Infor М3 ERP

The Infor M3 ERP (before Lawson M3) is an alternative to the systems of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Axapta (Microsoft Dynamics AX).

Advantages

• A system was projected for use on mid-scale businesses;
• Complex functionality: An ERP system of Infor of M3 (before Lawson M3) is equivalent to the systems of SAP and Oracle, but is configured more flexibly;
• Certain industry specialization;
• It is developed on Java technologies (works in the Internet browser);
• Multi-platform architecture (different DBMS are supported);
• It is less investment into an implementation project of this ERP system, than in projects of SAP products and Oracle, are comparable to the project cost of Axapta (Dynamics AX).

Comparison of the ERP system of Infor of M3 (before Lawson M3) with the closest competitors

Target clients

A system is focused on use by geographically distributed mid-scale businesses, quite certain list of the target industries, trading and productive activity. It is used on large enterprises with turnover in several one billion euros and the number of users up to 2 thousand in the centralized DB.

Functionality

The basic functionality of the ERP system gives opportunities for automation of all business processes of the enterprise.

2014: Infor М3 Fresh Food Planner

Infor M3 Fresh Food Planner is the new application of Infor company aimed at producers of perishable products of a power supply. Is the independent application, it is integrated as a component as a part of ERP.

Infor M3 of FFP offers a new method of production planning of fresh products. The newest concept of "step forecasting" provides (forecast pacing) the detailed analytics of a flow of the flowing and executed orders, up to hourly level. It will allow producers to do more exact forecasts using this tool, and in combination with fast creation of the reporting will provide effective daily planning of processes.

Unlike traditional solutions for planning, FFP it is intended for work directly with the operational ERP systems database and provides a direct information access about the current demand, the offer and warehouse stocks.

The purpose of creation of FFP - an opportunity for schedulers to adjust the forecasted demand and to plan production within one application that provides to producers of fresh foodstuff control over the changing situation.