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Infor LN™

Infor LN™ ERP (also known as Baan ERP) is a flexible, modular enterprise resource management and planning solution developed from more than 45 years of manufacturing experience, with a focus on discrete manufacturing.

Extensive manufacturing management functionality is supported by modules for finance, invoice management, sales, manufacturing, CRM, purchasing, logistics and planning, and quality management. This modular functionality allows medium and large companies to standardize their information and automate business processes across their global and international structures.

Through Infor LN™, companies gain access to a powerful set of tools for operational management of production processes, as well as excellent traceability of financial resources. In addition, Infor LN™ features are developed according to global industry best practices.

Resources for Infor LN™

Infor LN™ Manufacturing. Download Brochure (source: www.infor.com): Infor LN Overview

Manufacturing Excellence for the Modern Era, driven by Infor LN™. Download Brochure: Infor Factory Track for Infor LN

Triumph Motorcycles and Infor LN™ on the journey to ERP modernization. Download Case Study: Triumph Customer Case Study

A solution for manufacturing companies. How Infor LN helps GAI spur innovative bottling machine production. Download Case Study: GAI Customer Case Study

Infor LN™ Features and Modules

Infor LN™ delivers ERP capabilities that combine an innovative and modern user experience design with highly industry-adapted functionality. See the different modules and functionalities available in Infor LN™:

Invoice Management

Invoice management is related to: sales, projects, supplies, warehousing, freight, services, interest from accounts receivable, cash management, sales invoices.

Sales Management

Includes management and planning for the entire sales process. Maintaining sales data. Key functionalities include sales data management, sales quotes, sales orders, sales contracts, sales schedules, margin control, consumption processing, re-billing, commissions and discounts, statistics and analytics.

Project Management

Ability to manage projects through all stages of the project cycle, from inception to completion. Key functions and features of the function include contract management, project definition, estimating, project budgeting, scheduling, requirements planning, project progress, monitoring, invoicing.

CRM

The CRM module supports marketing and sales, manages customer and partner relationships. CRM enables scheduling activities and ability to work with business partners, work with selected contacts, opportunities to register sales and other tasks. All activities can be tracked in the module.
Any type of information about business partners, sales opportunities, contacts, and sales and marketing activities can be registered in CRM.

Manufacturing Management

The Manufacturing function manages production processes. It supports different types of production - MTS, MTO, ETO, CTO, ATO. Manage and control different type and level of complexity for production processes including detailed management of production orders, distribution, and purchasing:

  • Cost and pricing.
  • Project planning and management.
  • Controlling production orders.
  • Configuring many variations of the finished product with CPQ.
  • Planning and creating assembly orders.

Finance Management

The Financials function provides an effective tool for financial management, at group and at company level. Budgeting and planning features, such as single dimension budgets and activity-based costing. Ability to manage more than one finance company and to control balance sheet information, payables and receivables at group or company level.

Service Management

The module is applicable to service management, including service management, maintenance management, repair management of products, equipment, and systems.
Service and maintenance management are applicable to many and varied products including computers, medical equipment, climate control equipment, and automobiles.

Manufacturing Planning

The module manages the company's production planning, with the ability to manage more than one company location. It supports production, purchasing, and distribution planning. Detailed planning of production orders, purchasing, and distribution. Analysis tools are available.

Quality Management

The module supports company-wide quality management. It manages the activities required to control the flow of products, selected for inspection. It also supports quality control of intermediate and final products.

Warehouse Management

The module manages inventory and replenishment, as well as the related derived tasks for accounting and analyzing the movement of goods. Planned and actual inventory transactions are created, based on a specific request to receive or issue an inventory. 

Freight Management

Module for planning transport activities, planning freight or subcontracting the transportation of incoming and outgoing goods. Helps to choose the most cost-effective way to transport goods. Ability to invoice transportation costs and track shipments.

Localization and Translation

Infor LN™ helps companies comply with regulatory requirements in more than 46 countries and operate in more than 26 different languages. The localization of the system is provided and maintained by Infor and meets the requirements of both local legislation and international accounting standards.

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Advantages of Infor LN™

Infor LN™ is a powerful tool suitable for medium and large manufacturing companies that need a modern, flexible and scalable ERP system. The benefits of implementing Infor LN™ in your organization include effective management of operational and manufacturing processes - Infor LN™ helps optimize company processes and increase their efficiency. Infor LN™ provides the ability to aggregate, analyze, and access real-time statistics related to operational and manufacturing processes, resulting in informed decision-making. Infor LN™ provides customized solutions for specific industries to help companies meet their unique industry-specific requirements.

Infor LN™ helps manufacturing companies quickly and efficiently improve productivity, optimize operational processes, reduce costs, and effectively manage their business operations. Benefit from implementing Infor LN™:

  • Innovative and modern design
  • Unique virtualized architecture
  • Focus on manufacturing
  • Industry specialization
  • Improved control
  • Optimized productivity
  • Increased efficiency
  • Real-time traceability
  • Easy to configure and integrate.

Infor LN™ supports different modes of production and manufacturing

 

 

Infor LN™  supports a variety of manufacturing types, making it a versatile ERP solution applicable across a wide range of industries and industries. The types of manufacturing that Infor LN™ supports include:

  1. Make to Stock (MTS): Producing goods for inventory based on demand forecasts.
  2. Make to Order (MTO): Manufacturing items after receiving a customer order.
  3. Engineer to Order (ETO): Customizing products according to specific requirements, often involving engineering and design work.
  4. Configure to Order (CTO): Allowing customers to select from predefined options and configurations to create a product.
  5. Assemble to Order (ATO): Assembling products from pre-manufactured components based on specific customer orders.
  6. Project-Based Manufacturing: Managing complex projects that involve custom manufacturing, often used in industries like aerospace and defense.
  7. Repetitive Manufacturing: Producing the same product in a continuous flow.

Compatibility of Infor LN™ with your IT infrastructure

 

Infor LN™ offers rapid deployment, easy maintenance, flexibility in module selection and integration. Infor LN™ runs on databases of all types - Oracle, Microsoft SQL, IBM DB2, Postgre SQL. Infor LN™ is designed to be compatible with different infrastructure scenarios, offering the flexibility to accommodate different deployment models and different IT infrastructures - On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Hybrid, Multi-Cloud, Global Multi-site.

Infor LN™ can integrate with other IT systems and support global and international operational/production processes across geographies, making it a versatile ERP solution.

These capabilities make Infor LN™ the preferred choice for large and mid-size manufacturing companies that want to capitalize on the capabilities of the latest technologies and various infrastructure solutions, while also wanting retaining the ability to scale operations and adapt quickly to the changing demands of the business environment.

How Infor LN™ helps Triumph Motorcycles to improve the customer experience

Watch the video to see how Triumph Motorcycles transformed their business using Infor LN™ business software to enable:

  • Knowing what is being produced, and the current state of production, at all its plants around the world.
  • Committing to a delivery date for each customer.
  • Providing its customers with up-to-date order status.

  

How Thales manages its business transformation using Infor LN™

Thales creates advanced technology systems for the aerospace, transport, and defense industries, as well as for industries such as information security and aviation. In partnership with Infor, the company is embarking on a modernization program to enhance its competitive edge, attract and retain top talent, and align business needs with the capabilities of its IT infrastructure. Watch this video to see how Thales is managing its business transformation using the Infor LN™ ERP platform.

      

Visit Infor LN™

Global organizations supporting discrete manufacturing around the world use Infor LN™ (in both On-premise and Cloud implementations) to extract timely information in order to quickly adapt to the requirements of their customers and suppliers, as well as to fully meet various regulatory requirements. Visit the Infor LN™ website to find out more product information, videos, white papers, marketing materials, implementation success stories and other resources. Don't hesitate to contact Frontstep Bulgaria to accelerate the process of selecting the right ERP system for your business.

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