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Hytrol Conveyor Selects IFS Applications for Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing

Sept. 14, 2009

Hytrol Conveyor Co. (Hytrol), a Jonesboro, Ark.-based manufacturer of conveyors and conveying systems, has selected IFS Applications to help streamline its business practices, reduce cycle times and expand customer relations.

Josh Cable

The following are five key guidelines to consider in planning and implementing a robust and reliable Ethernet infrastructure to support the industrial network.The system will be implemented at Hytrol's factory and technology center, both located in Jonesboro, Ark.

Hytrol chose IFS Applications to replace its 20-year-old software system, and will implement components for financials, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing, service and maintenance, project management, document management, quality management, human resources and business analytics, according to IFS, which has its North American headquarters in Chicago.

"We were looking for an enterprise software package that would enable us to better manage both complex ETO and CTO projects, and after evaluating several leading vendors, we found that IFS offers the strongest solution on the market," Hytrol Director of IT Steve Bell said.

Industrial manufacturing is one of IFS' seven targeted market segments.

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About the Author

Josh Cable | Former Senior Editor

Former Senior Editor Josh Cable covered innovation issues -- including trends and best practices in R&D, process improvement and product development. He also reported on the best practices of the most successful companies and executives in the world of transportation manufacturing, which encompasses the aerospace, automotive, rail and shipbuilding sectors.

Josh also led the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame, IW’s annual tribute to the most influential executives and thought leaders in U.S. manufacturing history.

Before joining IndustryWeek, Josh was the editor-in-chief of Penton Media’s Government Product News and Government Procurement. He also was an award-winning beat reporter for several small newspapers in Northeast Ohio.

Josh received his BFA in creative writing from Bowling Green University, and continued his professional development through course-work at Ohio University and Cuyahoga Community College.

A lifelong resident of the Buckeye State, Josh currently lives in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. When the weather cooperates, you’ll find him riding his bike to work, exercising his green thumb in the backyard or playing ultimate Frisbee.