IFS Launches Agent Studio for IFS Loops
Industrial AI provider IFS has released 'IFS Loops Agent Studio,' a platform that enables organizations to build and manage agentic digital workers without coding.
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Ready-to-use digital workers for field services—covering planning, dispatch, and knowledge work—enable service-focused companies to accelerate agent adoption right from the start.
PALO ALTO, CA, April 23, 2026 - IFS, a leading provider of industrial AI software, today announced the rapid expansion of agentic digital workers and released 'IFS Loops Agent Studio.'
The true value of industrial AI is best realized when applied to industry-specific scenarios. By deploying digital workers in these scenarios, companies can drive efficiency across their operations and deliver superior products and services to their customers.
With this significant update, IFS Loops now offers Agent Studio. This allows customers to configure, govern, improve, and scale digital workers to fit their own operations. It is designed to be handled intuitively by non-technical business users, requiring no specialized knowledge or coding.
IFS Loops digital workers come with deep industry insights, proven workflows, and enterprise-grade AI trust controls (security, permissions, and governance guardrails) built-in from the start. Combined with Agent Studio, organizations can focus on business outcomes brought by digital workers rather than the complexity of getting started.
With Agent Studio, you can easily set context, define processes, design actions, and safely test before production deployment. Furthermore, you can monitor operational outcomes, exceptions, and performance metrics, apply governance, maintain auditability, and gradually expand agent capabilities as trust grows.
Proven Value of Industrial Digital Workers
Leading advanced industrial organizations across various asset-intensive industries have reported measurable, practical outcomes from deploying digital workers:
- Operational efficiency increased by 60%, creating 20 hours per week.
- Achieved a $3 million annual ROI, returning a total of 90,000 hours to employees.
At Kitron, a global electronics manufacturing services provider, digital workers are automating supply chain workflows, including inventory coordination and supplier adjustments that previously required significant operational load.
Jonatan Gustafsson, Business Applications Manager at Kitron, said:
'IFS is at the core of our global operations, connecting procurement, production, logistics, and finance on a single platform. IFS Loops digital workers are a natural extension of that foundation. Since structured operational data is already in place, we can apply AI to the areas that truly matter. Automating supplier order confirmations leads to significant time savings, and early stock-out predictions allow us to maintain production plans before issues arise.'
Global manufacturing firm Ependion used to handle all 150+ order confirmations per week manually. This process was time-consuming, error-prone, and burdensome for staff. With the introduction of a supplier order management digital worker, Ependion expects to improve operational efficiency by 60% and create 20 hours per week. Based on clear initial results, the company quickly deployed a second digital worker and is now evaluating additional use cases across the enterprise.
Joakim Stolt, CIO of Ependion, commented:
'We have faced this challenge with traditional methods for many years. However, a single digital worker achieved results we couldn't before. Convinced of its value, we immediately added a second one, but our challenge doesn't end here. Humans being involved in every critical decision—that is what enterprise AI should be, and IFS Loops embodies that philosophy from the start.'
Kodiak Gas Services operates compression equipment with a total output of 4.5 million horsepower and 800 field technicians across the US. Previously, technicians spent a lot of time searching for necessary parts. By introducing IFS Loops, the company deployed a 'Material Replenisher' digital worker. Technicians can now search and order parts quickly through conversation. As a result, they achieved a $3 million annual ROI and returned a total of 90,000 hours to employees.
PALO ALTO, CA, April 23, 2026 - IFS, a leading provider of industrial AI software, today announced the rapid expansion of agentic digital workers and released 'IFS Loops Agent Studio.'
The true value of industrial AI is best realized when applied to industry-specific scenarios. By deploying digital workers in these scenarios, companies can drive efficiency across their operations and deliver superior products and services to their customers.
With this significant update, IFS Loops now offers Agent Studio. This allows customers to configure, govern, improve, and scale digital workers to fit their own operations. It is designed to be handled intuitively by non-technical business users, requiring no specialized knowledge or coding.
IFS Loops digital workers come with deep industry insights, proven workflows, and enterprise-grade AI trust controls (security, permissions, and governance guardrails) built-in from the start. Combined with Agent Studio, organizations can focus on business outcomes brought by digital workers rather than the complexity of getting started.
With Agent Studio, you can easily set context, define processes, design actions, and safely test before production deployment. Furthermore, you can monitor operational outcomes, exceptions, and performance metrics, apply governance, maintain auditability, and gradually expand agent capabilities as trust grows.
Proven Value of Industrial Digital Workers
Leading advanced industrial organizations across various asset-intensive industries have reported measurable, practical outcomes from deploying digital workers:
- Operational efficiency increased by 60%, creating 20 hours per week.
- Achieved a $3 million annual ROI, returning a total of 90,000 hours to employees.
At Kitron, a global electronics manufacturing services provider, digital workers are automating supply chain workflows, including inventory coordination and supplier adjustments that previously required significant operational load.
Jonatan Gustafsson, Business Applications Manager at Kitron, said:
'IFS is at the core of our global operations, connecting procurement, production, logistics, and finance on a single platform. IFS Loops digital workers are a natural extension of that foundation. Since structured operational data is already in place, we can apply AI to the areas that truly matter. Automating supplier order confirmations leads to significant time savings, and early stock-out predictions allow us to maintain production plans before issues arise.'
Global manufacturing firm Ependion used to handle all 150+ order confirmations per week manually. This process was time-consuming, error-prone, and burdensome for staff. With the introduction of a supplier order management digital worker, Ependion expects to improve operational efficiency by 60% and create 20 hours per week. Based on clear initial results, the company quickly deployed a second digital worker and is now evaluating additional use cases across the enterprise.
Joakim Stolt, CIO of Ependion, commented:
'We have faced this challenge with traditional methods for many years. However, a single digital worker achieved results we couldn't before. Convinced of its value, we immediately added a second one, but our challenge doesn't end here. Humans being involved in every critical decision—that is what enterprise AI should be, and IFS Loops embodies that philosophy from the start.'
Kodiak Gas Services operates compression equipment with a total output of 4.5 million horsepower and 800 field technicians across the US. Previously, technicians spent a lot of time searching for necessary parts. By introducing IFS Loops, the company deployed a 'Material Replenisher' digital worker. Technicians can now search and order parts quickly through conversation. As a result, they achieved a $3 million annual ROI and returned a total of 90,000 hours to employees.