In the market of ERP - large merge

On Tuesday the companies Infor also Golden Gate Capital completed acquisition Lawson Software. In April Lawson accepted the offer of the companies in the amount of $2 billion. The deal is closed on July 5, in six days after an official approval by most of shareholders Lawson.

Many clients of Lawson are concerned by the events. Their alarm is caused by reputation of Infor company, its aggressive absorption and the subsequent minimum actions in questions of application integration, irregularity of service and support. But in October of last year Infor was headed by the ex-president of Oracle Charles Phillips and appointed the chief assistants to four proteges according to Oracle.

When in April the offer of Infor was accepted, Phillips issued the extensive address to clients of Lawson in which promised that Infor will be "a reliable, initiative and sympathetic partner".

In the message published on Wednesday Infor declared the immediate beginning of works on mutual integration at once of three couples of products Infor and Lawson which will be offered this year. FMS SunSystems Enterprise it will be integrated with ERP- S3 system from Lawson for support of two-level management of finance. S3 will support financial planning and management in the headquarters while FMS SunSystems will provide simpler and less expensive option for subsidiary companies.

The second interface assumes integration of S3 with an asset management system (Enterprise Asset Management) of Infor company, expanding with it possibilities of S3 in management of transactions, control and maintenance of fixed assets. And the third pair for integration: Workforce Management from Infor and Human Capital Management from Lawson. The purpose - creation of a single system of management of everything that is connected with personnel, including a basis of HR, talent management, e-learning, time supervision and presence, payroll.

According to Phillips, the events reflects the potential of partnership and fast rate of development of combined actions. "We will continue to work, offering depth of functionality of industry applications, especially in such key industries as manufacturing industry, health care, distribution, the budget sphere", - he emphasized.

As the deal is closed, many expect further acquisitions from Infor. To Phillips not to get used to merges and absorption, he carried out tens of transactions in seven years to Oracle.

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