Infor ERP Software Review



Infor ERP

* Ideal for makers of highly complex products, the manufacturing components of Infor ERP enable businesses to improve visibility and be more proactive.
* Customers can automate the planning process across their business to create consistent production plans and deliver the right product on time and on budget.
* Execution management capabilities integrate shop floor information by capturing real-time manufacturing data so customers can adapt their processes and reduce costs.
* With Infor ERP, customers can also extend the traditional ERP footprint beyond the production environment to the entire supply chain by accelerating the flow of detailed production and procurement information between their operations and their suppliers.

Infor ERP Adage

* A comprehensive, flexible, advanced ERP solution for process manufacturers that facilitates production of consistent quality and compliant products to meet variable demand.

Infor ERP LN and IInfor ERP BAAN

* An advanced, easy-to-use ERP solutions that bring together a wide range of business functions to serve the needs of leading discrete and project-based manufacturers.

Infor Storefront

* A state-of-the-art web foundation designed to provide a superior shopping experience on both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) websites.

Infor ERP SyteLine

* Infor SyteLine provides a solid foundation to help improve business efficiency, customer service and overall productivity.

*Infor SyteLine works for a wide array of industries including metal fabrication, industrial equipment and machinery and high-tech electronics.

*Easily integrates with:

  • sales and customer relationships
  • accounting/financials
  • supply chain
  • product data
  • inventory
  • production
  • human resources

Infor ERP SX.Enterprise

* A robust distribution management solution specifically designed to help distributors of all types run an efficient, end-to-end operation to increase inventory turns and maximize margins.

Infor ERP Visual

* A complete solution for small to mid-size discrete manufacturers that delivers support for their full business lifecycle, through planning, sourcing, making, and delivering.


Infor SCM (Supply Chain Management)

* Infor SCM’s supply chain logistics and inventory management software solutions help companies reduce supply chain operational costs for increased profitability, improve customer service to enhance competitiveness, and manage growth and expansion to improve revenues and market share.
* Infor Supply Chain Management is a global solution with implementations at over 1,600 customer sites in 40 countries
* Infor SCM delivers a smart solution suite that comprises Strategic Network Design, Demand Planning, Distribution Planning, Manufacturing Planning, .Production Scheduling, Transportation and Logistics Planning, Warehouse Management, and Event Management.
* RFID—Infor SCM provides a comprehensive RFID-enablement framework delivering business value through process optimization for manufacturers and other companies, as well as compliance solutions for retail, pharmaceuticals, the US Department of Defense, and others.

Infor SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
* This advanced electronic data interchange (EDI) and web-enabled solution delivers faster, more accurate insight into the supply chain—insight that enables customers to save millions of dollars by replacing fax and value-added network (VAN) communications, minimizing premium freight charges, improving supplier performance, and lowering administrative expenses.
* Infor’s SRM solution helps companies achieve technology-enabled business process excellence, increase productivity and cash flow, improve operational efficiency and quality, and increase supplier visibility.
* The company’s solutions suite allows organizations to respond faster to change and opportunity, enable innovation, and profit from a strong, flexible, lean supply chain.
* Infor SCM complements an existing ERP software system with electronic communication of demand to all suppliers and helps deploy lean replenishment methods with its electronic Kanban and supplier-managed inventory capabilities.
* With Infor SCM, businesses run more efficient supply operations, reduce inventory levels, increase order accuracy, and gain the flexibility to respond immediately to changes in customer demand.

Infor SRM SupplyWeb
* Infor SRM SupplyWeb is the leading supplier relationship management (SRM) solution in the automotive industry. Infor SRM SupplyWeb version 10 includes new features to improve collaboration between customers and suppliers, providing new tools designed to enhance data accuracy, and demand and order management.
* SupplyWeb offers manufacturers the benefits of a proven SRM solution that is easily integrated into their existing ERP system. For customers, this new version of SupplyWeb demonstrates Infor’s commitment to enrich the value of their current investments, extend their core ERP applications with new business-specific solutions and evolve the Infor product line to produce next-generation solutions.
* SupplyWeb significantly strengthens the relationship between suppliers in the supply chain with the addition of new modules, Production Invoicing and Purchase Order Collaboration, which automate specific business functions related to order processing.
* Production Invoicing improves data accuracy between customers and suppliers, eliminates discrepancies in pricing and payables and allows for more timely payments from the customer.
* Purchase Order Collaboration facilitates a purchase order negotiation process, allowing customers and suppliers to set terms before committing to an order.


Infor HCM

* A web-enabled human capital management system that is used by enterprising companies around the globe to turn human resources into competitive advantage.
* Accommodates multiple languages, currencies, banks, tax definitions, benefits, security configurations, and platforms.

Resource Management
Provides a web-enabled talent management system from hiring to retirement—including secure, centralized databases for housing vital employee information; flexible tools for administering multiple progressive benefit plans; and a framework for processing complex payrolls.

Workforce Management (formerly Workbrain)
Infor’s workforce management solution addresses all the processes critical to making sure an organization’s workforce is a major contributor to the satisfaction of its customers and the success of its enterprise. Workforce Management includes:

Workforce Scheduling
An advanced suite of industry-focused scheduling solutions to forecast, schedule, and optimize labor deployment.

Workforce Time and Attendance
An industry-leading solution that automates and standardizes time and labor processes to meet the needs of large, distributed enterprises.

Workforce Absence
A comprehensive absence management solution that automates and integrates the entire absence and leave-management process.

Workforce Planning
A full-featured solution that efficiently generates accurate labor budgets and forecasts to improve the daily execution of scheduling and time and attendance processes.

Workforce Performance
Tools that provide real-time analytical insight into productivity and performance to support fact-based decisions.

Talent Management
* Helps companies recruit and hold on to highly qualified people, build on their strengths, reward their accomplishments, provide them with advancement opportunities, and increase their overall effectiveness.
* Enables companies to automate core human resource processes and better connect managers and employees in real time.


Infor FMS (Financial Management System)

INFOR FMS (Financial Management System) solutions include:
* Financial Accounting—general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory, and fixed assets applications.
* Project Accounting—asset management and project tracking applications.
* Expense Management—expense report, travel plan, payment request, and time capture applications.

Infor FMS - Financial Accounting
Financial accounting solutions from Infor are integrated, functionally-rich applications that give organizations the strength and versatility required not only to perform basic financial resource management tasks, but also to make their entire finance and accounting department operate more efficiently. Components include:
- General Ledger—Combines solid control with abundant analytical power
- Accounts Receivable—Provides comprehensive tools for credit, cash, and customer management in a timely manner with accurate, up-to-the-day information.
- Accounts Payable—Automates payables processing functions and addresses issues such as approving invoices, processing payments, and integrating with purchasing and financial systems.
- Purchasing—Assures the right goods are available while providing maximum cost control.
- Inventory—Delivers the flexibility to support the organization’s unique inventory operations and provides warehouse management capabilities that can be tailored to each warehouse.
- Fixed Assets—Allows the efficient tracking and maintenance of all information needed for financial and tax accounting, property control, and depreciation forecasting.

Infor FMS - Project Accounting
Infor FMS project accounting software helps companies manage even complex, multi-year, international projects profitably. As part of its multinational financial management offering, Infor’s project accounting software integrates easily with other financial management systems such as general ledgers, fixed assets, and more. Together, these solutions provide end-to-end financial control and transparency. Infor’s component solutions for project accounting include:
- Asset Management—Measures, monitors, and protects enterprise assets to ensure service continuity, achieve regulatory compliance, and reach operational goals.
- Project Tracking—Creates and manages budgets, captures commitments and expenditures, and calculates and tracks billing and revenue.

Infor FMS - Expense Management
Infor software for expense management enables enterprising companies to improve business results in real time by automating and reducing costs of key spend-related business processes, analyzing and benchmarking activities for ongoing insight, and enabling instantaneous updates and enforcement of policies related to employee-initiated spending. Key capabilities of Infor FMS Expense Management let businesses
- Enforce travel policy compliance.
- Negotiate vendor savings.
- Reduce unnecessary and unauthorized purchases.
- Increase accuracy of time billed to clients.
- Increase foreign taxes reclaimed.
- Reduce expense, travel, procurement, and time capture administrative costs.
This solution offers the following functionality, which can be used independently or together:
- Travel Plans—Performs pre-trip authorization and travel procurement.
- Expense Reports—Automates the entire expense reporting process, from report creation to approval and reimbursement.
- Payment Requests—Automates employee-initiated requests for vendor payments
- Timesheets—Provides quick and accurate time capture for exempt and non-exempt employees.