Automotive Supplier Flowmaster to Improve Production Flow With IFS Business Software
CHICAGO, July 14 -- Continuing its momentum in the automotive industry, IFS announced today that Flowmaster, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance aftermarket mufflers and exhaust systems, has purchased IFS Applications(TM) business software. The company will deploy IFS' supply chain management and financial applications. IFS regional sales and services partner MSS Technologies signed the contract with Flowmaster.
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"IFS Applications will give us the real-time information we need to better match supply and demand, and to make better-informed business decisions," said Bill Rider, president and CEO of Flowmaster. "We'll also be able to increase margins through improved visibility into product line profitability."
"Flowmaster has earned a reputation for superior technology, on-time delivery, and competitive prices," said Cindy Jaudon, president and CEO of IFS North America. "We look forward to providing the technology platform that will help them to maintain their competitive edge while continuing to grow. IFS' component-based technology enables them to deploy an integrated solution in a cost-effective manner, starting with the core functionality that they need today and adding other IFS applications and components as their business needs expand."
IFS has more than 200 automotive customers in more than 30 countries, delivering component-based solutions for dealer and supply chain to large vehicle manufacturers such as Daimler-Chrysler, Volvo Cars, Toyota, Land Rover, Scania, Volvo Trucks, Isuzu, and John Deere. IFS also provides full enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to a wide range of component, module, system, and engineering suppliers, including BMW pressing plants in the United Kingdom and Germany, along with the Nolato Group, Kautex, Calsonic Kansei, Prodrive, Leiber Group, and FEV.
These companies chose IFS based on the wide range of business complexity that the component-based solution can handle as well as its flexibility to handle new business requirements.
About Flowmaster, Inc.
Based in Santa Rosa, California, Flowmaster, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of high-performance mufflers and complete exhaust systems. Through continuous product testing and development, the Flowmaster product line has expanded rapidly over the past 22 years from its original roots in racing to include more than 400 muffler models and more than 140 exhaust systems for performance street, truck, RV, and motor-home uses. Flowmaster operates the only exhaust research facility of its kind in the world, centered around the Super Flow SF-7100 engine dynamometer and SF-840 Chassis Dyno. By using this state-of-the-art equipment, Flowmaster's engineering staff can track the complete engine cycle in millionths of a second and can obtain exact readings of each degree of cam rotation, from induction to the tip of the exhaust system. For more information, visit www.flowmastermufflers.com.
About MSS Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1989, MSS Technologies, Inc. (MSS) is a leading provider of business management systems and solutions in the western United States. The focus of MSS' consulting practice is mid-enterprise companies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, retail, financial, hospitality, and services. MSS' mission, "Bringing Value to Business through Technology," is to provide mid-sized businesses with high-quality, cost-effective information technology solutions that enable them to grow and operate more efficiently. For more information, visit www.msstech.com.
About IFS and IFS Applications
IFS develops and supplies component-based business applications for medium and large enterprises and organizations. IFS Applications, which can be implemented step by step, is based on web and portal technology. The solution offers 60+ enterprise application components used in manufacturing, supply chain management, customer relationship management, service provision, financials, product development, maintenance and human resource administration. IFS offers customers an easier, more open alternative.
IFS is a leading global business applications supplier with sales in 45 countries and more than 350,000 users worldwide. The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE: IFS).
IFS Applications is a trademark of IFS Industrial and Financial Systems. All other referenced company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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