IFS Applications 9 selected as the new finance and service contract management system for JLA’s growing business in an agreement valued at £1million IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/), the global enterprise applications company, announces that JLA (http://www.jla.com/), one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial and industrial laundry and catering equipment , will implement IFS Applications™ 9 (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/ifs-applications/) for its entire operation. IFS Applications 9 will provide JLA with an advanced system to manage its customer contracts by encompassing service contracts, rental and asset management, as well as full financials, purchasing, inventory, and production control in one centralized system. Once implemented, JLA will be able to control and improve the quality and efficiency of its service to clients. James Greenman, JLA Chief Information Officer commented “IFS Applications 9 was selected because it not only meets JLA’s current needs, but it is agile enough to adapt to changing requirements, laying the foundations for a long-term strategic relationship. The project will begin immediately and is scheduled to go live in the second quarter of 2017”. “It’s great to be working with such a customer-focused and growing company,” IFS UK Managing Director Paul Massey said. “Our work with JLA demonstrates our strength in helping service-centric firms effectively manage business and we look forward to a long and successful partnership.” For more information about how IFS supports companies in the service management sector, please visit: www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/enterprise-service -management/ Anders Lundin, Corporate Communications. Phone: 46 8 58 78 45 00, press@ifsworld.com Frédéric Guigues, Investor Relations. Phone: 46 8 58 78 45 00, frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com About JLA The JLA Group has a proud heritage as the UK’s leader in supplying and servicing business critical laundry and catering equipment. With a worldwide reputation for innovation, JLA is the supply and servicing partner of choice to tens of thousands of businesses. Its success is built around market-leading equipment, unrivalled service to customers and a guaranteed best in class engineer response seven days a week. The JLA Group employs over 700 employees including 270 engineers operating across the UK and Ireland. www.jla.com About IFS IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/)™ is a globally recognized leader in developing and delivering enterprise software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company (XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,800 employees. IFS supports more than 1 million users worldwide from its network of local offices and through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit: www.ifsworld.com. Follow us on Twitter: @ifsworld (http://twitter.com/ifsworld) Visit the IFS Blog on technology, innovation and creativity: http://blog.ifsworld.com/ IFS discloses the information herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Act (1991:980) and/or the Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was submitted for publication on June 27, 2016, at 10.30 a.m. CEST.
JLA to implement IFS Applications 9
| Source: Industrial & Financial Systems, IFS AB