CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
26 August 2008
Implementation Investments
IFS Applications™ to Support the UK Defence JAMES Land Project
Lockheed Martin has selected IFS Applications™ to provide the core software for the JAMES Land (Joint Asset Management Engineering Solution) project for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement is the largest license contract that IFS has ever won. Product revenue amounts GBP 13.9 million.
The JAMES Land project follows a previously implemented JAMES 1 solution which is currently in use by 9,000 users in the regular UK army, providing a Management Information System to enable optimized asset usage with minimal fleet sizes. IFS Applications supports the UK Army with asset information for identification, configuration and maintenance requirements as well as current usage and owner.
JAMES Land deepens and widens the functionality of the James 1 solution by adding IFS Applications components for engineering, asset data collection and analysis as well as workshop management for the modification of assets. The solution will also improve mobility and be extended to include ground-based equipment used by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The goal is to improve availability, enhance operational and training effectiveness, and reduce equipment support costs. The roll out of JAMES Land, which is based on IFS Applications 7, is scheduled to commence in 2010.
"This new contract award reflects the long standing relationship we have with Lockheed Martin in providing effective turnkey solutions (JAMES1 & JSF) to the defense market. IFS' strength in enterprise asset management (EAM) and maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), which IFS packages as best-practice solutions for fleet management in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) market, makes it easier to deliver performance-based logistics and maintenance support of complex assets throughout the product lifecycle," IFS Defence Ltd. CEO Iain Green said.
More details can be found at http://www.ifsdefence.com.
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