IFS Applications vs. JobBOSS²

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Applications
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
IFS Applications is presented by the vendor as an agile application suite that offers enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise project management, handling 4 core processes: Service & Asset Management Full Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Field Service Management (FSM) Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with support for process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing…N/A
JobBOSS²
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
JobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.N/A
Pricing
IFS ApplicationsJobBOSS²
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IFS ApplicationsJobBOSS²
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
IFS ApplicationsJobBOSS²
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
151% below category average
JobBOSS²
3.0
10 Ratings
82% below category average
Pay calculation1.01 Ratings5.710 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.01 Ratings2.74 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.01 Ratings4.55 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
2 Ratings
152% below category average
JobBOSS²
4.9
14 Ratings
39% below category average
API for custom integration1.02 Ratings5.114 Ratings
Plug-ins1.02 Ratings4.712 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
5.5
2 Ratings
39% below category average
JobBOSS²
7.3
21 Ratings
11% below category average
Single sign-on capability5.02 Ratings6.814 Ratings
Role-based user permissions6.02 Ratings7.720 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.3
2 Ratings
137% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.3
21 Ratings
10% below category average
Dashboards2.02 Ratings6.221 Ratings
Standard reports1.02 Ratings6.721 Ratings
Custom reports1.02 Ratings5.921 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
6.4
2 Ratings
17% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.7
20 Ratings
13% below category average
Accounts payable8.02 Ratings7.020 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.02 Ratings6.819 Ratings
Global Financial Support6.01 Ratings5.512 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers6.01 Ratings5.312 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations6.01 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Configurable Accounting3.01 Ratings5.515 Ratings
Standardized Processes3.01 Ratings6.115 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
4.3
2 Ratings
58% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.9
23 Ratings
13% below category average
Inventory tracking1.02 Ratings6.723 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.02 Ratings5.314 Ratings
Location management1.02 Ratings6.519 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
2 Ratings
154% below category average
JobBOSS²
4.8
23 Ratings
47% below category average
Pricing1.02 Ratings6.522 Ratings
Order entry1.02 Ratings7.323 Ratings
Credit card processing1.02 Ratings5.412 Ratings
Cost of goods sold1.02 Ratings5.717 Ratings
Order Orchestration1.01 Ratings6.514 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
152% below category average
JobBOSS²
2.7
16 Ratings
93% below category average
Billing Management1.01 Ratings6.516 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management1.01 Ratings5.514 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management1.01 Ratings3.99 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting1.01 Ratings4.09 Ratings
Period Close1.01 Ratings6.112 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
2.7
1 Ratings
95% below category average
JobBOSS²
9.4
3 Ratings
21% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting3.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Project Costing6.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Cost Capture5.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Capital Project Management2.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance2.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition2.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
149% below category average
JobBOSS²
5.6
16 Ratings
20% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling1.01 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers1.01 Ratings6.112 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality1.01 Ratings6.011 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools1.01 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.2
1 Ratings
141% below category average
JobBOSS²
3.5
17 Ratings
66% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared2.01 Ratings6.611 Ratings
Contract Authoring1.01 Ratings7.98 Ratings
Contract Repository1.01 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated1.01 Ratings7.810 Ratings
Supplier Management1.01 Ratings6.416 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
147% below category average
JobBOSS²
4.1
9 Ratings
46% below category average
Risk Repository1.01 Ratings6.87 Ratings
Control Management1.01 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments1.01 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Issue Detection1.01 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Remediation and Certification1.01 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
5.0
1 Ratings
31% below category average
JobBOSS²
4.3
8 Ratings
46% below category average
Fulfillment Management5.01 Ratings6.74 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management5.01 Ratings6.54 Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
153% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.8
16 Ratings
10% below category average
Production Management1.01 Ratings6.815 Ratings
Configuration Management1.01 Ratings6.810 Ratings
Work Execution1.01 Ratings6.712 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs1.01 Ratings6.516 Ratings
Production Process Design00 Ratings6.410 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
5.0
1 Ratings
37% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.6
15 Ratings
9% below category average
Forecasting5.01 Ratings5.614 Ratings
Inventory Planning5.01 Ratings6.315 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings6.512 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
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Ratings
JobBOSS²
3.3
7 Ratings
78% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings5.77 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Applications
1.0
1 Ratings
152% below category average
JobBOSS²
6.1
7 Ratings
17% below category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings5.77 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
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User Ratings
IFS ApplicationsJobBOSS²
Likelihood to Recommend
2.0
(2 ratings)
7.2
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(1 ratings)
6.5
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS ApplicationsJobBOSS²
Likelihood to Recommend
IFS
Order to cash processes and scenario are implemented natively in IFS. An HR module exists for career management also (objectives, comportments, training, mobility) but may be improved in terms of workflow validation (e.g. training to validate by a manager) or reporting.
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ECi Software Solutions
Jobboss2 helps with creating routings, tracking hours towards those, and tracking inventory for discrete orders. It does not work well for blanket orders, consignment, or long-term agreements-type contracts with customers. Raw material tracking is completely ineffective with Jobboss2. Costing is quite ineffective with Joboss2. Production/lot planning & scheduling is ineffective and is a huge limiting factor. All of these items require manual tracking in spreadsheets. Jobboss2 has helped us get away from tracking routings with pen and paper and timesheets with pen and paper... but we're still having to use Excel to track consignment, blanket orders, job planning/when to launch new travelers, and costing/quoting. Going from pen and paper routings to digital has been a huge help overall, but the other limitations are incredibly concerning, which has led us to research & possibly switch ERP platforms.
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Pros
IFS
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Complex Inventory
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ECi Software Solutions
  • Estimating is great once you learn how to use it, and it makes repeat estimates easier than ever.
  • Time tracking is amazing for us. It has taken some time to figure out exactly how we want to use the tracking parts, but it's only because it has multiple ways to do the same thing and finding out what works best for us took some time.
  • Billing and Purchasing are a breeze. The full package is worth the money to fully integrate the entire business into JobBOSS² since it can handle it all.
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Cons
IFS
  • The speed of bug fixes should be improved by the IFS after sales teams. We saw the difference of responsiveness prior to Go Live and after Go Live, with a change of teams. IFS France is working on that point, and strategically wants to innovate by acting now with two other third-party companies in early 2017, to improve the after sales experience for customers.
  • There is no license model between the full licenses, which gives access to all IFS features, and the light licenses, to get access to a specific module like expense sheet. As a consequence, you must acquire a full access license for one team working only with a dedicated module (e.g. general ledger). Maybe an intermediate type license would be welcome to balance the budget. IFS tries to make prices competitive but you have to consider full upgrades of the product too, where requiring full licenses can be hard on the budget.
  • When you have an Active Directory ecosystem with a trust relationship, users from domain B can't natively access IFS, even if AD sync is in place with domain A. It's important to improve that functionality because many companies have a merge and acquisition context, with SOX constraints sometimes, and avoiding maintaining contacts or local accounts simplifies SOX compliance, or to management of accounts within the company.
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ECi Software Solutions
  • Ability to "click-through" from module to module is somewhat quirky and not always do-able
  • Implementation process and initial learning is very independent, more assistance and direction from ECI would be appreciated.
  • Ability to set Product Code at Order level instead of Estimate level would be quite helpful
  • Ability to add WorkCode at Line Item Specification screen would be very useful
  • Ability to enter material quantities at decimal amounts instead of whole numbers. This is a huge disadvantage of JobBOSS²
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Likelihood to Renew
IFS
No answers on this topic
ECi Software Solutions
It functions very well for us.
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Usability
IFS
The system is very difficult to use, overly complex, and difficult to learn. It also has limitations that are hard to overcome.
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ECi Software Solutions
It is extremely easy to learn and use E2 Shop System. It provides everything a manufacturing company might be looking for, starting from entering a new PO to shipping parts. Routers that get created from E2 Shop System also help track parts on the shop floor and is accessible from every where. E2 Shop System also now has an app, which is great when it comes to scanning router steps directly from your phone.
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Support Rating
IFS
We have been unable to get answers to our questions, solutions to our problems, and they don't seem interested in working in the construction industry.
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ECi Software Solutions
Ashlee Ware- Product Support Specialist. We had a wonderful experience with support from Ashlee Ware and she has since become a hero in our company. Ashlee helped us research and clear several open Purchase Orders from 2015 and beyond that were still showing on the open purchase orders report in 2023.
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Alternatives Considered
IFS
Microsoft AX, QAD (in continuation of our previous ERP), Sage X3 was an out of the box ERP that was part of initial RFP. We have chosen IFS based on the compromise between costs & budget, functionality, technical features, and feedback from similar customers that gave their feedback. The project manager team and qualification level of technical or consultant teams were differentiating factors too. Finally IFS application was named in the Gartner’s mid-market ERP Magic Quadrant, along with SAP, and helped us to finalize our choice
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ECi Software Solutions
We evaluated a few other ERP systems and chose JobBOSS² based on how similarly it functioned to our previous software but also wrapped all functions into one software instead of 3+. We were not at a place to go paperless, which made the decision not to utilize ProShop easy.
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Return on Investment
IFS
  • Reporting is now centralized and managed. Previously, reports were outside the information systems and there was a risk of incoherence.
  • Accounting controls are now in place on the overall processes, including production, which helped the company to reduce closing periods or to produce more easily official mandatory accounting files yearly.
  • Interfaces between the CRM forecast tool and IFS helped to keep the tools in sync, and to decrease the processing times prior to production launch.
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ECi Software Solutions
  • We have seen improved visibility of our jobs and on how we quote our products to our customers.
  • It is nice to be able to see what is running on each station, who is running it and what part of the process the job is currently at.
  • I also like the Data Collection module as I can see in real time what all the employees are currently doing.
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JobBOSS² Screenshots

Screenshot of the management interface for the daily demands of job shops and machine shopsScreenshot of analytics that provide real-time visibility into job profitability