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Oliver Packaging Applies AI to Infor CloudSuite Industrial

Infor recently announced that Oliver Packaging & Equipment Co., a leading manufacturer of premium food equipment and meal packaging systems, is leveraging its integrated Infor CloudSuite Industrial and artificial intelligence (AI) solution to help provide critical food supplies to senior meals programs (including Meals on Wheels America), healthcare organizations, schools, grocery stores and more. Per the press release, Oliver Packaging integrated Infor Coleman AI services with Infor CloudSuite Industrial and implementing anomaly detection algorithms to identify abnormal customer orders and amounts quickly and more accurately. Further, daily processing of these anomalies, using machine learning, is delivered to the Oliver Packaging team in a user-friendly dashboard, where it reviews and analyzes the variances for sales and operations to make critical, real-time business decisions. Understanding their customers’ buying trends continually changing, Oliver Packaging knew there had to be a better way to detect these changes so that the right products were delivered at the right time — to improve the bottom line and customer experience.

 

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Jacuzzi Chooses Infor CloudSuite as Centerpiece of Enterprise Transformation

Jacuzzi Brands Inc. recently selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise to help improve inventory accuracy and supply chain efficiency, enhance customer experience and standardize business processes. Jacuzzi has been an Infor customer since 195, and was running Infor ERP on-premises in many worldwide facilities. Per the press release, a few years ago Jacuzzi management realized that the current situation would not support the company’s growth. Specifically, they wanted to better manage its inventory and reduce inventory levels and to improve supply chain effectiveness and raise the customer experience. After a review involving multiple vendors, the company chose Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise. Brian Pierson, Jacuzzi Brands global chief operating officer, says of the decision, “One of Infor’s advantages is that they are easy to do business with. They brought together the right people at the right time and were able to show us that they had the right solution for our organization. We know they have got our backs throughout this journey.”

 

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ScandiNova Set for Powers Ahead with the Infor Cloud

Infor recently announced that Swedish ScandiNova Systems AB (ScandiNova) has selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise to help unify and standardise its operational and manufacturing processes. The system will be deployed by local Infor partner Midport Scandinavia and will be on the multi-tenant cloud, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Per the press release, ScandiNova’s rapid growth is what prompted the need to deepen the use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence. Additionally, the company was looking for a solution to bring a commonality to its processes across all business sites, planning to unify and standardize systems to create a platform from which to pursue further growth. ScandiNova selected Midport with the Infor CloudSuite industry-leading manufacturing ERP system based on Infor LN because of the solution’s ability to handle complex processes and its industry-specific functionality set it apart from the competition, representing a truly global solution that can deliver the level of business agility that ScandiNova seeks to achieve. Further, a multi-tenant cloud deployment was also a crucial factor in ScandiNova’s decision, ensuring the business can benefit from continuous updates with minimal administrative burden on the in-house IT team, as well as enabling the swift on-boarding of new entities.

 

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Combilift Boosts Equipment Uptime and Customer Service with Infor Coleman AI-Driven Parts Recommendations

Infor recently announced that Combilift, the largest global manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts and a leading provider of long-load handling solutions, is successfully utilizing Infor Coleman AI-driven parts recommendations combined with Infor CloudSuite Industrial to boost equipment uptime and customer service while increasing employee satisfaction. Per the press release, the company seized on the opportunity to leverage Infor Coleman AI with Infor CloudSuite Industrial to further improve the customer and employee experience by having the AI system generate the right set of parts for service quotes. As Combilift rapidly grows, Coleman AI is not only improving the efficiency and accuracy of parts recommendations, it is also going to scale the service quote process to help reduce stress on staff and can help ensure first-time fixes for customers. Additionally, Combilift is using Infor homepage services to help deliver more efficiency and accuracy to the production department responsible for production KPIs (key performance indicators). Going forward, Combilift’s key initiatives will be vendor performance tracking with Infor Coleman AI to help improve their supply chain.

 

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GAMA Weaves Collaboration and Transparency into Supply Chain with Infor

Recently, plastic recycler and yarn manufacturer GAMA Recycle Sustainable Technologies chose to implement Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise. The platform is expected to help accelerate value streams and reduce lead times, as well as help GAMA expand market share and increase transparency and productivity. Per the press release, following a market evaluation, GAMA selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), based on its simplified and preconfigured business processes, developed in line with industry-specific experience and expertise. The multi-tenant cloud application will be deployed by Infor partner Enigma Business Solutions and is set to go live in October 2022. Zafer Kaplan, president of GAMA, says of the project, “Increased demand for customized goods produced in a sustainable way has created a need for enhanced transparency across the whole supply chain. In responding to the needs of a rapidly changing and dispersed market, it is important that we foster collaboration across the entire value chain, from suppliers to customers. Through leveraging the capabilities of Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, we are able to connect all of our processes digitally, which allows us to work more sustainably and effectively, optimize our organizational structure, and improve our product and service delivery model.”

 

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Lesto Product Steels Itself for an ‘Always Current’ Future in the Infor Cloud

Bulgarian metal products manufacturer Lesto Product recently decided to migrate to Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, with the help of implementation and Infor Gold channel partner IPL Consulting, to help improve overall business processes. Per the press release, Lesto Product plans to implement Infor OS operating services cloud platform, providing integration to essential capabilities for finite production scheduling and quality control. Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) these cloud solutions will help the customer achieve a more efficient execution of business processes and further improve synchronization among departments. Additionally, Lesto is planning to go live with Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise in July 2022. Infor CloudSuite will further help support the automation across the organization, optimizing business processes of sales and procurement, production planning and scheduling, production management, warehousing and finance management.

 

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Infor to Help Transform Galva Coat for a Digital Future

Galva Coat Industries LLC, a landmark plant in the industrial area of Abu Dhabi that produces a wide range of steel products, has selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial to enable the digitalization of the production process and delivery, in its effort to become the leading producer of lighting poles and guard rails across the region. Infor CloudSuite Industrial is a powerful cloud-based, industry-focused, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, which will help Galva Coat move forward with their transition from their legacy on-premise systems to the cloud – a crucial part of its digital transformation. Per the press release, after evaluating various options, the company chose Infor CloudSuite Industrial, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), to enable order management with CRM, planning, shop floor operations, time sheets management, supply chain including vendor portals and customer portals, finance and analytics. The multi-tenant Infor CloudSuite Industrial, running on the Infor OS operating services platform and powered by AWS, helps with Galva Coat’s aim to automate and integrate its production control systems and plant maintenance solutions and provide meaningful real-time analytics across operations to its senior management. Further, the deployment will start in April and is expected to go live before December. ITWare LLC, Dubai, UAE, one of Infor’s long-standing ERP channel partners, worked closely with the Infor team during the entire presales cycle and will be leading the implementation efforts.

 

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Valmet and Infor Continue Their Shared Journey to the Cloud

Valmet, a leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, has chosen Infor CloudSuite for industrial manufacturers as a next step in the company’s ERP-enabled business transformation, which started in 2016. Per the press release, the company’s ERP renewal will help drive a global, digital transformation of operations. All current on-premises functionalities will be moved to Infor´s multi-tenant cloud, using extensibility capabilities to meet Valmet’s industry requirements while preserving the benefits of continuous upgrades. It will operate on Amazon Web Services (AWS), delivering global scale, performance, and security. Further, the implementation of Infor CloudSuite will not only help retain knowledge across a wide variety of activities based on unified processes throughout these operations, but also will help deliver consistent reporting and “one set of numbers” to help accelerate and improve decision-making.

 

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Japan’s Ushio Reinetsu Rolls Out Infor ERP in Three Months

Infor Japan K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Infor, recently announced that Ushio Reinetsu Co. Ltd., a provider of air-conditioning and refrigeration systems for ships, has rolled out Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI) to drive business growth, increase operational efficiencies, and enhance customer experience. Infor CSI will also further enhance Ushio Reinetsu’s competitiveness in Japan and in the overseas market. Infor channel partner Realsoft Inc. assisted with the three-month implementation. Per the press release, the company has adopted a digital transformation (DX) strategy so it can move away from business processes that rely on people, and achieve data-driven management instead. Further, Ushio Reinetsu chose Infor CSI, which is used extensively in the discrete manufacturing industry, as its platform for driving DX. The solution helps to centralize information, streamlines the company’s manufacturing operations, and provides detailed customer support through easy and flexible configurations and connectivity with other systems. Future plans through 2023, Ushio Reinetsu plans to expand the use of Infor CSI to include production, purchasing and inventory management, financial accounting, and human resources, and to globally streamline business based on centralized information across all departments.

 

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OMB Valves Chooses Infor for Digitization of Processes in the Cloud

OMB Valves, the Italian manufacturer of valves for the oil & gas, power, shipbuilding, and aerospace sectors, has announced that they will implement Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise as its core technology platform. Founded by Roberto Brevi in ​​1973 and based in Cenate Sotto, Bergamo, OMB’s vision to digitize its complex business processes and unify its management strategy will be managed by Infor partner Lutech CDM. Per the press release, Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise and the multi-tenant cloud solution AWS (Amazon Web Services) will help OMB extend to the production, logistics, finance, and project management departments, involving more than 200 users around the world, in addition to 100 users of Infor Factory Track to push on the digitization of its production processes. The company new ERP solution will allow it to deploy a unified strategy in the logistical and financial management of its plants. The go-live is scheduled for 2022 at all plants in Italy, North America, and Singapore. Following this implementation will be the future plant in Saudi Arabia.

 

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