IFS - ERP and MRO Management Software for the Aviation Industry

IFS is a public company founded in 1983 that develops, supplies, and implements IFS Applications™, a component-based extended ERP suite built on SOA technology. IFS Applications combine industry-specific components, developed in close cooperation with customers and leading industry partners, with standard business components needed by all types of organisations. The result is a solution that is designed for your industry and that still covers your entire business without costly, time-consuming customisations and modifications. IFS focuses on agile businesses where any of four core processes are strategic: Service & asset management, manufacturing, supply chain and project.

Integrated ERP and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) management software for aviation

Over the years, IFS has established itself as a leading supplier of industry solutions based on IFS Applications and industry competence. IFS understands what companies need to be successful in the MRO and fleet management arenas – like having full visibility into their operation for informed decision-making, maintaining accurate records to ensure regulatory compliance, and streamlining processes for greater efficiencies. IFS Applications provides these key capabilities through a software suite that has aviation-specific depth with enterprise-wide breadth.

Whether you specialise in heavy maintenance, component repair, OEM aftermarket services, or engine overhaul, your key business objectives are the same: consistently deliver on time-and continuously try to improve turnaround times-in the most cost-effective manner to give your customers the best value possible.

IFS Applications was designed with these objectives in mind. As an enterprise management system with integrated MRO capabilities,IFS Applications offers one of the most advanced and comprehensive solutions for aviation and MRO operations available today-from quotation handling, maintenance planning, maintenance execution, and configuration management to warranty handling, supply chain logistics, project management, cost tracking, and invoicing.

Fleet management software

Our solution integrates MRO functionality with specific software tools for managing complex equipment such as aircraft and helicopters. These tools not only enable fleet operators to manage the configuration of each aircraft, they also help track each aircraft’s operational time against planned maintenance tasks – thus facilitating optimal maintenance scheduling with shorter interruptions to flight operations.

MRO services

IFS Applications offers one of the most advanced and comprehensive solutions for MRO operations available today. It covers everything from quotation handling, maintenance planning, and tracking of open service bulletins (SBs) and airworthiness directives (ADs) to maintenance execution, warranty management, supply chain logistics, cost tracking and invoicing. Managing all of these processes through one integrated solution, IFS Applications can improve operational efficiency and reduce costs in MRO operation of any size and complexity.

Airport administration software

IFS Applications for airports is a complete ERP solution covering finance administration, supply chain management, project management and technical maintenance of airport facilities and ground equipment. Together with customers worldwide, IFS has developed one of the most advanced and scalable solutions for airports available on the market today. The solution lays the foundation for fulfilling expected service efficiency and required profitability whilst balancing available resources with current utilization levels.

• IFS Applications enables your company to:
• Minimize aircraft downtime through smart scheduling of routine maintenance tasks and quick decision-making
• Ensure regulatory compliance through automatic reminders and easy record keeping
• Contain costs by optimizing maintenance yields and reducing inventory levels
• Collaborate with customers and suppliers in real time online
• Integrate MRO and fleet management with the rest of your enterprise

Aviation industry experience

Some of IFS customers in the aviation Sector include Execujet, Finnair, GE Engine Structures, Hawker Pacific, Helitec Sikorsky, Lufthansa Technik Qantas (formerly JTS), Saab Aerosystems and Aerostructures, Scandinavian Airlines.