Spacesaver® Corp live on IFS Applications in first of four divisions
09/26/2011 | 12:00pm
Fort Atkinson, Wis. based storage solutions provider Spacesaver® Corp.,
a division on KI, Green Bay, WI., has gone live on IFS Applications in
the first of four divisions to implement the enterprise resource
planning (ERP) suite.
Spacesaver's High Bay archival storage division is now live on IFS
Applications components for Financials, Distribution, Maintenance,
Project Management, Document Management and Human Resources. High Bay
archival storage was chosen as the first go-live as the up to
45-foothigh shelving product line was acquired relatively recently in
2007 and could be implemented quickly as management prepares the rest of
the organization for the move from a green screen legacy system to a
modern application suite with the usability-enhanced IFS Enterprise
Explorer user interface.
Spacesaver operates in multiple manufacturing modes, including
mixed-mode, engineer-to-order (ETO) and configure-to-order (CTO). This
ability to work in multiple manufacturing modes allows Spacesaver to
have a broad array of product solutions such as high density storage,
evidence lockers, document storage systems, locking storage cabinets,
and library shelving units. Spacesaver's storage solutions are used by
customers across a variety of settings from the Chicago Field Museum of
Natural History and Sotheby's Auction House to Lockheed Martin Missiles
and Fire Control and Toyota Automotive Manufacturing.
"Spacesaver is on a growth trajectory, but we knew we could not handle
the type of growth we are seeing with our legacy system," Spacesaver
Director of Information Technology Eric Schmidt said. "IFS Applications
will allow us to serve our customers even better than we historically
have by reducing customer order lead times and optimizing inventory
levels, forecasting, planning and shop floor routing."
"As we go live on IFS Applications, we are finding that our selection of
IFS was a good one," Spacesaver ERP Project Manager Anil Rodrigues said.
"IFS Applications is a great fit for mid-sized companies that need a
tier 1 ERP solution because it offers a balance between robust
functionality and simplicity."
"As a company that runs in a true multi-mode manufacturing environment,
Spacesaver really does need the agility and flexibility that IFS
Applications delivers," IFS Vice President of Sales Mike Lorbiecki said.
"No other package delivers the broad spectrum of ETO, CTO and
make-to-order functionality as effectively as IFS Applications."
Industrial manufacturing is one of IFS' seven targeted market segments.
IFS has a broad customer base in the industry, focusing on medium to
large-sized manufacturers that need support for complex order-driven and
mixed-mode manufacturing across the extended enterprise. With strong
support for project management, engineering, constraint-based
scheduling, product configuration, and after-sales support, IFS'
component-based business solutions are designed to help companies
improve quality, contain costs, and improve their competitive position
in manufacturing industry segments such as machinery, defense,
fabricated metal products, and plastics. Industrial manufacturing
companies also benefit from IFS' lifecycle management solution, which
goes beyond product lifecycle management (PLM) to provide better
integration and management of three critical business areas--products,
customers, and resources--throughout their lifecycles.
IFS Industrial Manufacturing customers include Chief Industries, Colfax
Corporation, Kongskilde, Nolato Group, Bombardier, GEA Pharma Systems,
PartnerTech, Stolle Machinery, Völkl, and Johnson Pump.
About Spacesaver
A leading storage solutions provider, Spacesaver Corporation designs,
manufactures, and markets high-density mobile storage systems and an
array of storage solutions and related accessories uniquely designed to
help decision-makers better manage time, space, and security. Since
1972, Spacesaver has successfully installed more than 100,000 storage
systems to solve storage challenges for those in education,
government-military, healthcare, museum, public safety, business, and
industrial sectors. A division of KI, Green Bay, Wis., Spacesaver
employs nearly 500 at its manufacturing facility in Fort Atkinson, Wis.
The manufacturing plant, which has earned ISO 9001:2008, encompasses
358,000 square feet. Sales, installation and service are provided by The
Spacesaver Group of independent distributors. For more information,
visit www.spacesaver.com.
About IFS
IFS is a public company (OMX STO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops,
supplies, and implements IFS Applications?, a component-based extended
ERP suite built on SOA technology. IFS focuses on industries where any
of four core processes are strategic: service & asset management,
manufacturing, supply chain and projects. The company has 2,000
customers and is present in more than 50 countries with 2,700 employees
in total. For more information about IFS, please visit: www.IFSWORLD.com
IFS
Kristy Mills
Marketing Communications
Phone: 262 317
7476
kristy.mills@ifsworld.com
or
Chuck
Rathmann
Marketing Communications Analyst
Phone: 262 317 7419
chuck.rathmann@ifsworld.com
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