Executive Assessment
CA$150 per hour. Two weeks. Written brief. Board-ready.
A structured review of the current IFS environment — support posture, reporting reliability, workflow gaps, custom-logic exposure, upgrade risk — delivered as an executive brief with prioritized recommendations.
This is the engagement most work begins with. It is designed to give an executive sponsor a defensible view of where IFS is quietly losing value, what the fixes cost, and which of them should be sequenced first.
- Interviews with operational, IT, and finance stakeholders
- Environmental scan — customizations, workflows, reports, integrations
- Support-pattern analysis using the current ticket record
- Upgrade-readiness assessment against the current IFS Cloud roadmap
- Written brief with prioritized recommendations and estimated remediation scope
- One-hour executive readout with the sponsor
Reporting Acceleration
CA$150 per hour. Four to six weeks. Working reports. Handover documented.
A focused engagement that resolves the reporting backlog blocking finance, operations, and planning — with the underlying architecture rebuilt so the fix holds.
The reporting problem is rarely the report itself. It is data access, business-definition drift, delivery cadence, and ownership. This engagement addresses all four — so the reports produced are not the next generation of technical debt.
- Prioritization of the top reporting demands (typically 8–12)
- Underlying SQL and data-access review — PL/SQL, views, custom logic
- Delivery in IFS Report Designer, RDL, or IFS Cloud Reporter. Crystal is a migration path, not the destination
- Business-definition documentation for every measure delivered
- Handover documentation and 30-day support tail
Workflow Automation Sprint
CA$150 per hour. Three to five weeks. One workflow domain. End-to-end.
One defined workflow domain — approvals, service objects, exception handling, cross-module notifications — automated end-to-end using IFS-native BPA, custom events, and workflow logic.
Workflow automation in IFS is not a matter of buying a bolt-on. The platform has the mechanisms — the challenge is designing them against real operational flow, and documenting them well enough that the internal team can maintain what is delivered.
- Current-state process mapping in the workflow domain
- Target-state design reviewed with operational stakeholders
- Implementation using IFS BPA, custom events, and workflow logic
- End-user testing with the operational team
- Documentation for internal maintenance
Fractional Solutions Architect
CA$150 per hour. Senior judgment on tap.
A senior techno-functional architect embedded on a fractional basis — for manufacturers whose internal IFS Cloud bench is one person deep, and for implementation firms that need overflow capacity, without a full-time hire.
The engagement provides an executive-level IFS voice on architectural decisions, upgrade posture, customization tradeoffs, and vendor management, without the cost or commitment of a permanent hire.
- Weekly working session with the internal ERP or IT lead
- Monthly executive readout with the sponsor
- Architectural review of any customization, integration, or upgrade decision
- Escalation availability for critical support items
- Quarterly written posture review for the executive team
Application Integration Sprint
CA$150 per hour. Three to five weeks. One reliable connection.
An integration between IFS Cloud and one external system. Designed, built, tested, and documented so it stays reliable after handover.
The hard part is IFS data structures, transaction boundaries, error handling, and what happens when the other system sends garbage. This sprint covers one target: CRM, purchase order receipt, or customer orders. Workday, Ultipro, ServiceNow, and other non-EDI systems.
- One integration target: CRM, purchase order receipt, or customer orders
- Data mapping and validation rules documented in business language
- IFS-side delivery: custom events, APIs, BPA triggers, or report exports as appropriate
- Error handling, retry logic, and alerting design
- Testing plan and handover documentation
- 60-day support tail
IFS Cloud EDI Partner Pack
From CA$10,400. Assessment CA$2,080.
One trading partner. Native IFS Connect maps for 850 / 855 / 856 / 810. You keep the VAN or go SFTP. Extra hours CA$150.
A consulting SKU, not software. We configure IFS Connect and projection endpoints so your IFS talks X12 or EDIFACT. You keep the pipe. EDI Readiness Assessment CA$2,080, credited in full against a Partner Pack sold within 90 days.
- One trading partner. Core OTC set: inbound 850, outbound 855, outbound 856, outbound 810 (EDIFACT equivalents are the same SKU)
- IFS Connect routing, envelopes, transformers, queues
- Stable projection reads/writes (not UI projections). IAM client where needed
- Sample-payload test, runbook, 60-day tail
- Partner-test support inside the hours, not unlimited. Waiting on the partner is paused, not billed
- You keep the VAN or go SFTP. Not a VAN. Extra hours CA$150
What this firm does not do
Greenfield IFS implementations. 24/7 AMS. Nexus Black delivery. IFS Zero delivery. Agent Studio stand-up. Multi-country transformation programs. Bench staffing. RFP responses over 40 pages. Anything that would compromise the firm's capacity to deliver every engagement principal-led.
If the work is genuinely a program rather than an engagement, the responsible answer is a referral to a firm built for programs — not a stretched delivery from a boutique.
Most engagements start with the Executive Assessment.
Two weeks. Written brief. A defensible view of what the IFS environment is actually costing the business, and what to fix first.
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