Keep production running You can only reach your potential as a manufacturer ifyour equipment, vehicles, and other hard assetsoperate at their potential. For manufacturing assetmanagement, the formula for success is actually prettysimple: Keep your equipment running safely at thelowest possible cost and you can keep your productionrunning to generate the highest possible return.

The formula may be simple, but executing on it isn’t.Asset management for any manufacturer is a complexundertaking. It’s part avoiding problems likeunscheduled downtime caused by a suddencomponent failure or a safety and compliance issuethat requires you to stop production. It’s part optimizingopportunities by minimizing energy consumption andefficiently managing maintenance processes to keepcosts down.

As a manufacturer, you have a unique set of assetmanagement challenges. Infor™ EAM ManufacturingEdition has been created specifically to help youaddress these challenges, so your assets contribute toyour success, not get in the way.

Benefit from experienceInfor’s combination of industry expertise andindustry-specific capabilities has made it a recognizedleader in enterprise asset management (EAM) formanufacturing companies. More than 10,000companies worldwide are using Infor EAM to bettermanage, maintain, and track their assets, so they canmake the day-to-day and strategic asset managementdecisions that keep their businesses performing at peak levels.

For more than 25 years, Infor has been helpingmanufacturing companies like yours address their assetmanagement challenges. With Infor EAM ManufacturingEdition, you can:

• Streamline the maintenance process to extend thelongevity of assets and improve productivity.

• Avoid costly unplanned production downtime.

• Manage inventory so you have the right parts, in theright quantities, at the right place, at the right time.

• Anticipate and mitigate potential safety andregulatory compliance issues.

• Improve warranty management so you maximizeyour recovery of repair costs.

• Improve employee productivity by offering accessto a consumer-grade user experience.

Maximize asset productivityWith Infor EAM Manufacturing Edition, you get the toolsyou need to make sure you focus resources on theright asset management tasks and get the work doneefficiently and safely.

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“Using Infor EAM and lean practices,we’ve realized 10% to 11% efficiencyimprovements, and our maintenancecosts have dropped by 5% to 10%.”—Milton Slagowski, MaintenanceManager, Heinz Frozen Food Co.

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You’ll be able to proactively manage physical assets,asset information, and maintenance activities, thanks tothe solution’s advanced integrated suite of modules,easy-to-use interface, and built-in configuration capabilities.

With Infor EAM Manufacturing Edition you can:

Monitor assets to increase reliability and save money.Maximize asset productivity and longevity by compilingdata such as location, cost history, warranties, claims,meters, permits, and documents. Use an easy-to-configure“family tree” capability to track the cost of individualassets; how they are progressing through their life cycle;and how they fit into the broader context of yourequipment, systems, and locations. Track usage withprecision, using metering capabilities that support anunlimited number of meters on a piece of equipment.Incorporate information from metering and other datacollection into a predictive analysis tool that helps youanticipate when an asset will fail. Automatically adjustpreventative maintenance schedules to compensate formaintenance jobs that are completed either sooner thanexpected or later.

Maximize your return from warranties. Track allmeter-based and data-based warranties, including anunlimited number of warranties for a specific asset. Trackall work orders that have a potential claim and efficientlyprocess warranty claims.

Minimize inventory costs without impacting production.Use inventory management capabilities to make sure youhave the right spare parts in the right quantities toefficiently take care of repairs and support spikes in yourproduction schedule.

Maximize workforce productivity. Track all aspects ofwork performed on assets, from installing new equipmentto issuing corrective or preventative maintenance workorders. Track and manage work requests, labor, planning,and scheduling to get the greatest return from yourhuman resources and physical assets. Give your users theability to create a work order and include multiple piecesof equipment, without having to specify a route.

Efficiently manage inspections. Set up qualitative andquantitative inspection schedules for individual assets tounderstand how they are operating, so you can bettermanage the asset and the materials you need to operateit. Automatically generate corrective work actions when aninspection result exceeds a preset limit.

Streamline procurement processes. Use purchasingmanagement capabilities to make sure you order the rightparts, and effectively keep track of delivery times, vendorperformance payments, and receipts. Use the InforiProcure module to automate the procurement of industrialspare parts by connecting buyers and more than 150spare parts suppliers. Plan work, track parts usage,manage stock levels, and replenish stock via the Internet.

Infor EAM Manufacturing Edition helpsyou:

• Increase the ROI from your assets.

• Maximize your production uptime.

• Minimize your asset downtime.

• Minimize energy consumption.

• Operate your assets safely.

• Stay in compliance with governmentregulations.

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Work smarterNot only can you improve the efficiency of your assetmanagement processes, you can reinvent them. Insteadof wasting time searching for information, you could beacting on it. All your employees can be productive from anywhere.

Infor EAM Manufacturing Edition is built ongroundbreaking technologies that deliver new levels ofusability, connectivity, and insight. Based on the latestadvances from both the consumer and enterprise worlds,these technologies can change everything you thoughtyou knew about business software.

Organized. Role-based dashboards and powerfulpersonalization tools let you arrange graphs, key metrics,priority alerts, and favorite inquiries on a single screen,giving you one place to go for all the information you needto make better decisions, faster.

Mobile. Infor mobile applications put the power of InforEAM Manufacturing Edition on your tablet or smartphone.Maintenance and asset managers can view up-to-dateinformation where they need it the most—at the point ofperformance. Users can remotely download workassignments from the Infor EAM Manufacturing Editiondatabase, create field-based work orders, use drill-downmenus to retrieve detailed information about a piece ofequipment, and capture actual “wrench time” as workoccurs. Your field service team will become dramaticallymore responsive, productive, efficient, and accurate. WithInfor mobile applications, out of the office doesn’t meanout of touch.

Confident. Alerts and pre-defined workflows delivercritical, role-based information automatically to yourdesktop, tablet, or smartphone. You will act faster withearly notification of late deliveries, missed shipments, andquality failures, so you can be more proactive with yoursuppliers and customers.

Connected. With inventory management in one system,purchasing management in another system, andpersonnel records in yet a third, it can be almostimpossible to get a complete picture of your business.Infor’s ION technology simplifies connectivity betweenyour existing applications, both Infor and non-Infor. Youget seamless integration and a unified user experienceacross all your systems.

Reliable. Infor EAM Manufacturing Edition provides asingle, reliable source for all your reports—even when thatinformation is drawn from multiple systems across yourbusiness. Out-of-the-box, you’ll enjoy the benefits ofpowerful, role-based reports and industry-specificbusiness measures derived from our 25 years in themanufacturing business.

Social. With our collaboration capabilities, you cantransform the way your company works. Imagine beingable to work together on the same project or document inreal time. Everyone in your organization will be able towork in communities of shared interest, collaborate moreeffectively, improve processes, act faster, be moreproductive, and get better results.

Use an easy-to-configure “family tree”capability to track the cost of individualassets; how they are progressingthrough their life cycle; and how they fitinto the broader context of yourequipment, systems, and locations.

Increase asset ROIKeep your production running at its peak with Infor EAMManufacturing Edition. You’ll avoid asset downtimebecause you’ll able to better predict and prevent assetfailures. And you won’t merely keep your assetsoperational, you’ll keep them operating at the lowestpossible cost and with the least risk of safety orcompliance issues. Customers using Infor EAMManufacturing Edition have reported a variety of positiveresults, including:

• 20% or more in energy reductions

• 30% reduction in inventory levels

• 20% reduction in inventory carrying costs

• 50% increase in warranty cost recovery

• 10% reduction in material costs

• 20% improvement in labor productivity

• 5% reduction in new equipment costs

• 50% reduction in purchasing process costs

You, too, can improve the effectiveness of your assets andmaximize productivity with Infor EAM ManufacturingEdition.

Set up qualitative and quantitativeinspection schedules for individualassets to understand how they areoperating, so you can better manage theasset and the materials you need tooperate it.

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