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News Release from: IFS UK | Subject: IFS Applications 2003
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 May 2003
Business applications integrated with
press shop
Business applications for a state-of-the art new panel pressing plant will be integrated with a fully automated material management and logistics system.
IFS has won a US $1 million contract to supply component-based business applications for a state-of-the art manufacturing facility being built by Mayflower Vehicle Systems plc in Birmingham, England The new pressing plant, which will be the most modern in Europe, will open in January 2004 and will initially produce body panels for Land Rover, which is part of the Ford Premier Automotive Group
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The facility will use IFS Applications 2003 for engineering, manufacturing, quality management, financials, distribution and human resource management.
These will be integrated with Mayflower's fully automated material management and logistics system, and IFS quality management components will be used as the basis for Mayflower's ISO/TS 16949 certification.
Mike Brown, Managing Director of Mayflower Vehicle Systems plc, said, "We chose IFS because of its wealth of experience in the automotive industry and the comprehensive, integrated solution provided by IFS Applications.
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Moreover, the component architecture gives additional benefits, including lower costs and faster implementation." IFS Applications is also being installed by BMW at all four of its pressing plants in Germany.
Swindon Pressings Ltd, suppliers to MG Rover, uses IFS Applications at its pressing plant in England.
IFS has over 100 automotive customers in Europe, the U.S.A.
and Asia, inclu! ding Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, MG Rover, BMW, Finnveden Sheet Metal Components, Lotus Cars, KYB Manufacturing North America, Expert Components, Toyo Denki Seizo k.k., Unipart Manufacturing Group, Timberjack, London Taxis International and VBG.
Industry-specific components provide support for quality management systems such as QS 9000, and ISO/TS 16949.
Lean manufacturing is supported through components like Kanban, Kaizen Costing, and Production Schedules.
About Mayflower - the Mayflower Corporation plc is a world-class engineering group with outstanding design, engineering and manufacturing skills.
It employs circa 6,000 people in the USA, the UK, Germany and the Far East.
Group turnover is in excess of GBP 600 million.
Mayflower Vehicle Systems plc, a division of Mayflower Corporation, designs, engineers and manufactures large-scale assemblies and bodies in-white.
Project management, prototyping and partnering with key 2nd and 3rd Tier suppliers are key elements ! that underscore its status as a World Class Tier 1 supplier.
Geograph ically the company is a trans-Atlantic operation.
Its mission in the market is to become an integral part of an OEM's extended enterprise.
Mayflower Vehicle Systems' customers include Ford, MG Rover, Aston Martin, VW Group.
For more information, please visit www.mayflowercorp.com About IFS and IFS applications - IFS develops and supplies component-based business applications for medium and large enterprises and organizations.
IFS Applications, which is based on web and portal technology, 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 that can be implemented step by step.
A leading global business applications supplier, IFS has 3,000 employees, with sales in 46 countries, and more than 350,000 users worldwide.
The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE: IFS).
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