IFS, Army announce deal

ITASCA - IFS, a global enterprise applications company, announced that the U.S. Army has selected IFS Applications as the manufacturing and maintenance software for use in its Logistics Modernization Program at all of the Army's arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants. The basic purchasing agreement between Army Materiel Command and IFS North America outlines plans and options to purchase IFS Applications components and services over five years, totaling up to $9.9 million. AMC manages, through its subordinate commands, a maintenance and production enterprise that the Army says equates to a Fortune 100 industrial organization with a diverse assortment of functions that would rarely be found in a single company in the commercial sector.