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Composable ERP
By 2027, 60% of organizations replacing ERP will select for orchestration capabilities, not just transactions. Manufacturers still on five-year-old versions are not saving money. They are accumulating deferred cost.
Composable in practice: next to SAP, not instead of it
Composable ERP is not a slogan for replacing everything. It is a practical model for putting industry execution where it creates speed, while keeping the core systems that still do their job.
IFS Cloud can run service, assets, projects, manufacturing or planning next to SAP through clear APIs and process ownership. Systems do more of the work; people stay in control of the operating model and the decisions that cross boundaries.
API-first, not integration-after
Traditional ERP integration meant custom point-to-point connectors: documented poorly, fragile under upgrade. Composable architecture assumes the ERP is one node in a network. IFS Cloud exposes functionality through documented, version-stable APIs. A new quality system connects in weeks; a supplier portal goes live without a consulting project. Gartner projects 62% of cloud ERP spending will go to AI-enabled solutions by 2027. Legacy ERP cannot expose clean, connected data at the speed AI requires.
Industry
The CIO Guide to ERP Modernization in Manufacturing
What composable means in practice, and which technical capabilities to prioritize in the next 24 months to keep ERP from becoming tomorrow’s legacy system.
High-tech manufacturing: the composable fit is exact
High-tech and industrial equipment manufacturers deal with short product cycles, frequent engineering revisions, and acquisition-driven entity consolidation. Composable architecture treats business-unit onboarding and new legal entity setup as configuration work. IFS Cloud supports multi-site, multi-company, multi-currency, and multi-jurisdiction as standard platform behavior. The question shifts from “how many months to bring a new subsidiary in?” to “which modules do they need first?” IFS.ai features from 2025 and 2026 are available immediately to current-release customers.
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Why ERP replacement stopped being the only route
The five-year big bang lost its believers
Full ERP replacement projects are long, expensive and organisationally exhausting. Most operations cannot pause for one.
Composable architecture deploys the capability you need now and co-exists with what already runs.
Keep finance, move operations
Finance in the incumbent ERP can stay while asset management, service or manufacturing execution move to IFS Cloud.
One data model on the operational side, integrated with the ERP you keep.
Start where the margin is
The first module should land where the operational pain is sharpest, not where the org chart starts.
Modular deployment lets the business case fund the next step instead of the whole journey upfront.
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Frequently asked questions
Composable ERP separates business capabilities into modular components that can be deployed, updated, and replaced independently. Business rules and workflows are configured within the platform, so updates do not force custom regression testing. Gartner projects 60% of organizations replacing ERP by 2027 will select for orchestration capabilities, not just transactions.
Composable ERP separates business capabilities into modular components that can be deployed, updated, and replaced independently. Business rules and workflows are configured within the platform, so updates do not force custom regression testing. Gartner projects 60% of organizations replacing ERP by 2027 will select for orchestration capabilities, not just transactions.
Because the economics reversed. Evergreen platforms like IFS Cloud deliver biannual feature releases and monthly updates without forcing a major upgrade project. Manufacturers still on five- or ten-year-old versions are accumulating deferred cost and blocking access to AI capabilities that only exist on current versions.
High-tech manufacturers deal with short product cycles, frequent engineering revisions, and acquisition-driven entity consolidation. Composable architecture treats business-unit onboarding and new legal entity setup as configuration, not system modification. IFS Cloud supports multi-site, multi-company, multi-currency, and multi-jurisdiction configurations as standard platform behavior.
No, and the manufacturers that tried it are the ones still recovering. A phased approach spreads risk: core financials and procurement first, manufacturing and planning next, service and asset management last. Each phase delivers value before the next begins.
Before any configuration starts, your processes are mapped against IFS Cloud – fit-gap analysis, process optimization, and composability reviewed first. The consultants who run that work are named, senior, and carry direct high-tech or machinery manufacturing backgrounds, not an offshore template.
Discuss Composable ERP with Eqeep
If your composable erp processes are under pressure from complexity, growth, service expectations or data quality, we can help identify the most practical IFS improvement path.
Tell us which part of your ERP environment needs room to move. We will help you assess where IFS can sit next to SAP or another core system.