Consultant Stories
Super users are superheroes in IFS ERP
Caroline Pearson is an independent IFS consultant specialising in Order to Cash, Inventory Management and Procurement. She is skilled in data management, test management, and project management, and she’s worked across manufacturing, engineering and service industries.
Freelance since 2020, Caroline is highly sought-after in the IFS world. She loves the freedom and flexibility of independent work.
Six blind men and an elephant – a parable for ERP implementation
Amit is a Principal IFS ERP Implementation Consultant skilled in implementing IFS Cloud modules: IFS Projects, Human Capital Management (HCM) and Document Management.
Amit has worked for IFS, and with IFS customers across construction, engineering, and energy sectors over his twenty year career. He is an independent IFS Consultant with a long-standing relationship with Gtech.
Re-thinking IFS technical delivery in the new world of IFS Cloud
In this blog Ryan explores the impact on developers and highlights the importance of having a solid technical strategy across the team.
IFS Cloud’s technical delivery must evolve in an “evergreen” world by focusing on value‑driven, AI‑enabled services and modern data foundations.
Success requires clear outcomes, skilled teams, and pacing adoption—balancing innovation (like IFS.ai for smart service) with foundational readiness and change management
AI needs to go perfectly in-hand with good data quality
Jonaid took time out from running Finance & Projects support for SBM Offshore to talk to us about AI, CRIMs in finance, and why togetherness is key to IFS implementations.
Organisations are embracing generative AI, but its success relies entirely on high-quality data. Incomplete, outdated or mislabeled datasets cause hallucinations and distrust.
Like baking with rotten ingredients, AI trained on poor data yields harmful outcomes.
The secrets to successful IFS project management
Anyone in the know about IFS ERP implementations will tell you they’re just as much about the people as they are about the tech.
Independent ERP consultant Alan Price reveals his observations from his many years leading IFS project teams.
He shares his secrets to successful IFS project management, including why it’s important to understand the different personalities in project teams.
Dan Bunder’s journey from ripening bananas to ERP consulting
Dan Bunder took the scenic route to independent ERP consulting, going from economics to ripening bananas, before discovering IFS software and a new career.
During eight years in-house at IFS he spoke at world conferences and mentored recruits on the graduate programme.
Caroline Capper: the mountain-biking ERP consultant
When Caroline Capper isn’t project managing or advising her clients on the IFS finance module, you’ll find her getting muddy on the mountain bike trails. Plus, she recently joined us for our Unplugged raft-building event.
We caught up with the former accountant, who lives in Sunderland and now runs an adventure business alongside her ERP contracting work.
Kayleigh Brown talks vanlife, women in ERP, and flirty cockatiels
Kayleigh Brown is your go-to person if you want to know anything from how to manage IFS project stress to why a campervan beats a hotel when working away.
The independent ERP consultant shares what she’s learned from her career so far. She also reveals she’s a Marvel and Stars Wars geek, loves holidays and ‘gory’ history, and counts ‘flirty’ cockatiels among her many pets.
IFS technical consultant shares his insight on ERP contracting
From supercars to drinking water dispensers, Roger Morton has worked with a diverse range of businesses since going freelance 15 years ago.
We chatted to the independent IFS consultant about his career journey, from his early experiences of IT in the 80s – to getting to grips with IFS Cloud.