Likelihood to Recommend Among circuit design and printed circuit programs, it is ahead of other programs thanks to its accessibility and ease of use. Its most important feature is that it supports both the circuit design and the printed circuit program in harmony. This feature is not available in all programs. For educational purposes, students should be allowed to use it for a period of time. Especially if you do not have a license in program design devs with processors, you cannot try programs with more than 2KB.
Read full review 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.
Read full review Pros Thanks to the library support of processors, especially PIC microcontrollers, it becomes possible to verify the code you have written by uploading the HEX code before it goes into real production. It is quite easy to find and access many educational materials to learn the program. From the simplest circuit to the most complex circuit, it is quite easy to design and follow. Read full review Accounting Finance Complex Inventory Read full review Cons Path deficiencies need to be considered when transitioning the program from ISIS circuit design to ARES printed circuit drawing. Especially if you are working on a processor design in ISIS, the external oscillator circuit does not pass when you transfer it to ARES. In LCD and motor applications, the circuit sometimes does not work. It changes according to the years in its own versions and old files are not opened in new versions. Read full review 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. Read full review Usability The system is very difficult to use, overly complex, and difficult to learn. It also has limitations that are hard to overcome.
Read full review Support Rating 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.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Eagle Technology ProTeus is quick and easy to use compared to other programs. There are many materials available (books, articles, videos) especially to learn how to use it. The interface of the program is quite plain and simple compared to other programs.
Read full review 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 Gartnerās mid-market ERP Magic Quadrant, along with SAP, and helped us to finalize our choice
Read full review Return on Investment Saving time and money by easily testing the circuits on the computer before physically installing them on the board. Easy transition from circuit design to printed circuit. Quick code testing in applications with CPU circuits. In the trial version, transferring a maximum of 2KB of data to the processors is considered negative. Read full review 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. Read full review ScreenShots IFS Applications Screenshots