Case Study: Kitron achieves 40% inventory reduction and 80% shorter lead times with IFS

Serving the world's most demanding customers

Kitron is a global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company serving high‑precision customers in sectors such as medical, defense/aerospace, energy, telecom and offshore. Facing low‑volume, high‑complexity production and ambitious growth targets, Kitron needed a technology partner—not just a vendor—to modernize systems, improve supply‑chain agility and support robotics, automation and digitalization across multiple countries.

Kitron standardized on IFS Applications, replacing about 50 point systems and creating a Solution Competence Centre plus a partner network to ensure continuous improvement and capacity. The move enabled demand‑driven MRP (projected to cut inventory by ~40% and lead times by ~80%), one common global platform, more accurate decision‑making, improved supplier management and strong top‑line growth (revenue up 29% in Q2 2018).

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Olaf Kristen Kristensen

IT Director