Discovery Guide an Overview of Infor’S Strategy & Solution Offerings
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SPRING 2016 Discovery Guide An Overview of Infor’s Strategy & Solution Offerings Infor.com Contents SECTION 1 Enterprise Release SECTION 2 Technology Platform 19 Infor Business 27 Infor ION 34 Infor Ming.le™ 40 Infor Mongoose Intelligence & Analytics SECTION 3 Infor CloudSuite™ Industry CloudSuites Business CloudSuites 48 Infor CloudSuite 61 Facilities Management 72 Hospitality 82 Business 52 Aerospace & Defense 64 Fashion 74 Industrial 85 Corporate 54 Automotive 67 Food & Beverage 77 Industrial Machinery 87 HCM 56 Distribution 70 Healthcare 80 Public Sector 58 Distribution Enterprise Infor Discovery Guide | 2 Contents SECTION 4 Core Application Portfolio Enterprise Resource Financial Management Business Applications Human Capital Planning Solutions Management 170 Customer & Marketing 91 Infor CloudSuite 154 Expense Management Management 207 Global HR/ Industrial (SyteLine) 159 Infor Lawson 173 Dynamic Enterprise Human Resource 96 LN Financials and Performance Management & Talent Management 101 LX Supply Management Management 210 HR Service Delivery 105 Infor M3 Chemicals 164 Infor SunSystems 178 Infor Risk and Compliance 211 Learning Management 110 Infor M3 Distribution 182 EAM Enterprise 214 Talent Science 115 Infor M3 Equipment 188 Configure Price Quote 216 Workforce 123 Infor M3 Fashion 192 PLM Accelerate Management 129 Infor M3 Food & Beverage 194 PLM Discrete 134 Infor M3 197 Optiva Manufacturing 200 Integrated Business 140 System 21 Planning/Sales & Operations Planning 144 Visual 201 Supply Chain 149 XA Execution SECTION 5 Industry Solutions 221 Distribution SX.e 226 Healthcare—Revenue 229 HMS 237 Public Sector— 224 Infor Cloverleaf Cycle Management 232 Public Sector (Hansen) Libraries Integration Suite 228 Care Workloads Infor Discovery Guide | 3 The“ lightweight, easy to install and configure Infor ION produced a quick return on investment.” John Vaughan Pride Industries Enterprise Release Infor Discovery Guide | 4 SECTION 1 Enterprise Release Faster, more collaborative, and easier to use. Enterprise Release Infor Discovery Guide | 5 The Infor Technology Platform Cloud, mobile, and science combine to help companies operate seamlessly, automatically, and intelligently—anywhere in the world. At Infor, we don’t believe in standing still. Your business doesn’t and neither do the customers you serve. Today matters, but what’s coming tomorrow? Knowing the answer is one thing. Shaping it is another matter entirely. That is our mission for one simple reason—it’s what you need to take your business to the next level. In the last 5 years, Infor has delivered over 11,500 product enhancements and 300 new applications. The 10x technology platform brought major enhancements to Infor’s core product lines. Rolling out during the course of 2016 will be the Xi technology platform—an evolution of 10x that features multi-tenancy, open source capabilities, mobile-first design, and dynamic science analytics. And we have no intention of stopping there. We will continue innovating with solutions and strategies based on the following three principles: • Specialized by industry—We understand that the needs of dairy producers are different than those of brewers or automotive manufacturers. As the world’s first industry cloud company, we have built industry-driven cloud suites that give you last-mile functionality with all the benefits of cloud deployment. Our range of industry solutions will continue to expand. • Powered by science—The next generation of enterprise software won’t just collect, report, and distribute information. Infor is investing in data science to give you solutions that will anticipate problems and respond with solutions. Our goal is to put the power of predictive analytics at your fingertips. • Built to work beautifully—Our intuitive, responsive, and elegant user experience design empowers Infor applications to work the way you do. We’ve replaced confusing workflows and complicated screens with a beautiful, consumer-inspired interface designed around each user’s role. This focus on creating experiences people love will remain a key guiding principle for every effort we undertake. We encourage you to explore this Discovery Guide and learn about all that Infor has to offer. Enterprise Release Infor Discovery Guide | 6 Infor Momentum Roadmap 2004 2011 2012 Founded in 2004 with a Infor Industry Teams Infor 10 Hook & Loop mission of deeper industry specialization Expert teams assigned Next Generation In-house design firm by industry Enterprise Suite to create beautiful user experiences • Common platforms for social, mobile, analytics, and integration • Integration across all products and applications • Global capabilities and industry-specific functionality 2013 2014 2016 Infor 10x Infor CloudSuite Infor Dynamic Science Infor Xi Labs Social collaboration and Industry-specific software Open source functionality cloud capabilities bundles deployed securely in Analytics that empower and mobile-first design the cloud the enterprise • Infor Ming.le™ social • In-context capabilities collaboration platform for every solution and and SoHo user interface role-based dashboards • Centralized reporting, • Support for open sources mobility, and analytics (Postgres Plus, Linux); single through a common platform set of APIs • Cloud service through • Modern cloud with Amazon® Web Services auto-scaling for better economics • Infor Customer Upgrade Program VisiON Science-powered business • Machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions • Workforce Management for healthcare • Price and performance optimization Enterprise Release Infor Discovery Guide | 7 What’s New? New cloud solutions GT Nexus Key benefits GT Nexus, acquired by Infor in 2015, built a world-class offering around a simple but powerful idea: put a single, cloud-based collaboration platform at the center of a huge but enormously Single cloud-based inefficient industry—global trade and logistics. The result is an offering that gives companies collaboration platform a rapid, low-cost way to enable hundreds of inter-company supply chain processes on a global scale and across entire trading communities to drive new levels of operational efficiency and Low-cost way to enable business agility. inter-company supply chain processes Together, Infor and GT Nexus will redefine modern manufacturing and global trade by providing customers with a global commerce cloud that offers unprecedented supply chain visibility into goods in transit and at rest, as well as the ability to control and optimize production. Unprecedented Multi-enterprise partners will collaborate in Infor’s commerce cloud to design, plan, build, supply chain visibility ship, and deliver products faster and more accurately match them to actual demand with less buffer inventory. Benefits will include reduced inventory buffer in the supply chain, faster delivery times, optimized transit costs, and the ability to handle frequent order changes based on market conditions. The combination of Infor’s CloudSuite™ applications and the GT Nexus cloud will represent the future of multi-enterprise manufacturing and commerce. Infor CloudSuite Distribution Key benefits Infor CloudSuite Distribution is a ready-to-run solution built especially to meet the needs of Streamline key the distribution industry. Offering all the benefits of cloud deployment, the solution provides processes across proven capabilities in key areas like inventory management, order processing, pricing and your business rebates, supply chain and procurement, value-added services, financials, and more. You get a functionally rich, comprehensive, cloud-based suite designed to optimize your business, keep all of your distribution systems and data current and reliable, lower costs, increase Flexibility and scalability profits, and get 24x7x365 access to your core business systems and data in a secure, to easily take on new flexible, hassle-free environment. markets Optimize every facet of your operation— from omni-channel sales, supply chain management, and procurement, to financials, value add, and more. Enterprise Release Infor Discovery Guide | 8 What’s New? cont’d New cloud solutions Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise Key benefits Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise is a multisite, multi-company, multicurrency, and Support for 43 multi-language solution that gives wholesale distributors visibility into virtually every facet countries and 18 of their enterprise—including suppliers, customers, and products—across all markets. And it languages—to make does all this within a secure infrastructure built specifically for the distribution industry. Infor expanding into new CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise features robust capabilities that encompass everything geographies easier from sales management to supply chain management, value-added services, purchasing, complex pricing, financial management, rebate management, demand planning, and more. Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise provides comprehensive, end-to-end functionality Preconfigured industry- that can help boost performance across your entire organization. leading business processes, templates, and more to speed deployment Supports key processes, including sales, inventory and warehouse management, and value-add services Infor CloudSuite Facilities Management Key benefits Infor CloudSuite Facilities Management is a set of proven solutions that includes a core enterprise asset management system combined with high-value extension applications—all Better visibility delivered in the cloud. Designed to boost performance