IFS Radio Network
Summary: A monthly update on the business software market space from IFS North America. Includes informative, in-depth discussions with IFS experts and customers on tech and business issues of interest to middle-market companies.
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- Artist: IFS North America
- Copyright: 2012 IFS
Podcasts:
What are the cultural barriers to enterprise asset management (EAM) software implementation, and to related reliability centered maintenance (RCM) efforts.
FIAR ERP advice! The Federal Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) plan is making waves throughout the defense community. The Department of Defense (DoD)is under pressure form Congress to pass a GAO audit by 2017. Efforts to implement ERP software in the branches of service have not been met with success. In this special edition podcast, USAF Principal Deputy A4L Greg Stanley offers insights and tips for using ERP to close auditability gaps for FIAR compliance.
Project portfolio management (PPM). Enterprise project management (EPM). What is the difference? How can enterprise software like enterprise resource planning (ERP) deliver this functionality? Experts including Dick Slansky of ARC Advisory Group and Antony Bourne of IFS offer definitions of PPM, EPM and Project ERP and discuss supporting project ERP functionality.
News of new Project ERP and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) customers: Brookfield Multiplex, Rhino Resource Partners and Avinor. All within IFS' targeted verticals of construction, oil and gas and aerospace and defense.
Field Service Management Software for large workforces needs to be different from software used by SMEs. Managing a large workforce of hundreds or thousands of techs represents unique challenges. IFS VP Tom Devroy discusses hte FSM software needs of the enterprise field service management organization, including mobility, scheduling and predictive analytics.
IFS ranked highly by ARC Advisory Group for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) in aerospace and defense, oil and gas and more. Mobile ERP thought leadership from IFS Research and Strategy guru Martin Gunnarsson and Aberdeen.
Mobile EAM (enterprise asset management) has been around for a long time. In this podcast, IFS EAM expert Stefan Pervik discusses the benefits of mobile EAM along with the technological changes that make it attractive today.
News including Infosys partnership, Emirates Airlines new customer announcement and Q1 2013 IFS Financial Results.
Cloud ERP ... what is it? What is the difference between SaaS ERP and Private Cloud ERP? Pemeco principal Jonathan Gross and IFS North America CTO Rick Veague discuss Cloud ERP and the IFS Applications as a Service Private Cloud offering.
Study results on Cloud ERP, Mobile EAM Software and Field Service Management Software Mobility. Fairbanks Scale field service management software go-live. Bill Leedale supply chain management Pros to Know recognition.
Reverse Logistics software is hard to find. Yet any company sending parts or components back to depot repair environment needs a reverse logistics solution. IFS North America Executive Vice President Larry Laux discusses the challenges posed by reverse logistics and how they can be addressed by field service management software.
IFS news including new customer announcements for DTR Industries, Sevan Drilling and Spencer Technologies.
ROI on EAM Software can be elusive. So a top EAM software expert from IFS North America, Patrick Zirnhelt, shares his insights on critical factors for ROI on enterprise asset management (EAM) software.
IFS news including 2012 Q4 and full year financial results from CEO Alastair Sorbie. Also, an expanded relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ERP with built in Enterprise Project Management functionality is a core necessity for a number of different types of businesses, including Engineer to Order manufacturers, Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contractors and even process manufacturers. But a study conducted by IFS North America with help from Analyst Cindy Jutras reveals that few of these companies have ERP with integrated or embedded project management software.