Industrial software provider IFS has completed the acquisition of Softeon, a specialist in warehouse management systems (WMS). The combined entity, operating as IFS Softeon, will integrate Softeon’s WMS with IFS’s existing industrial artificial intelligence and robotics orchestration platforms.

The acquisition is intended to address the lack of integration between enterprise resource planning (ERP) and warehouse execution systems. IFS Softeon aims to provide unified visibility across manufacturing, logistics, and retail operations, managing millions of orders per month across 30 countries.

The combined platform will allow management of $2.4 trillion in critical industrial assets, and allow integration of tier-1 WMS with the IFS Cloud platform. It will provide AI-driven warehouse orchestration and robotics interoperability, and enable predictive inventory intelligence and automated execution workflows.

Mark Moffat, CEO of IFS, said the merger provides enterprises with end-to-end supply chain intelligence, linking strategic boardroom decisions to physical execution on the warehouse floor. Jim Hoefflin, CEO of IFS Softeon, stated that the integration would accelerate the development of AI-driven warehouse orchestration.

Softeon’s existing customer base includes Sony, UPS, and Denso. According to IFS, there will be no disruption for current Softeon clients, while existing IFS customers will gain access to the newly integrated warehouse management capabilities.