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As an official partner with IFS, you can be sure about the quality of all Addovation solutions. With our vast experience and knowledge, Addovation is able to help you solve your needs within IFS Applications and ERP. You can order all Addovations solutions through IFS and our global partner agreement.
DEAR CUSTOMER, Per Inge Sævareid, Chief Executive Officer Implementing and running ERP systems can be really challenging. We know all about that. Wouldn t it be so much better if we managed to achieve the simplicity that users expect and the flexibility the process owners deserve as well as the efficiency that managers demands? We thought so and developed solid solutions with necessary tools for end-users that will allow you to inspire process owners and impress managers. The Addovation Mobile Platform offers functionality that covers most aspects of IFS Applications, like for example service/maintenance solutions and approval of invoices. We use standard components from our library to configure solutions for customer needs. Our platform generates interfaces for different native mobile clients such as ios, Android, Windows or HTML5. The flexibility we deliver will provide greater ability to meet ever-changing business needs. Serving businesses with increased speed and agility, Addovation helps to bridge the gap between business requirements, end-user requirements and the functionality IT delivers. Addovation understands that a mobile solution is only a small part of most processes. Our competency in the back office system and integration with other systems ensures that the mobile solution is built on a solid platform. According to our experience, a mobile solution that is implemented successfully will also drive requirements for improvement and simplification of the back office solution. We can offer a complete solution that takes care of all aspects of the problem. Addovation is a TouchApp partner to IFS and our mobile solutions have support for IFS Cloud, private cloud or Addovation Cloud. End-users and process owners will experience improved efficiency and extended value by using our solutions for IFS Applications.
OUR MOBILE SOLUTIONS YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Processing data reliably and efficiently in your ERP system from multiple locations is a key challenge in many industries. By providing dedicated devices and mobile applications to your users on the road, technicians operating in the field or warehouse workers, your efficiency and the quality of your data will be strongly improved. Enhance your efficiency with apps that coexist with IFS Applications Imagine how much more efficient your company would be if you could easily and cost effectively mobilize your business processes. We offer a wide range of mobile solutions that will improve productivity and give you the competitive advantage. Our mobile solutions enable secure and efficient transfer of any type and quantity of data. It will eliminate inefficiencies and give your workforce the information they need, when and where they need it. Innovative solutions customized for your business challenges Addovation delivers fit for purpose mobile solutions with a strong focus on alignment with your exact business processes and on usability of IFS Applications, taking into account the user environment and mobile device capabilities. Some examples of our latest features include: Offline functionality Cloud- and backend configurable apps No opening in firewall required Support for Custom Fields Our expertise is your advantage! Our Mobile Applications Development Center is equipped with tools to develop and launch the latest mobile applications. The center offers strong capabilities in hardware, software and integration. Our use of Xamarin makes it possible to create cross platform apps! Our experts understand what your users want from an interface, how it should work and how it should feel. All our mobile solutions can be designed to reflect your company branding, making the app a natural part of your company profile. Apps for high security companies Mobilization is not only a matter of mobile application. Selection of the mobile hardware, over-the-air connectivity technologies and device security should all be considered in a mobile project. Depending on your area of business, and the level of security your company requires, Addovation will be able to tailor apps to suite your needs, regardless of your preferred technology.
HIGH SECURITY CONFIGURABLE INNOVATIVE EFFICIENT
OUR MOBILE FEATURES YOUR TIME SAVER! Addovation offers a range of Mobile features, and we have mentioned some of them below. We are continuously developing new features requested by our customers. In other words, if you cannot find the feature you are looking for, it might already be on its way or we can make it for you. Data capture & Write back features Save time and hassle by extracting data from the database into documents while you are on the go! Add any additional text and save the information back into IFS Applications. Connect to IFS business objects Full object-connection and flexibility. Add information to specific fields in IFS Applications, or as attachments. Make your information available for others to use in reports and other ready-made templates. Real time data Real time data from anywhere in the world! Share with your colleagues, update and report. Connect attachments to IFS objects You can add a GPS position, picture, sound and more and connect it to the right business object. Offline functionality Synchronize your documents, forms and more before you go off-line. Stay on top of your documentation no matter where you are. Synchronization Always have the latest revisions available on your phone/ pad. One click document sharing Share documents, forms and information with just one click! Search in the IFS database Looking for a specific document? Do a search in the database by using your phone/pad! Access rights All your IFS access rights are ensured. Custom fields Our mobile solutions support IFS Custom Fields, giving you the flexibility to add or extract any kind of information you need to run your business efficiently. Company branding Why not give your users a seamless user-interface that matches you company brand? Our solutions support custom branding!
CUSTOMER STORIES Secure Mobile Service Management App supporting 28 million passengers! Challenge Oslo Lufthavn AS (OSL), Norway s largest airport, had a challenge with manual and time-consuming handling of paper based work orders, for both internal maintenance personnel and external vendors. With little access to information, maintenance and repairs took too long, risking delays in flights. Extra high security levels made it challenging to let external personnel work efficiently. Solution OSL wanted a mobile solution for handling work and round orders for both internal and external personnel, providing fast and easy access to information and reporting on work orders. Result Addovation provided a highly secure mobile solution fully integrated with IFS Applications, automating the service management process. Using QR codes on all equipment objects, personnel can easily access information, document, repair/maintain, and report status back to process owners. External personnel use a separate secure App, accessing only secured information. Solution delivered: Addovation Mobile Service Management, Addovation Cloud Services Platforms supported: IOS, Android Increased quality and freed up 80 % time of paperwork per work order! Challenge Ravema AB, one of Sweden s leading partners for Nordic Engineering Industry, had a challenge with time-consuming paperwork processes for their service technicians, filling out work forms manually both before and after every service mission in the field. With no access to information in the field, each mission took longer, and unnecessary time was spent on travelling back to the office to report each work order. Solution Ravema AB needed an easy-to-use mobile solution for providing all necessary work order information to the service technicians, with online and offline access, in additions to check lists, and reporting work orders directly. Result Addovation provided Ravema with a Mobile App and electronic fillable PDF forms, which are generated from the work order in IFS Applications, and automatically filled with relevant data from IFS Applications. The PDF form is accessible from a TouchPad, providing all relevant work order information, check lists, and the ability to report in the work order with labour and material, and a digital signature from the customer and technician. The technician can travel directly to the next customer, and saves more than 20 minutes on each form. Solution delivered: AddForms for Service Management, Addovation Cloud Services
24/7 Web shop for B2B customers - fully integrated with IFS Applications! Challenge One of the worlds largest and fastest growing Paint and Coating companies, had a challenge handling the large volume of orders from B2B customers from more than 90 countries. Different time zones, languages, occupied telephone lines, manual input and labourintensive work represented costly and time consuming handling of customer orders, making it difficult to offer good customer service and a scalable order department. IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE Solution Our customer wanted an online web shop for their B2B customers in order to reduce timeconsuming manual labour to a minimum, and make it easier to order regardless of language and time zone. Result Addovation provided an online web shop fully integrated with IFS Applications, automating the ordering process, making ordering easier. The web shop is open 24/7, and handles thousands of orders per month from all parts of the world. UNIQUE FEATURE FOR FILLABLE FORMS Solution delivered: Addovation Webshop, Addovation Cloud Services TIMESAVING MOBILE APPS
TECHNOLOGY Xamarin At Addovation, our apps share the same code across all platforms. We target ios, Android and Windows with a single, shared C# codebase. We use the same language, APIs and data structures on every platform. With Xamarin, we write our apps entirely in C#. Anything you can do in Objective-C, Swift or Java, you can do in C#. Xamarin apps are built with standard, native user interface controls. Apps do not only look the way the end user expects, they behave that way too. This cannot be achieved with other solutions. IFS Cloud The IFS Cloud offers a secure and good operating environment for connecting your mobile solutions to IFS Applications. If you have IFS Applications 7.5 or above installed, your IT department only needs to install and start the IFS Cloud Uplink, with no updates to the back-end system. apps updated; that s managed through the App Stores, simplifying and streamlining deployment through self-provisioning, saving you time and money. Addovation Cloud / Private Cloud Addovation provides a cloud service integration platform that is located either in a professional hosted environment, located within the borders of Norway or Sweden, Microsoft Azure or in your local in-house environment; all that is required is an Internet Information Server and an SQL Server database (2008+). All communication is done via REST-based interfaces; hence it is perfect for enabling collaboration between IFS Applications and the outside world. No passwords are stored in Addovation Cloud, and all communication through the Cloud is encrypted. The IFS Touch Apps for Android, ios, and Windows smartphones and tablets talk to services in the IFS Cloud, not directly to your IFS Applications installation meaning you don t need to use VPN or Citrix for a secure connection. No passwords or corporate data are stored in IFS Cloud, and all communication through the Cloud is encrypted, keeping your confidential data safe. And there s no work for IT in keeping the
ADDOVATION CLOUD SAME CODE ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS KEEPING YOUR CONFIDENTIAL DATA SAFE CONFIGURABLE
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