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Ask the Experts
 Does your company have IFS-related questions? Perhaps you are facing Manufacturing, Financial, or Distribution problems that are begging for a solution? Do you have a technical issue that needs to be resolved?
Here is your chance to ask IFS-related questions to our team of highly qualified experts.
Find the email link at the bottom of the Consultant's Corner or Technical Tips and Tricks. Our team of experts will get back to you with our best answer. If your question is featured in The Edge, we will send one of our favorite toys.
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Consultant's Corner
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bring you a shortcut or tip we have discovered as a result of working
with IFS. This month Doug Gourley discusses IFS' Received But Not Invoiced general ledger account.
Doug Gourley's Tip
If your company processes a high volume of supplier receipts and invoices, you may have trouble reconciling your IFS' Received But Not Invoiced general ledger account. One customer said it was common for their staff accountant to spend a week identifying the reconciling differences that had accumulated over time. We have found a solution to this problem.
Read Doug's article here.
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Technical Tips & Tricks
 Alan Clark's Oracle Standby Database TipMurphy's Law dictates that every database will go down at some point, and often when you least expect it to. Alan shares his experience with the Oracle Standby Database to help ensure that you are well prepared for such an event.
The most common use of standby database is for disaster recovery. However, more customers are leveraging standby databases as a failover solution especially when hardware failover or RAC is not implemented.
An Oracle Standby Database may be the "right" choice if,
- Your business requirements justify the cost. For example, your company leverages an ERP system and many business processes have no manual offline alternative.
- Oracle replication is not suitable for your environment.
Critical data or databases cannot be rebuilt fast enough by other recovery solutions. How do you know if your business justifies the cost?
Read Alan's article here.
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Greetings!
Welcome to the "First" Edition of "The Edge," a newsletter for IFS customers from eNSYNC Solutions. eNSYNC, a long time Alliance Service Partner with IFS, is focused solely on the service and support of IFS customers. With more than 16 years' experience in support of ERP Systems, our past eight years have been spent with IFS. When our IFS practice started in the fall of 2000, we wanted a logo which conveyed our loyalty and dedication to IFS plus excellence in service to IFS customers. We chose the missing corner, or the "edge" of the popular purple and yellow IFS logo. We believe our company name and logo uniquely symbolize our goal to be "in sync" with customer needs and the IFS technology they count on every day.
We hope to give you an edge by bringing you the "The Edge!" Our newsletter is intended to be educational and informative for those who use and maintain IFS Applications. Published monthly, you can look for repeating segments including The Company we Keep - a Customer Story featuring a business problem solved; Consultants Corner, where one of our Senior Business Analysts will address a customer-registered question; and finally, Technology Tips and Techniques, which will feature helpful suggestions on database maintenance, report writing, data conversion, integration, and building product extensions. Another area of interest might be "What's in the Works for IFS," which will showcase various product extensions and enhancements eNSYNC has built over the years including ScanWorks, the most widely used bar code data collection solution for IFS.
Please let us hear from you. We welcome your suggestions and input to make "The Edge" even more valuable reading. Your IFS questions are very welcome and we look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards, Roger Resley
President & CEO
eNSYNC Solutions, Inc.
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The Company We Keep
 eNSYNC successfully implemented a new IFS System for Flowmaster during a four month period based on a thorough analysis of their needs for financials, distribution, manufacturing, engineering, and many other areas. Prior to IFS, Flowmaster was using Cougar Mountain Systems. After many discussions and surveys, Flowmaster decided to integrate IFS for their 70 users as a solution that would allow them to work more efficiently and effectively.
Read the full article here.
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ScanWorks Scoreboard
In today's competitive market it is vital to have reliable, real-time information available to make the up-to-the-minute decisions that gives your company the competitive edge.
ScanWorks™ is the leading bar code data collection solution for IFS on the market today. Developed by eNSYNC Solutions, ScanWorks will allow your company to unlock the power of IFS Applications and optimize your ERP systems performance with real-time, accurate data provided by wireless bar code data
collection.
In this issue we share with you the success story of LK Industries, a company who was in significant need of a reliable bar code data collection solution, which eNSYNC provided to them with great success.
Read the full article here.
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What's in "The Works?"
"The Works" are ten outstanding products
specifically designed
to improve your IFS experience and enhance your
ROI. In this issue of The Edge we feature - ConfigureWorks™.
ConfigureWorks™, is designed for manufacturing companies whose
products are highly configurable or are routinely customized to meet
the unique needs of their customers.
Benefits include:
- Web Based application
- Reduced quotation-to-order time
- Reduced engineering time and upfront consulting
- Reduced order-to-shipping cycle
- Better estimating, more accurate, less time to prepare
- Provides seamless integration with IFS manufacturing
- Extends enterprise to field sales and outside customers
- Easy to use
Read the full article
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Coming Events
 September 19 at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm CDT eNSYNC and Configure One™ will present an interesting and informative demonstration of a powerful configuration tool that links seamlessly to IFS and provides you, your customers, and your inside and outside employees with the ability to configure both simple and complex products.
To attend this demonstration, please e-mail newsletter@ensyncsolutions.com. Please provide us with the name(s) of the people who plan to attend. We will send you the credentials and will send an e-mail reminder the day before the Webinar.
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