IFS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A CONSULTANT’S GUIDE TO IFS ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
IFS provides enterprise-wide software solutions to companies that manufacture, construct, maintain or
service products or assets. We thrive in complex environments and with businesses that strive to be agile.
Unlike legacy or monolithic software
solutions that commit you to an often
burdensome solution in an attempt to
automate business processes, IFS takes a
refreshing approach, understanding that
software needs to be more flexible in order to
truly meet real-time business needs. Through
a combination of profound industry
experience, the concept of partnership with
our customers, a seamlessly integrated user
experience, and scalable applications, IFS
automates and optimizes business processes
to help organizations become proactively
agile and competitive in their market.
IFS: ENABLING TRANSFORMATIVE BUSINESS AGILITY
We believe the most agile businesses are those that can spot issues and opportunities as soon as-or
before-they arise, and take appropriate action. Our approach and our software are built to empower this.
● One reason we can deliver faster time to value and greater enterprise agility than our competition is
due to our continued focus on a select number of industries and core business processes.
● The products we offer complement each other to give each of our customers an optimal solution to
solve true business pain points, and our customers’ maintenance dollars go directly into future R&D
for the solution they are using themselves.
● We provide products that can grow and flex with our customers, thanks to feature rich functionality,
end-to-end capabilities, an intuitive user experience and agile modularization.
● That doesn’t mean we aren’t well known in enterprise software! With hundreds of customers in
North America alone, and over one million users worldwide, IFS is recognized globally by industry
analysts such as Gartner* and ARC Advisory Group. Our solutions are often sold to Fortune
500 companies, government agencies, and other organizations that view their implementations as
competitive advantages, and therefore ask to remain anonymous in order to take full advantage of
their investment.
● We have a continuously growing partner ecosystem that includes some of the largest system
integrators in the world who are fully trained to implement IFS solutions readily. Additionally, with
incredible employee tenure and a large global footprint (of more than 3,500 employees worldwide),
we have the capabilities to take customers’ projects live, on time and on budget with our own direct
resources unlike many others in our space.
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IFS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
FUTURE PROOF INNOVATION
Our solutions grow and adapt with your organization. Not We provide software that addresses the business pain
only does our modular offering (and pricing structure) points of today with the flexibility and technical capabilities
allow organizations to purchase what they need for the to also anticipate what’s next. From the latest business
“now” and add on based on future growth but our R&D intelligence to trends like wearables, drones and IoT
teams work closely with customers to ensure that product sensors, IFS not only vets what’s coming but also includes
updates include the latest functionality needed to continue it in roadmaps and development to ensure our technology
to keep a competitive edge. is constantly ahead of the curve.
● Flexible APIs for changing technological landscape ● IFS Labs (part of IFS R&D) tests tomorrow’s
(easy to adopt IoT, etc.) technologies in conjunction with IFS software
solutions
● Innovative R&D functions and investment (IFS Labs)
● Our acquisition and partner strategy evaluates the most
● Modular approach for customizable solution
forward thinking technology players in our space
USER EXPERIENCE END-TO-END BUSINESS AUTOMATION
IFS empowers its software users by providing an effective, Our software is built with end-to-end automation and
efficient and intuitive interface that is easy to learn, use, optimization in mind. IFS Applications handles four core
and configure. Flexible configuration capabilities give users processes; service and asset management, manufacturing,
the power to shape the interface to fit professional needs projects and supply chain management. Our fully
and preferences. integrated business suites address industry-specific business
● Available on all major technology platforms, on- processes and their pain points with flexible functionality
premise or in the cloud, and mobile enabled, a user to address NEEDED business versatility.
benefits from a seamless experience no matter where ● Supports multiple languages, currencies, units of
they are operating from. measurement and more
● Software can be functional and beautiful and ours is ● Comprehensive support for multiple modes and
both. Engaging colorful screens, built in training, and business processes to easily allow different business
user specific views make work easy and visibility totally units and divisions effective access to the same
accessible. solution
PARTNERSHIP SCALABILITY AND RESPONSE TO GROWTH
IFS takes a collaborative approach to solving businesses Our software solutions provide agile infrastructure the
problems from product development through organizations can grow on-providing them with a solution
implementation and beyond. Our solutions are developed that will not one day become legacy or monolithic but
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and enhanced in-house and sold and implemented with rather the opposite. It IS a true competitive edge.
direct experience. Using this approach, we provide not just ● Enhancing flexibility by easily adapting and automating
a solution but the culture, knowledge and expertise that new business structures, flows and processes as things
come with it. change in your business and industry
● We have one of the highest employee tenures in the
● Providing real-time visibility and better forecasting
industry (average of 12 years)
with the most accurate data and reporting functionality
● We consider our relationship with customers a true
partnership from customer-led advisory councils and
focus groups to customer satisfactions surveys and
customer-centric events and training
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