“Points Out a Natural First Step into Agentic AI:” IFS Accelerates Industrial Operations with Ten Digital Workers…

…ready and equipped with 50 agent skills now and 100+ skills available by December. It is no coincidence that ERP system developer IFS was recently upgraded to the Leaders quadrant in the latest of analyst Gartner’s so-called Magic Quadrants (October 2025). IFS Cloud was positioned on the visionary axis among the top four in the market – Oracle, SAP and Microsoft included - in the quadrant for “Cloud ERP for product-centric companies.”
In short, the company’s development pace is intensive and Gartner particularly praises IFS.ai initiative and points out that, “key innovations include IFS.ai Copilot and some early AI agent functions," explaining that, "The supplier’s roadmap is centered around additional agent-based AI capabilities and to integrate AI into the solution to a greater extent through co-innovation with its Nexus Black offering.”
It was further noted that the recent acquisitions of TheLoops and 7bridges by IFS to strengthen AI capabilities were of great importance.
With this in mind, today’s announced development of IFS Loops' agent platform is interesting: With 10 digital workers, with 50 agent skills, and with a short-term roadmap for 100 skills designed for mission-critical workflows in manufacturing, energy, utilities, telecom, construction, aerospace and defense, and service industries, a clearly competitive solution is on the horizon.
Unlike basic chatbots or traditional automation tools that follow rigid, predefined rules, digital agents use advanced AI, specifically large language models (LLMs) and machine learning, to learn and adapt their behavior over time. The latter is a typical characteristic for IFS Loops' agent platform, which delivers template-based digital workers that autonomously handle large operational tasks, including field dispatch, supplier coordination, customer order management, and inventory replenishment, across enterprise systems with real-time information, audit-ready compliance, and domain-specific understanding.
"The pace of operational change is faster than ever, with complexity growing faster than human teams or legacy systems can handle. Operations leaders and CIOs can’t wait for months of IT rollout to benefit from new capabilities. IFS Loops gives companies a digital workforce they can deploy today, orchestrating complex industrial workflows reliably, securely, and contextually, allowing skilled teams to focus on higher-value tasks. For many, this is their first step into agentic AI and a natural entry point into the broader IFS Cloud ecosystem,” said Somya Kapoor (pictured), CEO of IFS Loops, in a comment.