AI Buyer Insights:

Cantor Fitzgerald, a Kyriba Treasury customer evaluated GTreasury

Swedbank, a Temenos T24 customer evaluated Oracle Flexcube

Wayfair, a Korber HighJump WMS customer just evaluated Manhattan WMS

Michelin, an e2open customer evaluated Oracle Transportation Management

Citigroup, a VestmarkONE customer evaluated BlackRock Aladdin Wealth

Westpac NZ, an Infosys Finacle customer evaluated nCino Bank OS

Moog, an UKG AutoTime customer evaluated Workday Time and Attendance

Cantor Fitzgerald, a Kyriba Treasury customer evaluated GTreasury

Swedbank, a Temenos T24 customer evaluated Oracle Flexcube

Wayfair, a Korber HighJump WMS customer just evaluated Manhattan WMS

Michelin, an e2open customer evaluated Oracle Transportation Management

Citigroup, a VestmarkONE customer evaluated BlackRock Aladdin Wealth

Westpac NZ, an Infosys Finacle customer evaluated nCino Bank OS

Moog, an UKG AutoTime customer evaluated Workday Time and Attendance

SMD Data, Technology Stack, and Enterprise Applications
ERP Financial Management
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IFS Legacy IFS Cloud ERP ERP Financial ERP Financial Management Platned 2023 2024
In 2023 SMD selected Platned to execute a major upgrade from IFS Apps 7.5 to IFS Cloud ERP, classified under the ERP Financial category. The program delivered an on premise IFS Cloud ERP instance over a 12 month project, completed on schedule, within budget, and with a seamless go live cutover for more than 250 users across two UK sites and an offshore engineering division. The implementation replicated core functional modules from IFS Apps 7.5 including Purchasing, Finance, Supply Chain, Parts, Engineering, Projects, Manufacturing, Servicing and time recording, while introducing new AI enabled capabilities available in the evergreen IFS Cloud platform. Configuration work was emphasized so the core code base remained unmodified, with permissions and security tightened to mirror a small set of legacy behaviors that were required by business workflows. Architecturally the deployment remained on premise to protect intellectual property and leverage existing infrastructure investments, while maintaining critical integrations with advanced CAD engineering tools used by design and engineering teams. The single shared instance supports SMDs offshore division for global engineering and maintenance operations, and the project used a predominantly remote delivery model with the implementation team on site for key milestones and for a week after go live to ensure continuity. Governance and rollout emphasized operational readiness through structured training and test cycles, three pre go live training sessions for end users and an early trained cohort of 20 super users who led testing and cascaded knowledge. Platned provided project management and established a managed services arrangement to monitor and maintain IFS infrastructure, providing a 24/7 support desk and escalation path to complement SMDs five person IT and business systems team. Outcomes explicitly stated by SMD include a smooth adoption experience, an on time and on budget upgrade, and the signing of a managed service contract with Platned for ongoing infrastructure management and support. SMD is now planning a second phase to digitize stores and integrate new automated picking machines while evaluating the IFS 24R2 AI enabled planning and scheduling capabilities.
ERP Services and Operations
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IFS Legacy IFS Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Manufacturing Execution System ERP Services and Operations Platned 2023 2024
Collaboration
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Microsoft Legacy Microsoft 365 Collaboration Collaboration n/a 2021 2021
SCM
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Supply Chain Management SCM 2023 2024
CRM
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Customer Experience CRM 2020 2020
Marketing Analytics CRM 2022 2022
Marketing Automation CRM 2015 2015
ITSM
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IT Service Management ITSM 2021 2021
PPM
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Project Portfolio Management PPM 2023 2024
Procurement
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Supplier Relationship Management Procurement 2023 2024
IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services IaaS 2017 2017
Application Hosting and Computing Services IaaS 2017 2017
CyberSecurity
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Secure Web Gateways (SWG) CyberSecurity 2013 2013
IT Decision Makers and Key Stakeholders at SMD
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FAQ - APPS RUN THE WORLD SMD Technographics

SMD is a Manufacturing organization based in United Kingdom, with around 236 employees and annual revenues of $78.0 million.

SMD operates a diverse technology stack with applications such as IFS Cloud ERP, IFS Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Microsoft 365, covering areas like ERP Financial, Manufacturing Execution System and Collaboration.

SMD has invested in cloud applications and AI-driven platforms to optimize efficiency and growth, collaborating with vendors such as IFS and Microsoft.

SMD recently adopted applications including IFS Cloud ERP in 2023, IFS Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in 2023 and IFS Supply Chain Management in 2023, highlighting its ongoing modernization strategy.

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