Upcoming Events October 2023

The Infor community is kicking off the Fall season with a pair of upcoming in-person user events. Mark your calendars!

 

Fall MRLUG Meeting at Infor HQ

Hosted by: Infor Metropolitan Region Lawson User Group

When: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 from 8:00AM to 5:00PM (US/Eastern)

Where: Infor Headquarters 641 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011

ONLY 46 Seats left, $99.00 Per Person

***Each attendee will receive an Apple Tag and phone charger!***
(Must be present to receive)


GREAT NEWS!
Soma Somasundaram, CTO and President of Products & Customer Success is kicking off the MLRUG event, you won’t want to miss it!

As CTO and President of Products, Soma Somasundaram defines Infor’s technology strategy and manages the design and rollout of the company’s full suite of business applications. He makes sure that Infor’s unique technology platform is the robust connective tissue that gives customers unmatched flexibility. As leader of customer success and enablement, Soma enjoys meeting with customers, learning their needs and pain points, then developing and incorporating solutions in our software. He guides internal teams in Support and Education to ensure customers optimize the business value of their Infor investments.

Soma has more than 40 years of experience in enterprise resource planning, supply chain, and financial applications. He also brings global business experience to Infor, having worked in many countries, including India, Germany, Australia, the UK, and the US. Soma has been with Infor from the start and has continually applied his comprehensive understanding of the IT industry to play an integral role in the growth and development of Infor.

There will be Version 10 Infor and birds of a feather sessions, as well as networking opportunities with your peers!


Welcome reception will be held at the DoubleTree Hilton on October 18th, 7pm – 9pm open bar and appetizers will be served. RSVP to [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: Room Blocks will be available for the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York City – Chelsea soon for the night of the 18th.

Booking Link: https://group.doubletree.com/m42m7b hotel link will expire on September 18th. 


If you would like to share any suggestions for this meeting, or join the MRLUG Board please let us know by placing a note in the conversations area by clicking HERE


Assistance with registration? Contact Loring Kaveney, email: [email protected]
Vendor/session questions? Contact John Papas, email: [email protected]
Payment/Invoicing? Contact Maryellen O’Conner, email: maryellen.o’[email protected]
General questions? Contact Karen Sickler email: [email protected] or Donnell Perkins, email: [email protected]

Where: Infor Headquarters
641 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011

Please Note: There are limited seats for this meeting. Also, due to security no walk in registrations will be accepted and registration will close on October 13th, 2023.

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IMSUG Fall 2023 Event

Hosted by: Infor Mid-South User Group

When: Friday, October 27th, 2023 from 9:00 to 3:30 (US/Central)

Where: HCA Healthcare Conference Center 2545 Park Plaza Nashville, TN 37203

Date: Friday, October 27th

  Time: 8:00 am CST. to 3:30 pm CST.

  We are excited to get together again in person! 

 

The meeting is open to all IMSUG member companies and their employees to attend for FREE.

Locations:
HCA Healthcare Conference Center
2545 Park Plaza
Nashville,TN 37203


For questions please contact: Danny Jenkins, [email protected][email protected] or [email protected]

Don’t forget to click here to “FOLLOW” our group to stay up to date with IMSUG!

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Upcoming Events September 2023

Infor is back this month with open registration to October MT Release Highlights sessions. Per the Infor support announcement, “We’ve transitioned to delivering Feature Releases on a semi-annual cadence in April and October, with Service Releases on a monthly cadence. Feature Releases are planned releases that contain new features, functionality, and technical innovations that are generally available (GA) and ready for customer adoption. The upcoming release in October will be the first Feature Release under this new process. To help you prepare, we are hosting several informative, industry-focused Release Highlights sessions, where we’ll share what’s coming in the October Feature Release and showcase how these advancements can take your projects to new heights. Please register for any of the applicable sessions with the links provided below:”

 

Register for the October MT Release Highlights sessions below:

Process Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Distribution, and Retail Industries

Hosted by: Infor

When: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 from 10:00 to 2:30 (US/Eastern)

Overview

  • M3 Common Areas, Platform Technology, Analytics, Financials and Localization Release Highlights, Tuesday, September 05, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT
  • M3 industry functionality Release Highlights, Tuesday, September 05, 2023, 11:05 AM EDT
  • CloudSuite Distribution (SX.e), Infor Service Management, Platform Technology Release Highlights, Tuesday, September 05, 2023, 12:30 PM EDT
  • Infor Warehouse Management System (WMS) Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT

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Discrete Manufacturing Industries

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 from 9:00 to 1:45 (US/Eastern)

Overview

  • LN Cloud common areas, Platform Technology, Finance and Localization Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT
  • CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise and CloudSuite Engineering & Construction (including PLM for Discrete and Infor CPQ) Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 10:05 AM EDT
  • CloudSuite Automotive and Infor MES Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 11:30 AM EDT
  • CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense (including Infor Factory Track) Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 12:20 PM EDT
  • CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) + Platform Technology Release Highlights, Wednesday, September 06, 2023, 1:00 PM ED

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Service Industries: Healthcare, Public Sector, Banking, Professional, and Financial Services

Hosted by: Infor

When: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 from 10:00 to 2:45 (US/Eastern)

Overview

  • Welcome, Overview, and Platform Release Highlights,Thursday, September 07, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT
  • Human Capital Management (HR Talent and Workforce Management) Release Highlights, Thursday, September 07, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT
  • Finance & Supply Management Release Highlights, Thursday, September 07, 2023, 12:45 PM EDT
  • Clinical Bridge Release Highlights, Thursday, September 07, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT

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Upcoming User Group Events

Great Lakes User Group In-Person Fall 2023 Meeting

Hosted by: Great Lakes User Group

When: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 from 8:00 to 5:00 (US/Central)

Where: Q Center 1405 North Fifth Avenue St. Charles, Illinois 60174

All Infor customers are able to attend for Only $25.00.  This is a great opportunity to stay connected, engaged, share your experiences, learn and exchange your ideas with other Infor users.  We can help each other through challenges and explore new opportunities with the support from Infor and our partners.

We will also have several partners in attendance.

  HERE IS THE AGENDA  

Agenda Highlights:

Preparing for your Cloud Migration

  • Infor OS
  • Invoice Matching

CloudSuite – 

  • Landmark Security Admin
  • Config Console
  • Infor Process Automation
  • Spreadsheet Designer

Lawson S3 – 

  • Microsoft Add-Ins for Power Users
  • Microsoft Add-Ins for HR & Payroll

Hope to see you there!

For general questions, please contact ​​Brian Stenke : [email protected]

For registration questions, please contact [email protected]

Please forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested in attending!

Hope to see you there.

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Upcoming Events August 2023

This month the IMUG Summer Conference will be back at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN! Mark your calendars and register below:

 

IMUG In-Person Grand Event

Hosted by: Infor MidWest User Group (IMUG, formerly MWLUG)

When: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 to Thursday, August 17th, 2023

Where: St. Olaf College 1520 St Olaf Ave Northfield,MN55057

 **Open To All Infor Customers**

IMUG Summer 2023 Conference
St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN from August 16th through August 17th, 2023

“We will have 50 sessions and that is a huge bang for their buck!”

  AGENDA HERE  

Breakfast is provided Thursday and lunch is provided both days.

Network, relax, and have fun on Wednesday night at The Grand in downtown Northfield.


Announcing NEW Infor Support Sessions – Spend a half hour on Wednesday morning with the Infor Experts!  Get YOUR questions answered IN PERSON!

Join your Infor Support peers who will be available to provide personalized, collaborative services who understand your solution, industry, and business and answer your questions:

  • FSM/Supply Chain/MSM:  Paul Nitti, Adam Blair, Keith Hill, Mike Zauha, and Ryan Berends
  • HR Talent/HR Payroll:  Alex Orchard, Amy Carlson, Ella Deutsch, and Nan Zetzman
  • IPA:  Russ Cornelson, Ralph Francis
  • Landmark:  Andy Hammerschmidt and Ralph Francis
  • Lawson:  David Wong and Sheila Motzko

 

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Upcoming Events July 2023

Infor is back with Innovation Insights this month. Check out the webinars below and mark your calendars!

 

MSCM Roadmap: Year in review and what’s coming next!

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday July 19th, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

In this session we’ll review the most recent features added to Mobile Supply Chain Management (MSCM). We’ll also look at roadmap features coming in the 2023.10 release, and what’s in store for 2024.

Presenter: Jonathan Andersen, Sr. Product Manager – Supply Chain Management

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Auto Assignment schedule optimization

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Discover how Auto Assignment in WFM can optimize your scheduling process. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the configuration options in WFM’s advanced scheduling to meet your specific needs, and you’ll gain insight into how the Auto Assignment schedule optimization model can help improve your workforce efficiency.

Presenter: John Schutte, Product Manager – Workforce Management

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Upcoming Events June 2023

Let’s kick off this summer with some Infor Innovation webinar series this month. Mark your calendars!

“Welcome back to our monthly summary of events coming up! Join us to discover new features, get tips and tricks, and re-think the way some of your processes work.”

 

Introducing Infor U

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday June 7th, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Join us for a discussion on the launch of Infor U, Infor’s brand new, modern learning experience for customers, partners, and employees.

Presenter: Danielle Campbell, SVP of Global Enablement & Education

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Enhanced Par Management with real-time data relay: a first look

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Infor’s Enhanced PAR Management solution is a new function of FSM designed to utilize automated locating technologies to improve standard supply chain management processes, making them more efficient and less prone to delays and stockouts.

Presenter: Aaron Algave, Product Manager – Supply Management

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Deep dive into Infor Cloud technology, architecture, practices, and innovation

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

In this session, we’ll discuss a range of topics such as monitoring and metrics, product architecture, capacity management and scalability, incident management, change management, operational readiness, support operations, service level optimization, cloud security and machine learning/AI adoption.

Presenter: Nabil Saidane, Vice President of Cloud Services

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Get to know the new Infor Concierge

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Infor Concierge was recently migrated to a multi-tenant platform and has a whole new look and feel. Join us to explore this new version and learn about new application features, including improved navigation, the new dashboard and new dynamic widgets and workspaces.

Presenter: Peigi Jeanblanc, Director of Client Experience

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Migrating Infor Lawson v10 Applications to Windows Server 2019

Infor has announced that their mainline support for Lawson will continue through 2030, and extended support for Windows Server 2012 is ending this October! Are you ready? Join us for some tips to make your migration to Windows Server 2019 as smooth as possible.

 

 

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Upcoming Events May 2023

Infor’s Innovation Insights webinars continue this month. Discover new features, get tips and tricks, and re-think the way some of your processes work.  Mark your calendars this May!

Note from Infor: there will be no Monthly Release Highlights session on May 4

“As Infor transitions to our new bi-annual feature release cadence every October and April, we are taking this opportunity to re-examine our monthly Release Highlights sessions and looking at how we can best deliver information to our customers to help you begin preparing for the new product features.

To that end, we will be reducing the cadence of sessions from monthly to two or three sessions per six-month cycle. We’re currently working through the specific schedule, which we hope to communicate very soon. Stay tuned!”

 

Infor Process Automation: Priority Queuing

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday May 3rd, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

A new work unit dispatcher supporting priority queuing through async settings is now enabled by default. Learn how to set processing priority for critical Infor Process Automation (IPA) processes.

Presenter: Ramesh Marichetty, Senior Architect

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Application reporting for the end user Part 6 & Landmark Single Reporting Page

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Hear what’s new and what’s coming with Landmark embedded reporting, the powerful end-user reporting capability that doesn’t require IT involvement.

Presenter: Andrew Lipetzky, Sr. Director, Software Development

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Introducing OS App Designer

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

In this session we’ll introduce you to OS App Designer (OAD). OAD is a no-code application development framework that enables you to effortlessly build widgets that can be used within the OS portal workspaces. Come join us as we demonstrate how widgets can easily be connected to your ERP data utilizing the API gateway, OAD and a few simple clicks!

Presenter: Paul Horne, Sr. Director, Product Management

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Introducing the real-time data delivery capabilities of Data Fabric with Stream Pipelines

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Join us for an introduction to Data Fabric Stream Pipelines, the latest addition to our cutting-edge data integration solutions, and discover how our new ingestion services and Stream Pipelines enable real-time data delivery. We’ll walk you through the features and benefits of Stream Pipelines and you’ll see a live demo of Stream Pipelines in action and learn how it can transform your Data Fabric architecture.

Presenter: Bojan Rafajloski, Product Manager, Senior

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Nogalis Webinar: Migrating Infor Lawson V10 Applications to Windows Server 2019 (May 18th, 9 AM PDT)

Infor has announced that their mainline support for Lawson will continue through 2030, and extended support for Windows Server 2012 is ending this October! Are you ready? Join us for some tips to make your migration to Windows Server 2019 as smooth as possible.

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When: Thursday May 18, 2023

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PDT

This webinar is free to attend. Register Now

Save the Date: Infor Connect 2023

Mark your calendars for Infor’s exclusive 2-day in person event in May. Details and registration below:

Registration is now open!
Infor Connect May 23-25, 2023 in St. Paul.

Register today and join us May 23-25 for Infor Connect, where we’ll be bringing together our Healthcare, Public Sector, Banking, Financial and Professional Services communities to connect, network and collaborate.

We’ve gathered some of the best industry experts to identify and address topics that help you solve your business challenges. Whether you’re looking for a way to make a large-scale cloud transformation or learn how to optimize your investment, Infor Connect has sessions that inspire change.

You’ll have opportunities to learn from Infor leaders, solution experts, partners, and other customers.

Choose from over 120 sessions over 2 ½ days that include:

  • Keynote session: Hear from our leadership team – Kevin Samuelson, Soma Somasundaram and Matt Breslin.
  • Breakout sessions covering topics from What’s New to Roadmaps, Overviews to Advanced topics.
  • Infor Labs: Hands-on sessions to experience new product innovations (advance registration required).
  • Q&A sessions with Infor product support experts (advance registration required).

Registration is $150/person. Space is limited, so register today to secure your spot.

We look forward to seeing you in St. Paul!

 

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Upcoming Events April 2023

Infor’s Innovation Insights webinars continue this month. Discover new features, get tips and tricks, and re-think the way some of your processes work.  Mark your calendars!

 

There may be 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, but there’s eight ways to trigger a workflow!

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday March 29th, 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Workflows are the backbone of Infor OS Process Automation, and there are eight different ways that they can be triggered. The two most common are via the Process.Workflow BOD within an application, or the Activation Policy. In this session we’ll talk about those two, but we’ll also explore the other six ways that a Workflow Instance can be created.

Speaker: Russell Simmons, Product Evangelist – Platform Technology Group

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Introducing the Infor OS Portal and our latest User Experience uplifts

Hosted by: Infor

When: Thursday, April 5th, 2023 from 12:00-2:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Please join our VP Joe Simpson as he showcases the new Infor OS Portal designed to transform your user experience. Starting this April, users can benefit from a curated persona-based workspace acting as a springboard toward greater productivity and efficiency. Each workspace includes default role-based security, ensuring that end users are seeing accurate, reliable and real-time data and driving data compliance and privacy.

Speaker: Joe Simpson, Vice President of Product Management, Financial & Supply Chain Management

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The April release: An overview for Service Industries customers

Hosted by: Infor

When: Thursday, April 6th, 2023 from 11:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Please join the full Service Industries Product Management team for a review of all the great content being delivered in our April 2023 release! As we transition to our new bi-annual feature release schedule, we are moving away from our Monthly Release Highlights sessions. This session will focus solely on April content that our customers can start using this month, across Financials & Supply Management, HR Talent, Workforce Management, our Landmark Technology platform, and in the Cloverleaf family of products.

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Landmark Step-Up Authentication for privileged actions

Hosted by: Infor

When: Thursday, April 12th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

The Infor Landmark technology platform now supports step-up authentication. Authenticated users will be asked to enter an MFA (multi-factor authentication) passcode before sensitive information is displayed for actions marked as privileged. Use this capability to provide another security level for sensitive information, enforce additional user authentication for sensitive information, and increase system security for privileged actions.

Speaker: Delmar Dehn, Sr. Technology Product Manager

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Reporting 1-2-3: A comprehensive overview for FSM customers

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Please join our VP Joe Simpson as he reviews the Reporting approach of FSM geared for your success. During this session, Joe will review the ongoing efforts to optimize Operational Reporting, Financial Reporting and Analytics, including details of delivered content. He will also provide a preview of the new GL Ad Hoc Report Designer being released in the April Customer Update, which will optimize ad hoc reporting for Staff Accountants, Department Managers and Controllers with zero IT intervention.

Speaker: Joe Simpson, VP of Product Management, Financial & Supply Chain Management

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GL Ad-Hoc Report Designer: An in-depth look!

Hosted by: Infor

When: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM (US/Eastern)

Following up from our overview session on January 11, we’ll provide a demonstration of how to create a report from start to finish within the new GL Ad-Hoc Report Designer. We’ll review all the functionality that’s available with the April release, and how customers can begin adopting it for their financial teams.

Speakers: Jamie Vannoy, Financial Product Manager & Shelly Drennen, Sr. Business Analyst

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