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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

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Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. For example, Google Maps app is a public cloud application.

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Why manufacturers should integrate business intelligence tools into their ERP software

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Manufacturers rely on data and their ERP platform to answer critical questions: What are our inventory levels? Here’s an example. Mid-market manufacturers need a tool that’s tailored to their needs. The BI tool needs to be able to easily pull all this data together for analysis. ERP and business intelligence.

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Using ERP for flexible manufacturing

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With modern ERP systems , manufacturers can still be productive, as well as being agile. Flexible manufacturing is important as part of a make-to-order or assemble-to-order strategy that allows customized products and keeps inventories low. Tools such as scanning and PLC integration facilitates accuracy and timeliness of quality data.

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Four benefits of centralized analytics within your ERP system

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It’s common that manufacturing and distribution enterprises would use a third-party Business Intelligence (BI) solution to analyze and interpret data from their ERP system. One of the key strategies is leveraging embedded analytics within their ERP system to make faster data-driven decisions.

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Can ERP support lean manufacturing?

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However, manufacturers can only reap those benefits if they implement the right processes to enable this approach and embrace a strategy of continuous improvement. ERP in lean manufacturing. Data from the ERP system is the first step to optimizing the flow of products and services in your supply chain to reduce waste.

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

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The more technology shifts manufacturing structures, systems and strategies, the more business-critical ERP becomes, and proper techniques are needed to make processes more efficient. Manufacturing businesses – many of which have highly specialized requirements – need to look at the value of ERP strategically.

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How manufacturers and distributors can use ERP to gain control across the supply chain

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Longstanding weaknesses in the supply chain like port infrastructure, outdated supply chain strategies and impacts of natural disaster and wars have all further affected global supply chains. With reliable data from ERP manufacturers and distributors can use data analytics to respond to challenges.