IFS Radio Network

IFS Radio -- Selecting ERP for Engineer to Order (ETO) Manufacturing

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:21:57 GMT

Engineer to Order poses challenges for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Pemeco President Peter Gross discusses the project management, engineering and integration requirements to look for when selecting ERP for ETO manufacturing businesses.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- May 2012

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:09:21 GMT

Q1 2012 IFS AB financials with CEO Alastair Sorbie, Joint Strike Fighter contract, Remmele Engineering early adopter of IFS Applications 8.

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IFS Radio -- DPAS Ratings and ERP for Aerospace and Defense

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:56:56 GMT

ERP for DPAS: DPAS, created by the Defense Prioritization Act, places heavy demands on ERP. IFS experts Kevin Deal and Gary Cornell discuss how the right ERP or EAM can allow an A&D contractor or manufacturer to turn DPAS into a competitive advantage. Do you need DPAS software, or just ERP for Aerospace and Defense?

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- April 2012

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:44:37 GMT

News including ARC Advisory Group #1 ranking for IFS Applications in enterprise asset management (EAM) for the oil and gas industry, new customer ICON Engineering and new whitepaper on dynamic scheduling engines for field service management.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- Asset Integrity Management

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:11:25 GMT

Asset integrity management is important for many companies and mission critical for others. Yet a study by IFS North America and Mint-Jutras suggests that enterprise software like enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) is under-utilized for asset integrity management. IFS' Patrick Zirnhelt and principal analyst Cindy Jutras discuss the study results and asset integrity management in general.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- March 2012

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:00:07 GMT

Oil and gas industry news including Technip go-live, new customer Petroleum Geo Services and asset integrity management study results. Plus new IFS chief marketing officer, Mark Boulton.

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IFS Radio -- Mobile ERP Security

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:59 GMT

Mobile ERP Security discussion with IFS North America Chief Technology Officer Rick Veague. How to achieve secure mobile ERP by selecting the right application and managing internal processes. What are the roles of the cloud, of firewalls and bring your own device (BYOD)?

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IFS Radio -- February 2012

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:24:49 GMT

IFS Q4 and whole year 2011 financial results from CEO Alastair Sorbie. New customer announcement for Yorktel.

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IFS Radio -- Service Management Software Strategies

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:58:35 GMT

Service management software is available to address any one of three different strategies. Ian Mapp of IFS 360 Scheduling reviews the three approaches this technology takes to the problem of moible workforce scheduling and service automation software. Special attention is paid to the needs of large teams of field techs, mission critical situations and demanding service level agreements (SLAs).

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- January 2012

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:52:42 GMT

ERP (enterprise resource planning) customer and go-live announcements from IFS North America including Communications Systems, Inc. (CSI), Meggitt (Maryland) Inc. and Beijer Electronics.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- Vertical Industry ERP

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:19:35 GMT

ERP for vertical industries is lacking according to this study from IFS North America and analyst Cindy Jutras of Mint Jutras, Boston. Jutras reviews the ERP functional gaps revealed in the study and discusses how these gaps create enterprise risk.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- December 2011

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:24 GMT

LatinIFS acquisition, regulatory functionality for Brazil including Nota Fiscal Documents, Sabreliner Go-Live, new customers for 360 Scheduling service management.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- ERP Vendor Consolidation

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:17:34 GMT

ERP Vendor Consolidation: Analyst Cindy Jutras of Mint Jutras discusses new research results from IFS North America that explore the effect ERP vendor consolidation will have on end users. Why do ERP vendors engage in merger and acquisition activity in the first place?

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IFS Radio -- November 2011

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:13:20 GMT

Oil and gas services company Microseismic selects IFS Applications as ERP of record. IFS CEO Alastair Sorbie reviews Q3 financials.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- Power Gen ERP: Lessons from Manufacturing

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:27:19 GMT

ERP for Power Generation, and the business processes run by power generation plants in general, are a lot different from what is typical in the manufacturing space. But Power Generation companies can learn a lot about how to use ERP from manufacturing. APICS-certified expert Bill Leedale shares key ERP concepts that power gen can borrow from manufacturing.

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IFS Radio -- October 2011

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:21:39 GMT

IFS North America news including Spacesaver Go Live, Frost & Sullivan award, new projects with China Yangtze Power Company and new blog content, including service management interview with Damen Shipyards.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- Achieving Global ERP

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:52:50 GMT

Global ERP -- where an entire business with multiple locations and divisions are supported by a single instance of ERP on a single database -- can deliver IT and business efficiencies. What are the challenges of achieving global ERP? What are the benefits of global ERP? If global ERP is not right for you, what are the workarounds? IFS Chief Technology Officer Rick Veague discusses these topics and more.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- September 2011

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:31:00 GMT

News including new customer Synergy Health, APICS presentation on corporate social responsibility and an update on the PAS 55 standard for asset management and its pending equivalent, ISO 55000.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio -- Does ERP Mean Excel Runs Production

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:39:00 GMT

ERP means Excel Runs Production. Analyst Cindy Jutras of Mint Jutras reviews an IFS North America study on how poor ERP usability drives users to 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.

2012 IFS North America

IFS Radio Network -- August 2011

chuck.rathmann@ifsna.com (Charles Rathmann) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:38:00 GMT

IFS CEO Alastair Sorbie and CFO Paul Smith discuss recent financial results and IFS' acquisition strategy. Also news on new customer Automated Packaging Systems (APS).

2012 IFS North America