IFS announces Packaged for Payback business software
Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Chicago-based IFS has released IFS Applications 2002 Packaged for Payback, the latest version of its business applications suite. The applications target four critical areas: cutting operational costs, shortening implementation time for faster return-on-investment (ROI), extending business into new areas, and eliminating hidden costs of business applications.
"In today's economy, companies need new ways to quickly increase revenues, while at the same time cutting costs," says IFS President and CEO Bengt Nilsson. "That's why IFS Applications 2002 is 'Packaged for Payback.' We have refined our component architecture, which allows step-by-step implementations for rapid ROI, and we've added a number of new components and features."
Those features and benefits include:
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easy-to-use portals for improved internal and external collaboration.
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150 pre-packaged efficiency drivers that improve productivity in internal and external value chains.
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Web-based training material that is totally integrated with the application to help customers better utilize IFS Applications.
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increased sales of aftermarket products and services from additional customer relationship management capabilities.
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faster development of new products through the use of IFS collaborative engineering solutions that reduce design and production time.
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new supply chain planning capabilities that provide accurate views of future product demand and establish more efficient production and procurement capabilities.
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flexibility to quickly change and/or add manufacturing styles by adding new components.
