IFS to Present on Profitable Sustainability Management
at APICS
The APICS International Conference &
Expo is one of the world's largest gatherings of
operations management professionals, and it provides
an annual interactive learning environment to share
ideas and learn from peers. On October 24th in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania IFS will be exhibiting at
booth #406 and also presenting on the profitable
sustainability management topic.
Attend
the Brewing Up Profitable Sustainability
Management
session by IFS Senior Advisor
William Leedale (CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP) on Monday, October 23, 2011 at
2:30 p.m. during the APICS conference in Pittsburgh.
Session Description: From the big companies to
the little guys, today's brewing companies are going the extra mile to
report on their sustainability initiatives. Industry leaders recognize
that sustainability encompasses the four areas of the UN Global Compact:
human rights, labor, environment, and anticorruption. This session will
explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) - as addressed in Global
Reporting Initiative G3 guidelines - and how it is applied in the
brewing industry.
Attend this session to identify what makes a good
sustainability management system, learn how different breweries have
developed systems to support their needs, effectively report to your
stakeholders on your company’s CSR performance and learn about the G3
guidelines and how breweries follow them so well.
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Read Information Week's 'Why ERP Is Cool Again' Article
Why ERP Is Cool Again
Article by
Doug Henschen
InformationWeek
"ERP itself is old news, but enhancing legacy
applications with mobile, analytics, and social features can
deliver substantial value."
The article references fi nding
from a recent IFS commissioned study. "Only 27% of
manufacturing companies surveyed in June by analyst firm
Mint Jutras give their employees mobile access to ERP,
CRM, supply chain, or enterprise asset management apps.
And only 3% of them rate their mobile CRM interfaces as
excellent." Continue to full article from button below.
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Free White Paper: 3 Things Decision-makers Need
To Know About SOA
Anyone even peripherally exposed to business media
that touch on enterprise
application technology has seen the term
service-oriented architecture (SOA)
bandied about in advertisements and articles. Major
enterprise applications vendors are using the term
SOA as a marketing buzzword and are indeed moving
their product offerings in directions that deliver
the flexibility and total application cost
reductions that SOA can offer. But given the central
role that SOA is playing in information technology,
it is important for professionals involved with
specifying and purchasing enterprise applications to
get beyond a buzzword level understanding of what
SOA is and what it is not.
SOA essentially implies an application architecture
made up of loosely coupled “services” (for example
the various software features that are used in
creating and processing a customer order), and
service “consumers” (other services that need to
create customer orders, for example). Most business
software applications can, of course, create
customer orders. But a business application that is
made up of services allows one to easily “rearrange”
the processes that create the need for a customer
order, and how that customer order is created. This
process tends to be very rigid in non-SOA
applications. Want to learn more?
Read this white paper today!
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Podcast: Does ERP Mean Excel Runs Production?
In this month’s IFS
Radio Network podcast, analyst Cindy Jutras of
 Mint
Jutras reviews an IFS North America study on how poor ERP usability
drives users to Microsoft Excel and other tools. IFS North America Chief
Technology Officer Rick Veague discusses how IFS Applications integrates
with Excel and offers intuitive usability to solve this problem.
"We recognize that
Excel is a great analysis tool. But it’s not really an
information management tool. So we have implemented tools
and technology where you can leverage the value of your
operational database using front end tools like Excel
without having to move all of the data into Excel. Tools
like our Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
solution do exactly that. They allow you to visualize
operational data managed in a secure, properly backed up,
properly access-controlled manner - but still use the good
user experience and the ability to manipulate data that
Excel gives you."
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Rick Veague, Chief Technology Officer, IFS North America |
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Watch New IFS Customer Video
Watch this new video and hear IFS customer Tosoh talk about
how easy and intuitive IFS Enterprise Explorer has been for them,
helping their users to increase productivity.
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IFS Welcomes Equipment
Manufacturer Automated Packaging Systems
IFS welcomes new customer Automated
Packaging Systems (APS), - the world leader in flexible bag packaging
systems. APS has selected IFS Applications for implementation at 14
sites, including 10 in the United States and four in Europe.
APS will implement IFS Financials, IFS
Distribution, IFS Manufacturing, IFS Maintenance, IFS Engineering, IFS
Business Performance and IFS Human Resources at its world headquarters,
manufacturing facilities, and sales offices in the United States. IFS
Applications implementations will also take place at its European
corporate office and manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom, and
offices in Belgium, France and Germany.
IFS Applications was selected to
facilitate APS’ rapid international growth because it is well-equipped
to handle multi-language, multi-currency, multi-mode manufacturing
operations. APS’ team agreed that the IFS solution would allow its
manufacturing business to standardize and streamline its existing
business processes, which were managed outside of an existing ERP
system.
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"Throughout
our selection process, IFS took the time to listen to our
concerns, problems and issues. They then delivered tailored
demonstrations that provided impressive solutions. In
addition, we received personalized attention during the
evaluation process that we believe will continue throughout
the implementation process.
The IFS team seems
genuinely interested in forming a true partnership with APS
and this aligns well with our business philosophy. And at
the end of the day, we felt that IFS provided the most
cost-effective solution that will help us achieve our
business objectives."
~ APS Vice President of Finance David E.
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"Automated Packaging Systems is an
excellent example of how IFS’ focused industry approach fits the
customer’s needs," IFS Vice President of Sales Mike Lorbiecki said. "IFS
Applications provides the range of components necessary for APS to run a
multi-mode, complex international manufacturing business efficiently,
with personalized care from the IFS team. When it comes to the ability
to handle diverse business models including engineer-to-order and
configure-to-order, and to do so in a single enterprise application, IFS
really has no equal."
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Events: Meet IFS at
These Upcoming Events
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IFS Is Gold Sponsor at WCEAM/IMS - 6th Annual
World Congress on Engineering Asset Management
October 2-4, 2011 in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Meet IFS at the Sixth World
Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) will be held in
conjunction with the National Science Foundation Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center for
Intelligent Maintenance Systems’ 10th Anniversary and 22nd Industrial
Advisory Board Meeting.
WCEAM will take place
October 2-4, 2011, followed by the IMS Center’s Industry Advisory Board
Meeting on October 5, 2011. Both events will be held at the Duke Energy
Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tuesday,
October 4, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.
Attend the 5
Levels of Quintessential Asset Management
by IFS
Business Consultant Jerry Browning |
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IFS Sponsors 7th Annual International Maintenance
Excellence Conference (IMEC)
October 5-7, 2011 in
Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
(1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.)
Keynote Topic: How Social Media is Changing Our Behavior and
Expectations in EAM Application
Keynote Speaker: Andres Lif, IFS
Thursday, October 6, 2011
(1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Breakout Session: SMED: Immediate Improvement of Asset
Utilization
Speaker: Jonas Berggren, SSG Standard Solutions Group AB, and
Anders Lif, IFS
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APICS
October 23-25, 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Visit IFS at Booth #406
The APICS International Conference &
Expo is one of the world's largest gatherings of
operations management professionals, and it provides
an annual interactive learning environment to share
ideas and learn from peers.
Monday,
October 24, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Attend
the Brewing Up Profitable Sustainability
Management
session by
IFS Senior Advisor
William Leedale (CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP).
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Utilize Express RFI for Smart
Software Decisions
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. For more information about IFS
Applications call 1-888-437-4968 or download a free
copy now!
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Meet the IFS Team
Each month the IFS customer newsletter
will feature an IFS employee.
This month's spotlight is on:
Ana Thorn
- Help Desk Representative
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 "I
have been working with IFS for seven months, and I work as a help desk
representative in the Milwaukee office. I
am also currently attending college
at the Art
Institute of Wisconsin, where I am majoring in Advertising.
The thing I
like most about working at IFS is that I truly enjoy the work
ethic and camaraderie here.
On a personal note, I enjoy drawing, playing tennis, listening
to music and collecting photos. I have taken French lessons for
many years and can't wait to someday make my way to see France
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The ARC Advisory Group has ranked IFS as:
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#1 vendor
for EAM software in
the
Aerospace and Defense
industry
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#2 vendor
for EAM software in
the
Oil and Gas
industry |
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#3 vendor
for EAM software in
the
Power Generation
industry |
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#3 vendor
for EAM software
globally |
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If you're considering new
ERP/EAM options, take a closer look at IFS - the
choice of successful companies such as GE, BMW,
Ericsson, and Lockheed Martin. IFS' component-based
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