Infor and AWS Bring Agentic AI to Manufacturing at Enterprise Scale
Agentic AI is quickly becoming a major focus in manufacturing, as companies look for smarter ways to automate operations, improve efficiency, and scale decision-making across complex workflows. In a recent press release from Infor, the company announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring industry-specific AI agents to manufacturing and distribution environments. The announcement highlights how these AI agents are designed to reason, plan, and act across business processes—moving beyond simple automation into more intelligent, workflow-driven support. The partnership focuses on solving a common challenge in manufacturing: scaling AI from pilot programs to real operational impact. Rather than relying on generic AI tools, Infor emphasizes industry-specific agents that understand manufacturing realities such as supply chains, bills of materials, production schedules, inventory movement, and financial operations. Built natively on AWS infrastructure, these agents aim to help manufacturers deploy AI securely and at enterprise scale. The press release also shares an early customer example through Xpress Boats, which reportedly used Infor’s AI and process mining tools to identify operational bottlenecks and reduce inefficiencies. Infor claims the company achieved measurable improvements, including faster issue diagnosis, reduced returns processing time, and lower expedited shipping costs. Moreover, agentic AI as the next phase of manufacturing transformation—not just helping teams automate repetitive work, but enabling systems to proactively coordinate decisions, surface risks, and improve operational performance across the enterprise.
