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31 December 2010

Implementation Investments

IFS Applications is Selected by Spacesaver® Corp. - Leading Storage Solution Provider

IFS announced that Spacesaver Corp. of Fort Atkinson, Wis., a division of KI, Green Bay, Wis., will implement IFS Applications to simplify its complex shop floor scheduling and streamline its business processes. Spacesaver will be implementing IFS Financials, Distribution, Manufacturing, Engineering, Maintenance, and Sales & Support.

Spacesaver manufactures in a variety of environments, including mixed-mode engineer-to-order (ETO) and configure-to-order (CTO) to produce highly-customized storage solutions. Products range from compacting shelving systems and storage cabinets to evidence lockers and weapons racks. Spacesaver products are manufactured to the specific storage needs of each customer to store almost anything – from preserving the rarest artifacts at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa to providing quick access to essential patient-care supplies at Thedacare’s Appleton Medical Center in Wisconsin.

“Our current enterprise solution didn’t fully support our various modes of manufacturing, so we decided it was time to look for a more effective enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution,” Spacesaver Vice President of Finance Mary Schrimpf said. “We needed a new solution that had the flexibility to support our Project/ETO and CTO manufacturing with a strong solution for our complex shop floor scheduling needs. After much consideration, IFS proved they offered the best integrated enterprise solution for our complex business needs.”

"IFS has been developing applications for complex engineered products for over 20 years,” IFS North America President and CEO Cindy Jaudon said. “We provide the experience and the industry-specific tools to help engineer-to-order and mixed-mode manufacturers become leaner, more agile, and better equipped to deliver their products on budget, on time, every time.”

Industrial manufacturing is one of IFS’ targeted markets. IFS Industrial Manufacturing customers include Aeromatic-Fielder, Colfax Corp., Star-Cutter, J&H Machine Tools, Chief Industries, Konskilde, Nolato Group, Bombardier, Partnertech AB, Hercules Sealing Products, Todd Pacific Shipyards and InkCycle.

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