Case Study: Harwin PLC achieves 20% year-on-year growth and real-time shop-floor visibility with IFS

Electronics manufacturer Harwin PLC maintains growth and looks to Industry 4.0 using IFS

Harwin PLC, a Portsmouth‑based manufacturer of high‑reliability interconnects for aerospace (EN 9100/AS9100 certified) with a global distributor network and 300 employees, struggled to plan, forecast and manage rapid growth amid market volatility and an aging legacy system that couldn’t support its expansion.

Since adopting IFS in 2019 (165 modules, 240 users), Harwin achieved centralized real‑time visibility and seamless Boomi integration with no custom modifications, enabling live shop‑floor reporting, higher employee productivity, accurate new‑product planning and the operational transparency needed to sustain roughly 20% year‑on‑year growth while moving toward Industry 4.0 and cloud migration.

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Jon Dean

Senior Manager, Production Systems