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Aleksey Osintsev, Senior Research Analyst // March 2015
Infor M3 by Infor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Discrete Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing
Mixed-mode Manufacturing
Engineer-to-order Manufacturing
Fashion Industries
Financial Packages
Table of Contents
About This Report .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Infor—Putting Innovation at the Center of Business .............................................................................................. 4
Benchmark Results for Infor M3 ............................................................................................................................ 7
Infor M3 for Discrete Manufacturing .............................................................................................................. 8
Infor M3 for Process Manufacturing ............................................................................................................... 9
Infor M3 for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ..................................................................................................... 10
Infor M3 for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ............................................................................................ 11
Infor M3 for Fashion Industries ..................................................................................................................... 12
Infor M3 for Financial Packages .................................................................................................................... 13
Product Review: Infor M3 .................................................................................................................................... 14
Fit and Finish ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Support of Processes ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Major New Functionality ............................................................................................................................... 20
Key Product Differentiators ........................................................................................................................... 21
TEC Analyst Observations on Infor M3 ................................................................................................................. 22
Detailed Functionality Graphs for Infor M3.......................................................................................................... 23
Infor M3 Functionality for Discrete Manufacturing ...................................................................................... 25
Infor M3 Functionality for Process Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 32
Infor M3 Functionality for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ............................................................................... 39
Infor M3 Functionality for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ...................................................................... 47
Infor M3 Functionality for Fashion Industries ............................................................................................... 54
Infor M3 Functionality for Financial Packages .............................................................................................. 62
About This Report
Infor—Putting Innovation at the
Center of Business
Benchmark Results for Infor M3
Product Review: Infor M3
TEC Analyst Observations on
Infor M3
Detailed Functionality Graphs for
Infor M3
Infor M3 Functionality for Discrete Manufacturing .............................................................................................. 25
Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 25
Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 26
Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 27
Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 28
Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 29
Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 30
Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 31
Infor M3 Functionality for Process Manufacturing ............................................................................................... 32
Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 33
Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 34
Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 35
Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 36
Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 37
Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 38
Infor M3 Functionality for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 39
Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 39
Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 40
Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 41
Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 42
Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 43
Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 44
Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 45
Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 46
Infor M3 Functionality for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ............................................................................... 47
Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 47
Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 48
Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 49
Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 50
Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 51
Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 52
Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 53
Infor M3 Functionality for Fashion Industries ...................................................................................................... 54
Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 54
Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 55
Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 56
Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 57
Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 58
Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 59
Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 60
Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 61
Infor M3 Functionality for Financial Packages ...................................................................................................... 62
General Ledger ............................................................................................................................. 62
Accounts Payable ......................................................................................................................... 63
Fixed Assets .................................................................................................................................. 64
Cost Accounting ........................................................................................................................... 65
Cash Management ....................................................................................................................... 66
Budgeting ..................................................................................................................................... 67
Accounts Receivable (A/R) ........................................................................................................... 68
Financial Reporting ...................................................................................................................... 69
Project Accounting ....................................................................................................................... 70
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