| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Digital Transformation, Research, Strategy
The future of through-life accountability in commercial aviation & defense… no matter the buzzword
Servitization in the commercial aviation and defense industry

How servitization has affected change in the industry and what’s next for businesses. Tim Baines of Aston Business School will…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Mobility, Service
The “5 Ps” of service management
preventative maintenance software

Every business and industry love using abbreviations and acronyms. Some are more memorable than others are, and there is one…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Automotive, Business Technology, Events, Strategy
Q&A with Stefan Issing: How automotive companies are managing IoT
Q&A with Stefan Issing: How automotive companies are managing IoT

Stefan Issing, Global Automotive Industry Director at IFS, answers questions from Automotive Industry Magazine on “ERP systems in IoT environments”…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Research, Strategy
Data scientists: the who, why and how
Data scientists: the who, why and how

Not enough is currently being done to create and nurture the talents required to create a pool of data scientists….

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| | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Oil & Gas, Strategy
Are you ready for APM?
offshore maintenance

What is it really about? Getting on the bandwagon or actually optimizing operational performance? Asset performance management (APM) has become…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Technology, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Research, Strategy
Performance-based contracts, modular construction and robotics: 3 construction game changers for 2017
Construction industry trends

Huge tower blocks built in weeks under one roof… automated bridge-building behemoths… bricklaying robots… No, it’s not science fiction. These…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Finance, Oil & Gas, Research, Service, Strategy
The 4 IT trends fueling the oil and gas industry in 2017

In an industry where there are still few capital projects being initiated following the 2014 price collapse, and pressure on…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Strategy
Bridging the skills gap and creating new services – key success factors for manufacturers 2017
manufacturing industry predictions

Bridging the skills gap and boosting services will be top priorities for manufacturers in 2017. And IoT? Today, 50% of…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Retail, Strategy, Supply Chain
Brave new world of retail: sustain and entertain in 2017
This will be the year of retailtainment.

2017 will be a fantastic year for retailers to experiment by trying out new ideas. There’s only one thing they…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Energy, Utilities & Resources, Events, IFS Applications, IFS Labs, Service
A new way to think about drones and business applications
drone

How IFS Labs connected an actual flying drone to IFS Applications. Digital transformation is a subject that is much spoken…

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