IFS Cloud

IFS Cloud Export Control Module

IFS Cloud Export Control™ enables you to manage your enterprise within the legal requirements of your export licenses and supports companies that are handling parts subjected to export restrictions, e.g., military equipment or high-tech electronics. This reduces risk and avoids the high penalties that can and are levied on those who break the rules. The IFS Cloud ERP software solution will identify any restrictions that may exist for the part, prevent sales, or, if a valid export license exists, use the same. Parts and denied/allowed parties are classified by supplier, customer, end-user, etc. IFS Export Control is designed to enable you to manage your export control procedures in one place and to comply with the various applicable regulations. It enables ordering processes and export licenses to be managed consistently across your enterprise for improved supply chain management.

IFS Cloud Rental Management Module

IFS Cloud Rental Management™ provides functionality for supporting the rental processes for customers who want to handle their internal or external rental demand. There is support for renting in, renting out, and handling rental demand on the project. Rental demands can be supplied both internally, from own inventory or internal supplier through the inter-site process, or externally, back-to-back. A single enterprise resource planning solution gathering all data in a central component offers common processes for rental and non-rentals, e.g., deliveries, receipts, inventory management, and invoicing.

Shipment Management Module

IFS Cloud ERP Shipment Management™ is a solution for inbound receipt as well as outbound deliveries of shipments. The inbound receipt of material, including inspection, returns, and scrap. Inbound receipt can be done based on dispatch advice received from a supplier, an internal site, or a purchase order. IFS Shipment Management also supports the outbound shipment process with reservation, picking, and delivery of goods. Transport documentation such as goods labels, consignment notes, delivery notes, bills of lading, and proforma invoices is created. Also, outbound electronic dispatch devices are supported. Capabilities include support for standardized integration between trading partners using GS1, including support for GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) and SSCC (Serial Shipment Container Code).

IFS Cloud SRM & Procurement Module

IFS SRM & Procurement™ lets you track supplier interactions and source components with the RFI/RFQ process resulting in Supplier Agreements or Purchase Orders. The enterprise resource planning solution will streamline your procurement administration, from requisitions to orders, through delivery monitoring and goods arrival. This helps achieve better pricing from suppliers through centralized purchasing and is well-suited for multisite companies operating in a global environment. Purchasing of both direct and indirect material is managed, including support for authorizations. Supplier schedules can be used to facilitate forecasts and call-offs in repetitive environments.

Supplier Schedules Module

IFS Supplier Schedules™ improves your administrative efficiency by reducing the number of transactions requiring user input. It is ideal for high-volume manufacturing environments, leveraging repetitive partnerships with a continuous and high-volume flow of order information. For example, the IFS enterprise resource planning solution allows employees to communicate up-to-date material requirements to suppliers with a minimum number of transactions. In addition, IFS Supplier Schedules make generating, approving, and releasing schedules easier, with several delivery pattern options.

IFS Cloud Supply Chain Planning Module

IFS Cloud Supply Chain Planning™ supports integrated planning across a supply network, including multiple sites and legal entities. Forecasts and actual demands are captured at the end-point of the supply chain, turned into time-phased supply plans, and transferred to external suppliers or internal manufacturing sites. This improves the integration between sites, reducing inventories and improving customer service. It enables efficient, simultaneous planning of all sites within a planning network. Parts defined as multi-site planned are planned simultaneously on all sites in the planning network. Distribution orders are used in the planning process for immediate communication of demand and supply between sites and throughout the multi-site product structure for multi-site planned parts.

Supply Chain Summary Module

The IFS Cloud Supply Chain components and manufacturing form the basis for the supply chain management solution. These components offer the simplicity you need to better visualize product flows and use the system efficiently and easily adapt to different distribution models and working methods. This functionality gives you the agility you need to grow and support change throughout your enterprise. It allows you to take advantage of real-time communication throughout the order-to-delivery chain.

Warehouse Data Collection Module

IFS Cloud Warehouse Data Collection™ is developed to meet the customers’ demand for a​“one-stop-shop” solution for their warehouse operation, including a process-driven user interface for mobile devices. The characteristics of the solution developed can be described as follows: Customer requirements for the efficient and robust process to be met by configuration; Solution includes a standard transactions library and support printing of labels and documents; and enables long-term support for multiple client platforms, e.g., PC, Phone/Pad Apps.

IFS Cloud Warehouse Management Module

IFS Warehouse Management™ helps you manage the entire warehousing process from goods receipt to point of issue. The enterprise resource planning solution includes support for traceability, shelf life management, consignment stocks, handling units, put-away, and a range of reservation options. To a large extent, warehouse activities are task-driven and reported with barcodes and handheld devices for efficient and accurate real-time processing. The component also includes a basic solution for reorder-based planning and automated generation of order proposals. Internal issues of material in stock are managed using Material Requisitions. The solution gives you support for standardized integration between trading partners using GS1, including support for GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) and SSCC (Serial Shipment Container Code). Also included is the possibility to plan and hold inventory in remote locations, typically consumables or spare parts stocks.