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Process Manufacturing Essentials

White Paper Published By: Infor

Over 250 process-industry specific manufacturing customers have partnered with Infor to implement their ERP and Supply Chain Essentials at more than 700 facilities and used by thousands of people around the world. These customers include some of the world's largest companies in their respective industries.



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erp, scm, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, manufacturing, infor

Infor
Published:  Feb 27, 2007
Type:  White Paper
Length:  9 pages


Infor Key Strengths
For Process Manufacturing
Since its inception, Infor has focused on understanding the unique nuances of the food, beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical and CPG companies which we serve. This attention to the details of their business has worked well for our customers in that the solutions they implement and the services they receive help them quickly achieve tangible results. Our focus on developing industry specific expertise allows us to provide unique capabilities that provide a higher return on investment and deliver performance driven improvements. Corporately, this focus on understanding the unique nuances of the industries in which we serve is Infor's number one strength. This overarching "focus" can be seen throughout our organization, customers, services as well as our application Infor Process Manufacturing solutions. Essentials Includes: Organization and Customers Supply Chain Planning Infor has dedicated executive management, professional services consultants, prod-Advanced Planning uct management, account managers and others who are focused on helping our Advanced Scheduling Demand Planning food, beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical and CPG customers improve their supply chain operations. As a result, we have over 250 process-industry specific manufac-ERP turing customers who have partnered with Infor to implement our ERP and supply Procure-to-Pay chain Essentials at more than 700 facilities and used by thousands of people Design-to-Deploy around the world. These customers include some of the world's largest companies Manage the Enterprise in their respective industries. Order-to-Cash Plan to Produce Services Global Financials Infor Professional Services consultants in process manufacturing are some of the Financial Accounting industries most knowledgeable. With an average of more than 11 years experience Fixed Asset Accounting each, our consultants have helped customers achieve breakthrough results by lever-Cost Accounting Financial and Cash Management aging Infor solutions to deliver improvements like: Operations Control . Reduced Inventory Corporate Management . Decreased Obsolescence HR Management . Increased Asset Utilization Performance Management . Reduced WIP Inventory . Reduced Manufacturing Cost Warehouse Management/Logistics . Lower Overall Costs . Better On-Time Customer Performance
Integrated Application Solutions Each of Infors' products was designed to deliver optimum value to customers by providing distinctive ca-pabilities that are focused on the unique nuances of their business. As a result, each product individu-ally has numerous strengths for customers and together they provide a powerful, integrated solution. As an integrated solution, customers receive numerous benefits and assurances.
Single Source for Support As customers make the important business decision to invest in a mission critical supply chain and/or ERP solution, they want to know that the company they are partnering with will support that implemented solution without interruption. Since Infor develops, implements and supports its core products itself, customers never have to worry about the product's support ending or the product languishing without im-provement.
Designed to Work Together Infor has invested considerably in making sure that as customers implement one or multiple Infor prod-ucts, there is seamless data transfer between those products as well as to other enterprise applications (including competitive products). Our integration capabilities provide unsurpassed value to our custom-ers. Through Integration Hub, customers can build a powerful integration system whereby all of their supply chain applications share a common integration point and can all share data.
Reduced Time to Implement Because Infor ERP and Supply Chain Planning products are designed to work together, Infor has taken the headache out of product integration. Sure, implementing solutions from disparate solutions might still result in success--but at what cost and in what kind of time frame?
Advanced Capabilities Through many years of experience working with customers who have implemented both our ERP and Sup-ply Chain solutions, we have been able to deliver unique capabilities that help achieve value more quickly. These capabilities draw from the unique knowledge and data that each of the product poss... [download for more]

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