Infor Helps Process Manufacturers Get More Relevant Information Faster

Infor today announced general availability of Infor MyDay for Infor ERP Adage. Infor MyDay is a dynamic Web 2.0 user interface for Infor applications that provides central access to the critical information users need to excel in their daily work. For no additional charge, customers of Infor ERP Adage 5.0 or higher with active maintenance plans are able to take advantage of Infor MyDay. Infor ERP Adage is a comprehensive ERP solution for process manufacturers.

"We view Infor MyDay as a key enabler in reducing the complexity of obtaining business information from a variety of sources and getting it into the hands of decision makers when they need it," said Richard Langen, business system analyst for Nomaco Inc., a global leader in custom thermoplastic foam extrusions and molded products. "Integrating data from nine disparate systems around the world and subsequently presenting that information in a personalized manner, tailored to an employee's role within our organization is vital to our ability to thrive and compete globally."

Infor MyDay Personalizes Information Delivery

More intelligent than a dashboard, Infor MyDay delivers real-time, critical business information to business users in a single interface on their desktops, enabling them to spend more time acting on information instead of gathering it. Its capabilities include predefined reports and graphic representations of key performance indicators (KPIs), delivered in a personalized format based on specific functions in key business areas such as Purchasing, Sourcing, Processing, Accounting, and Accounts Payable. More than 150 function-specific roles will be accommodated in the future, along with tasks and alerts to help guide business users through daily actions. Based on in-depth research into the roles and working life of real users, Infor MyDay presents content from Infor applications in a personalized format, allowing users to easily drill-down to underlying transactional data and make sound decisions that create value for the organization.

Infor MyDay reduces the need for IT to build customized reports for different business users, lowering total cost of ownership of ERP software. Furthermore, business users can personalize their own views of the data without support from IT.

Employees in the Purchasing and Sourcing departments can use the system's consolidated data reporting to make business decisions that reduce excess expenditures, manage vendor viability risks and identify ways to consolidate multiple vendors and suppliers. Infor MyDay reports provide users in the Sales department immediate visibility into trends in sales volume and customer service levels, as well as the costs of servicing customers.

Users in Finance and Accounting can gain greater insight, in less time, to cash flow, total cost-to-serve customers and total cost-to-quality, which enables them to make more informed decisions that improve profitability and productivity.

"Access to pertinent, real-time business data across an organization is paramount to making better business decisions, as well as improving operations and customer service," said Rory Granros, director of process solution marketing, Infor. "Infor MyDay takes ERP capabilities to the next level by providing visibility into the 'why' and not just the 'what' of business operations by filtering data by job function and relevancy, delivering it in a condensed home-page format so that users can quickly make decisions and take actions to improve overall performance."

Infor Open SOA

Infor MyDay utilizes Infor Open SOA, a unique, event-driven service-oriented architecture (SOA) that leverages an industry standard business language to distribute data between Infor solutions and other systems. Infor Open SOA provides a standards-based approach for integration of both Infor and non-Infor systems and data sources. Through Infor Open SOA, Infor customers can rapidly and economically add Infor, third-party and in-house software applications without the need to "rip-and-replace" software or interrupt other systems during operations, a key benefit to Infor Open SOA. Infor Open SOA allows future component-based enhancements to Infor solutions to be delivered in the same non-disruptive manner, easing the implementation process for future technology integrations.

Additional Resources

Infor ERP Adage MyDay Datasheet - http://sn.im/inforerpadage_myday
Infor ERP Adage Website - http://sn.im/infor_erpadage
Infor MyDay Launch Press Release - http://sn.im/myday_pressrelease
Infor Open SOA - http://www.infor.com/solutions/opensoa/
Infor Blog "Process Manufacturers Seize the Day with Infor MyDay" - http://sn.im/myday_adage
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