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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.
Email us your questions. 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
| Your Next IFS Project!
I have been involved in many scenarios where companies have said "If only we had known ..." when they attempt to move forward with a project only to find that previous work did not consider the longer term plan and they have had to revisit previously implemented areas.
As you embark on an initial IFS implementation, adding a new acquisition into your existing system, or an expansion of current use, good planning is the key to success. It starts with assigning a project manager, internally or one from outside, defining the constraints, providing a well-defined scope, establishing a realistic timeline, and assigning qualified resources. Only then, with this information in hand, develop a project plan.
Ken Burt
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Technical Tips & Tricks
 When to Pull the TriggerDatabase triggers can be very efficient and powerful tools to use, but they also can get your application into deep trouble if not used properly. For this month's article Alan Clark, eNSYNC's Vice President of Managed Services, discuss what triggers are, how to create them, and how they can best be used with IFS.
In this article, Alan discusses where to use and where not to use triggers, guidelines for using and designing triggers, what are the various types, restrictions on using each type, and even provides helpful syntax for each of several triggers. He also discusses the use of exception handlers in triggers and tells of some real-life examples of these.
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Greetings!
eNSYNC Introduces SPC: ScanWorks Productivity Console
 Our new ScanWorks Productivity Console is an exciting new complimentary module for IFS customers who use ScanWorks for bar code data collection. SPC is a transaction productivity monitor utilizing use-definable dashboards with full color graphical display and real-time data. Benefits include greater visibility into manufacturing and distribution operations to help identify and resolve operational inefficiencies. SPC offers real-time visual intelligence with user definable charts, lists, graphs, and gauges to monitor and record any combination of transactions. Typical transaction statistics include views on shipping, receiving, and production (picking by user, picking by hour by user, picking by part number, shop orders received by, RMAs processed per hour, etc.).
  
Worker productivity can be monitored and improved as SPC delivers accurate actionable information on the metrics that really matter for your business. The ScanWorks Productivity Console works with both ScanWorks Classic and our new generation product, ScanWorks 7, and like all ScanWorks products it will work with all versions of IFS Applications. This link will tell you more about this great productivity tool. You will also be receiving invites to upcoming Webinars to learn more about SPC and how it can further enhance your ROI on the data collection investment.
Roger Resley
President
eNSYNC Solutions, Inc.
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The Company We Keep
 eNSYNC has partnered with Emanio, Inc. and their leading EDI solution, Trading Partners™. In recognition of that partnership and the success it has had eNSYNC has been awarded the Partner of the year by Emanio.
"We seek to partner with companies that not only have expertise and domain knowledge in the critical area of EDI and integration with IFS and other leading ERP/Accounting systems. We develop our partner relationships with companies that are committed to a high level of customer satisfaction and a strong reputation in the marketplace. We consider ourselves fortunate to have found such a partner with eNSYNC Solutions." Said KG Charles-Harris, CEO of Emanio, "We are very pleased with our relationship with eNSYNC.
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ScanWorks Scoreboard
 Nucor Steel - Texas Chooses ScanWorks for Maintenance Department
With eleven bar mill plants and millions invested in capital equipment, maximum up time is critical to Nucor Steel's overall performance and profitability. Therefore maintenance and repair represent critical functions to their operations. With planned shutdowns twice a year, their maintenance repairs during these down weeks run many thousands of dollars. To get back up as quickly as possible, Nucor plants schedule multiple crews in the mill during these maintenance downtimes, and the materials required are rapidly consumed from the maintenance warehouse. They must make these repairs quickly and accurately. The amount of equipment issued and data recorded for these repairs are enormous. This need is what drove the decision to invest in ScanWorks bar code data collection.
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Coming Events
Two events are coming up in the near future:
Product Configurator for IFS
 eNSYNC Solutions and Configure One have joined forces to develop a powerful, flexible, Web-based, rules-driven configurator for IFS. This tool is described in the attached brochure.
We invite you to attend our 45-minute Web demonstration of this tool at either 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, February 17. If you or others on your staff would like to attend, please click on the appropriate e-mail message below, and we will send conference credentials.
I would like to attend at 10:00 a.m. on February 17.
I would like to attend at 2:00 p.m. on February 17.
ScanWorks 7 - Next Generation of ADC Designed for IFS
eNSYNC is pleased to announce a new product, ScanWorks 7 which offers barcode data collection incorporating Windows Mobile v5.0+ architecture. This new generation software provides a rich set of navigational features while maintaining the easy use and reliability ScanWorks is known for.
Mark your calendar for March 10 when you can view this great new product. More information will follow.
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