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IFS launched IFS.ai Logistics, an AI-powered logistics intelligence platform purpose-built for enterprises operating complex, multi-carrier, multi-region transport networks.
The new solution extends Industrial AI into the physical movement of materials and goods, and adds the logistics intelligence layer that connects operational decisions to financial outcomes across the full supply chain.
“Logistics is one of the largest, most frequently disrupted and least-governed cost categories in global industry, and the consequences show up directly in EBITDA. Over the last five years we have seen that when AI is applied at scale, directly inside specific industry applications, like enterprise logistics operations, customers can capture value within weeks—they begin to protect margins, improve service reliability, and increase operational agility. With IFS.ai Logistics, this is exactly what we are delivering: an AI-driven platform that closes the loop between every operational logistics decision and its financial consequence. This is Industrial AI applied where it matters most,” says Philip Ashton, president, IFS.ai Logistics.
Key takeaways:
· Building beyond 7bridges technology, which IFS acquired in 2025, IFS.ai Logistics delivers a single closed operational loop spanning transport planning, automated execution, freight audit, cost governance, and continuous network optimization.
· It operates within IFS Cloud, alongside Enterprise Asset Management, Field Service Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Supply Chain Management, and is composable with third-party platforms.
- AI-driven transport planning and carrier selection replaces manual decision-making with intelligence-led optimization across modes, legs, and trade lanes.
- Zero-touch automated execution eliminates booking errors and operational overhead with real-time shipment visibility and intelligent exception handling.
- A finance-grade freight audit engine validates every invoice at line-item level, applying automated GL coding, surfacing billing discrepancies, and managing dispute workflows to recover leakage.
- A network intelligence and simulation layer enables continuous what-if scenario modeling, from carrier strategy and cost forecasting to emissions planning and procurement consolidation.