Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) upholds Manufacturing Systems and Automation by smoothly integrating core functionalities. ERP optimizes production processes, inventory management, and supply chain operations. It provides real-time visibility into manufacturing workflows, facilitating informed decision-making. Through automation, ERP streamlines production scheduling, reduces lead times, and enhances resource utilization. With modules dedicated to quality control and compliance, ERP ensures adherence to industry standards. The integration of ERP with Manufacturing Systems enables data-driven insights, supporting predictive maintenance and minimizing downtime. By unifying manufacturing data, ERP fosters collaboration between departments, suppliers, and partners. This synergy helps organizations to achieve operational excellence, improve production efficiency, and respond adeptly to market demands, creating a robust foundation for success in the manufacturing industry.

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Analytics and AI
Utilities Turn to Physical AI to Accelerate Grid Modernization
Utilities are increasingly utilizing robotics and physical AI to enhance inspections, mitigate risks, and optimize workforce efficiency amidst challenges like electrification growth, aging infrastructure and labor shortages.
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Automation
Digital Colleagues, AI Agents Reshaping the ERP Workforce Model
Corporate AI is evolving from simple assistants to autonomous agents that can execute workflows and make decisions, significantly altering ERP processes and promising revenue increases, necessitating a reevaluation of roles and systems to support this shift.
Analytics and AI
Manufacturing Expands Physical Automation with AI-Driven Robotics
Manufacturers are transitioning to AI-enabled robotic ecosystems that enhance productivity and quality by integrating with ERP and MES systems, which leads to significant improvements in efficiency and maintenance planning.
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Analytics and AI
AI Growth Will Outrun Power Capacity Without Industry Collaboration
As AI's electricity demand surges, energy executives emphasize the critical need for rapid infrastructure development and strategic energy planning to sustain digital transformation.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
IFS Acquiring Softeon, Bringing Industrial AI to Warehouse Management
IFS's planned acquisition of cloud-native Softeon aims to enhance warehouse management capabilities, integrating AI and robotics into operations, amidst a growing $8.6 billion market driven by labor shortages and automation demands.
Automation
IFS, Siemens Targeting Autonomous Grids as AI Demand Surges
A strategic partnership between Siemens and IFS aims to revolutionize utility grid management through data-driven planning and operational integration.
Analytics and AI
IFS Partners with Anthropic to Develop Industrial AI Solutions
IFS Nexus Black and Anthropic have partnered to launch Resolve, a specialized AI solution aimed at transforming critical industries by embedding safety-aligned AI into operational workflows.
Analytics and AI
IFS Showcases AI Impact Through Industry-Specific Scenarios
IFS's innovations at the Industrial X Unleashed event showcased partnerships with leading AI firms to integrate industry-specific solutions that enhance predictive maintenance, improve operational efficiency and transform asset management.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Webinar: Future-Proof Your Business: The Evolution of Enterprise Systems
Join us for this session where IFS industry experts Andrew Burton and Maggie Slowik will discuss developments which will influence and transform the future of ERP
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
ERP Today Live! with IFS
Maggie Slowik, global industry director of Manufacturing at IFS and Aïchatou Hélène Abdou, director and channel partner at Poka, share upcoming manufacturing workforce trends and how the connected worker will shape this industry.
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