in collaboration with a number of IFS customers, the extension features
improved document navigation and visualization, enhanced document
security and control as well as full integration with all Microsoft
Office programs.
As organizations look for competitive
advantage post-recession, improving how information and data are managed
has naturally become a priority for many businesses. By ensuring
customer, supplier and contractor documents are retained within a
central enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, organizations can
quickly increase data visibility and improve employee productivity by
reducing the time it takes to access the right document for the right
workflow at the right time.
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View Newly Recorded Oil and Gas Industry Webinar
f you missed this live event, now is the
time to watch the recorded webinar!
Until the
 economy
recovers completely, companies in the oil and gas value chain must
continually look for ways to keep costs down and get revenue up. For
this to be done quickly and effectively requires access to real time,
accurate information throughout your organization to know what is being
done, how much it is costing and
where improvement should be made. This can be nearly impossible to do if
your information is coming from multiple disparate legacy and home grown
IT systems and stacks of spreadsheets. To compete in today's economy we
have to eliminate waste in the form of clumsy IT systems that were built
a long time ago when we didn't have the same demands as we do today on
our tools. Manage the Future, Not the Past!
Webinar Topics
and Presenters Include:
"Manage the Future, Not the Past"
Mark O'Connor - Regional Industry Director for Oil and Gas IFS North
America
"Managing Risk in the Oil & Gas Industry During Economic
Downturn"
Guy Barlow - Oracle Industry Specialist
"Leveraging Modern Technology to Address the Aging Workforce,
Increase in Regulation/Compliance and Other Key Issues Facing the O&G
Industry"
Rick Veague - IFS Chief Technology Officer IFS North America
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Companies Need Systems for Environmental Tracking, Reveals New Survey
According to an independent study
conducted for enterprise software vendor IFS in the United States,
Scandinavia and Benelux, although green measurement is considered
important, businesses on both sides of the Atlantic lack the correct
systems to track their full environmental footprints.
As environmental regulation advances in
both Europe and the U.S., businesses are facing increasing pressure from
regulators, customers and investors to document and reduce their
environmental impact. According to IFS, research data suggest that
organizations need to make wholesale changes to their business
technology to keep up with these rapidly advancing mandates.
The study, based on surveys of industrial
executives in each region, discovered that over three quarters of
companies consider it important to track their environmental profile - including
83 percent in the U.S., 82 percent in Scandinavia and 79 percent in
Benelux. However, nearly three quarters of European respondents (74
percent in Scandinavia, 75 percent in Benelux) admitted to not having
sufficient enterprise resources planning (ERP) software in place to
track their environmental footprint. The U.S. fared slightly better,
with 47 percent saying they lacked the enterprise software for
environmental tracking, with an additional 42 percent claiming limited
capabilities for tracking environmental impacts.
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Free Web-Based Tool Simplifies CMMS/EAM Evaluation
Process
Are you
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Welcome New IFS Project-based Contractor Customer
One of the world leaders in
engineering and project management for the oil and gas
industry, has sele cted
IFS Applications as its new global enterprise
applications system to support its growth and streamline
its corporate processes in more than 20 countries.
The company will implement
IFS Applications as part of its global growth strategy
to support its activities carried out in challenging,
global environments. It aims to streamline its
processes, managing construction more efficiently and
supporting further growth as an Engineering,
Procurement, Construction, Installation (EPCI)
contractor. The objective is to have an integrated
project-oriented solution covering all aspects of its
business. It will improve project performance through
increased control over the five key success factors for
project-based companies; risk, cost, cash, time and
resources.
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