What is a Dynamic Scheduling Engine, and why does your field service management operation need one? Learn the ins and outs of this technology, which can help you adapt to rapidly changing priorities, schedule in real time, meet demanding service level agreements and more, all while reducing cost.

Learn how technologies like real-time incident tracking can help integrate maintenance with other business functions to drive business improvements company-wide.

Integrating information from industrial design, manufacturing operation and maintenance can improve plant efficiency and business profitability.

IFS 360 Scheduling supplies a suite of workforce scheduling and optimization tools. Dedicated to developing the world’s best tools to support and deliver our customer’s business objectives for more effective and agile service delivery, and better end-user consumer loyalty.

The construction industry’s challenges are related to industry best practices, data management and collaboration among highly trained professionals. Construction companies and contractors use IFS Applications to reduce risk and better manage development lifecycles. For contractors and service providers it is an industry-based solution for long-term asset and maintenance management - a solution fully integrated with finance and human resources

Learn to master your operation with ERP that is designed from the ground up for power generation. Because of its different evolutionary track, only IFS Applications is designed to truly manage and maximize value over power generation asset lifecycles.

Learn how event-driven architecture (EDA) complements service oriented architecture (SOA), adding agility to integrations between ERP and external systems.

Decommissioning a nuclear power plant is no easy feat. But with help from IFS Applications, Barseback nuclear power plant is navigating the final lifecycle stage - shutdown, and Decommissioning of their decades-old asset. Find out how Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software must support the entire Asset lifecycle, including Decommissioning

Enterprise asset management (EAM) software is a mission-critical tool for asset-intensive industry. These tips from some of the world’s most prominent EAM experts will help you select the right EAM solution. The importance of usability, the ability to manage outside contractors and other important considerations are covered here.

Renewable energy is a diverse business sector, encompassing green energy generation as well as
the development and manufacture of technologies for the industry. Both parts of the industry place extreme
demands on an enterprise software system … demands that IFS Applications is uniquely positioned
to satisfy. 

In mid-2011, a study was conducted among manufacturing executives and professionals of mid to large manufacturers to better understand their interest in and demand for mobile device access to enterprise applications.

Why project management functionality tightly integrated with Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is essential to executives of asset-intensive industries.

Examining the construction industry’s move from point solutions towards project-based ERP.

How Engineer, Procure, Construct, Install (EPCI, EPC) can identify technology designed to manage risk across design, fabrication and construction activities.

In an attempt to better understand the importance of information-system applications use in the energy industry, global enterprise-applications company IFS commissioned a survey on unified management of project asset-life-cycles to evaluate energy companies’ current integrated information systems capabilities in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, as well as that of service providers. Read the article entitled - Survey: Energy Companies and Their Service Providers Can Still Improve In Information Systems Management ‘Best Practices’ featured in Oil and Gas Investor.   

IFS offers a proven, integrated business solution for efficient handling of the business processes for an EPCI contractor. With the project lifecycle in focus, IFS Applications provides support for project and contract management, engineering, procurement, material management, fabrication, installation, after sales, finance and human resources, all within the same business application. During the lifecycle of a project the CFO and the financial department will typically be more involved in areas such as project control, project accounting, risk minimization and performance management.

IFS Applications for Capital Projects offers owner-operators and contractors alike a modern, proven project driven business solution for efficient handling of the design, build and maintenance of capital projects.   

In selecting (EAM) software, usability ought to be a major criteria. Expert advice necessary to identify usability features in EAM.

A leading international offshore drilling contractor. Benefits from IFS Applications include Rapid access to control and management information about purchasing, inventory and other key factors, Information available when required, Single database for all sites and employees, and Interactive learning saved time and money.

Are Project-Based Solutions (PBS) - a new type of ERP for complex, engineer-to-order companies facing rapid change - right for you?   

In this whitepaper, we'll examine the different enterprise agility barriers reported by study respondents and discuss how energy industry executives can select software for enhanced enterprise agility and change readiness.

How to select Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software, and an outline of the basic steps to prepare for EAM implementation.

Design, Operate, Maintain (DOM) – key concepts in asset management and maintenance, repair and operation. Utility facility designers and those who operate and maintain those facilities need to work together closely to improve plant efficiency and business profitability over time.

Learn the three distinctly different approaches to solving the puzzle of getting the right people to the right place at the right time. These three different strategies which are adopted to enable better field service scheduling plans to be made are described in this white paper. Which strategy is right for you?

Companies in the oil and gas industry must invest heavily in further exploration, production, and refining, yet they face growing challenges. The recent past has seen historic revenue and profit growth at the major oil and gas companies, but they now face an unprecedented economic backdrop. With decreased global demand and a precipitous drop in oil prices, operations and balance sheets are under stress. IFS and Oracle are addressing these challenges through their solutions, enabling project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. These solutions can help companies identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and the mostpromising future projects for investment.

In this whitepaper, we’ll discuss the market trends affecting vendors to the oil and gas industry, how these trends are affecting operations and specific ways that enterprise technology can automate the best practices that will ensure success.

If your organization depends on the reliability of its plant and equipment, IFS' enterprise asset management (EAM) solution can help you improve the bottom line. By providing accurate, real-time information about your assets, the IFS solution helps you avoid equipment downtime, extend asset life, reduce service and repair costs, and maximize return on assets.

IFS Applications delivers comprehensive information management support for Total Lifecycle Management in nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric power generation stations. The software suite offers the capabilities to support all phases of a station lifecycle and associated requirements. (Formally referred to as plant design.)

Global energy demand is growing rapidly. According to the International Energy Agency, demand will increase by 4,700 GWe within the next 25 years. Learn how IFS is a major global supplier of business applications to the energy and utility industry

GIS, SCADA and EAM/CMMS can be brought together through Network Asset Management (NAM). Learn how NAM can help utility companies reduce operation and maintenance costs through higher mobile crew utilization and power data engineering costs, increased network reliability and data access and through higher asset utilization and more effective replacement strategies.

Select the right software for asset information management (AIM) by understanding the data lifecycle and key functionality to watch for.

What software do some of the largest power companies in the world use to run for ERP and asset management? Find out why these companies rely on IFS Applications.

In this whitepaper, we'll examine the different enterprise agility barriers reported by study respondents and discuss how energy industry executives can select software for enhanced enterprise agility and change readiness.

Design, Operate, Maintain (DOM) – key concepts in asset management and maintenance, repair and operation. Utility facility designers and those who operate and maintain those facilities need to work together closely to improve plant efficiency and business profitability over time.

The world’s largest hydroelectric facility – Three Gorges Dam -- operates with less than a tenth of the anticipated staffing level – thanks to IFS Applications. What efficiencies are possible for you?

PAS 55 compliance is a priority for electric generation utilities. How can you use enterprise software technology to achieve the management techniques in this specification?

ERP/EAM usability is a challenge for the electric energy industry according to a study conducted for IFS North America. This paper outlines study results and offers advice for selecting ERP and EAM for maximum usability. ERP and EAM with enhanced usability increases productivity and system usage, maximizing value realized.

Renewable power companies and their suppliers worldwide use IFS Applications for enterprise resource planning and enterprise asset management. Should you?

Statnett achieves operational excellence in maintenance, HR and materials management with IFS Applications enterprise resource planning and enterprise asset management.