IFS Loops Launches Agent Studio: Secure AI Agents Without Complexity

IFS Loops Agent Studio launched by IFS as a new platform to create, govern, and scale AI agents without complexity.

IFS, a leading provider of industrial AI software, today introduces IFS Loops Agent Studio in response to the strong and growing demand for digital coworkers. Agent Studio enables customers to configure, govern, evolve and scale digital coworkers to meet operational needs.

The solution is designed with business users in mind and requires no programming skills or technical expertise. The digital coworkers come ready to use, with industry knowledge, proven workflows and built‑in enterprise‑grade AI governance.

Industrial digital coworkers that deliver practical value

Ependion, a global Swedish manufacturing company, previously processed more than 150 order confirmations per week entirely manually. The process was slow, error‑prone and time consuming. After deploying the digital coworker Supplier Order Manager, Ependion expects a 60 percent efficiency gain and 20 hours freed up per week. The improvements were so clear that the company quickly added another digital coworker and is now exploring additional use cases across the business.

• “We have tried for years to solve this with traditional approaches,” says Joakim Stolt, Chief Information Officer at Ependion. “A digital coworker accomplished what we could not. We saw the value, added another, and we have no plans to stop. Keeping a human involved at every critical decision point is how enterprise AI should work, and that is built into IFS Loops from the start.”

Kitron, a Norwegian global provider of electronics manufacturing services, uses digital coworkers to automate supply chain workflows such as inventory replenishment and supplier coordination.

• “IFS is the backbone of our global operations and ties procurement, production, logistics and finance together on a single platform,” says Jonatan Gustafsson, Business Application Manager at Kitron. “IFS Loops’ digital coworkers are therefore a natural extension. With structured operational data in place, we can apply AI where it delivers the most value. Automated order confirmations from suppliers save time, and early shortage forecasts allow us to secure production before problems arise.”

Kodiak Gas Services, with 800 field technicians across the US, implemented the digital coworker Material Replenisher, enabling technicians to quickly find and order parts through a chat interface. This has produced $3 million in annual return and freed 90,000 hours across the organization.

• “Building agents is easy; the hard part is governing how they are used,” says Somya Kapoor, CEO of IFS Loops. “Digital coworkers are not a one‑time deployment you leave behind. Like human employees, they evolve over time. Organizations begin by creating or adapting a digital coworker, test it in real workflows, then refine rules, guardrails and decision scopes. They then monitor performance in production. The continuous cycle of developing, testing and monitoring is what makes digital coworkers increasingly capable and reliable. That is how companies move from AI experimentation to AI in daily operations and achieve tangible results within weeks.”

More digital coworkers from IFS: new field service capabilities

IFS expands its field service offering with new digital coworkers built on its supply chain solutions, including:

• Service Planning Assistant — a digital coworker that continuously analyzes service demand, technician availability and operational constraints to enable predictive planning and scheduling.
• Dispatcher Assistant — a digital coworker that monitors service queues, identifies scheduling conflicts and suggests optimal resource allocation. Exceptions are escalated only when human judgment is required.
• Knowledge Manager — a digital coworker that delivers relevant, contextual information to field technicians by interpreting asset data, service history and company documentation in real time.

About IFS

IFS is a global leader in industrial AI and enterprise software for organizations that manufacture, maintain and service the world. Its technology enables companies that produce goods, operate complex assets and run service‑centric businesses to unlock the transformative potential of Industrial AI™ to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability.