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Infor Partners with NMIS to Power Model Digital Factory

Infor recently announced a new a long-term strategic partnership agreement with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). Per the press release, this investment will underpin the development of Model Digital Factory Demonstrators (MDFD) for the NMIS Digital Factory environment at the new NMIS 11,500-square-meter headquarters. Additionally, Infor will be funding dedicated MDFDs that will showcase end-to-end manufacturing use cases in the NMIS Digital Factory environment, which will integrate with the facility’s IT backbone and the digital and automation cells. This demonstrates how modern, advanced technology and solutions can help companies automate processes and transform workplaces. Further, Chris Dungey, research director at NMIS, says of the partnership with Infor, “I am delighted Infor has decided to join the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s community and is committed to working with us to transform manufacturing in Scotland and the wider UK.”

 

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Geminite Cement Industries Set to Digitally Transform with Infor

Geminite Cement Industries LLC (part of Gemini Group), one of the Middle East’s leading building materials production and distribution players, has selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution to optimize delivery against a surging demand for cement boards across the region. Per the press release, Geminite is aiming to automate and integrate its production control systems and plant maintenance solutions, removing the need for manual data entry. The Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise ERP solution will help Geminite boost its efficiency, increase visibility across the business, and provide the agility to expand capacity as needed to cater to the region’s fast-growing demand for gypsum boards. Deployment of this project will start in April 2022 and is expected to go live within five months. ITWare LLC in Dubai, one of Infor’s long-standing ERP channel partners in the region, will be leading the implementation.

 

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Viewpoint Stays on Point with Infor

Edinburgh, Scotland’s elder home facilities in the Viewpoint Housing Association has extended its investment in Infor SunSystems. This partnership is part of an ongoing program to ensure the association delivers optimal value for money by achieving maximum efficiency. Infor partner Kick ICT will ensure Viewpoint is able to not only use the most up-to-date functionality but also benefit from faster, easier upgrades and integrations with existing third-party systems. As a hosted solution, it will also make fewer demands on Viewpoint’s IT staff, who can now be redeployed to higher value tasks. Per the press release, the upgrade will also help improve remote working by delivering tighter workflow approvals and stronger supplier security. Additionally, Mike Gibson, head of finance for Viewpoint, says of the partnership, “This upgrade has yielded an array of benefits. Not only can we be confident we are on the most up-to-date version of the software, but the new functionality has meant less time processing transactions and more time looking at what they tell us instead.”

 

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Infor and DBS Bank Partner to Integrate Digital Trade Financing into Global Supply Chains

Infor is partnering with DBS Bank, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, to integrate digital trade financing capabilities into the Infor Nexus global network of more than 68,000 businesses. Per the press release, the two companies’ first joint program recently went live with one of the world’s largest global apparel companies, providing faster and more cost-efficient digital trade financing to suppliers in the apparel company’s supply chain ecosystem, which comprises mostly small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).  Gary Schneider, VP of sales for Infor Financial Supply Chain Management, comments, “This is an important relationship for Infor, where a common vision of data-driven financing bonds us and presses us forward. DBS is a digital bank focused on supplier funding and liquidity. Its pursuit of digital innovation and delivering greater value to supply chains, combined with our cloud-based platform and local support team around the globe, makes for a powerful partnership at a time when liquidity is a top priority for everyone.” The two companies’ next joint program for pre-shipment finance, expected to launch in late 2020, will utilize supply chain data as the primary conduit to assess risk and credit worthiness, as opposed to traditional models that result in the majority of suppliers being underfunded or facing challenges to access necessary capital.

 

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Saarioinen Gets Fresh with Infor

Infor recently announced that Saarioinen, Finland’s leader in the chilled convenience food market, has invested in Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. According to Eero Kinnunen, business development director at Saarionen, as long time customers of Infor (20 years), they believe this new contract will help their company create a platform for better processes and faster, more responsive information. The industry-specific suite of Infor applications will help enable Saarioinen standardize, simplify and accelerate product development, improve customer experience and become a more data-driven company. Per the press release, following a thorough review of the market, Saarioinen chose Infor based on the industry-specific functionality of Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage.

 

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Infor and Snowflake Partner to Build Automated Data Warehouses with Birst Full-Stack Analytics & BI Platform

Infor’s latest partnership with cloud data platform Snowflake will help enterprises build automated data warehouses using the Birst full-stack analytics and BI platform. Birst is a single, integrated, end-to-end platform for building automated data warehouses natively on Snowflake, which eliminates the need for separate ELT/ETL (extract, load & transform, and extract, transform & load), data modeling, data preparation and analytics tools. Per the press release,  joint customers can use Birst’s self-service data preparation capabilities to blend end-user-created data with enterprise data in Snowflake, providing true self-service for business users and analysts. Birst and Snowflake both run natively in AWS (Amazon Web Services), which speeds data processing and querying, while obviating the need to export data out of Snowflake.

 

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Piriou Expects to Double Revenues Following Digital Overhaul

Infor recently announced that French shipbuilder Piriou has chosen Infor LN software to assist in transforming its global production, repair, and maintenance operations. The french company builds mid-sized boats for private and public use military and commercial fishing. They have decided to implement a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system in a quest to double its revenues over the next five years. Their previous ERP system limited the company from keeping up with growing production numbers and expansion into shipyards in Africa and Vietnam. By choosing Infor LN, Piriou can better maintain their growing company and will plan a steady roll-out over the coming years, wishing to avoid a “big-bang” deployment approach. Using Infor LN, Piriou expects to increase its production volume by better optimizing its production and giving users direct visibility to component parts ordering.

 

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Burton Snowboards Selects Infor to Support its Digital Transformation and Global Expansion

Infor is partnering with leading snowboard brand Burton Snowboards and will implement the Infor CloudSuite Fashion, an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system tailor-made for the fashion industry. A long-time customer of Infor, the global leader of snowboards and sports gears has expanded its Infor Nexus supply chain management capabilities to optimize inventory across channels, increase its direct-to-consumer business, operationalize its expansion to global markets, and upgrade its technology footprint to the cloud. Burton is constantly challenged to manage inventory with seasonal demand and orchestrate products across a global supply chain. Infor will enable Burton to standardize enterprise processes and optimize inventory flow from source to customer across all channels, including direct-to-consumer and e-commerce, while reducing its legacy technology footprint.

 

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Infor Broadens Relationship with Accor

Infor has successfully extended their 13-year relationship with Accor, a global leader in augmented hospitality. This extension was made possible by Accor signing a global agreement to continue their collaboration with Infor EzRMS revenue management software. The application is currently used at more than 1,100 properties worldwide. Accor will have mobile access, function space revenue management, extended stay optimization and a variety of pricing methodologies. Per the press release, as part of the agreement, Infor will offer three new packages for different properties throughout the Accor portfolio. This will enable Infor to continue to help support the global network dedicated revenue managers in Accor. Additionally, this new agreement allows new brands in the Accor portfolio to benefit from Infor EzRMS, including newly integrated brands.

 

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TPG Hotels & Resorts Selects Infor Hospitality to Standardize Processes

To start off the new year, Infor recently announced that TPG Hotels & Resorts has selected the tech giant to standardize property management systems and provide a single source of data across its independent hotel portfolio. With Infor, the organization will have consistency across its property technology platform. This will make managing daily processes easier. TPG Hotels & Resorts will be able to better manage operations throughout reservations, the front desk, housekeeping, concierge, and accounting in a single application. Infor Hospitality Management Solutions (HMS) will provide TPG Hotels & Resorts with a more complete solution for managing multiple hotel functions at seven independent properties. Per the press release, “We partnered with Infor based on their track record in the hospitality industry and understanding of our goals to unify operations to make day-to-day business more efficient. Infor will be a key strategic partner for our organization and help us modernize our technology stack across our independent hotels, allowing us to put even more focus on the guest experience with the ease of information exchange,” said Sameer Mehra, executive vice president of revenue strategies, TPG Hotels & Resorts. “Infor has a good library of system interfaces, which gives an edge over other PMS providers when it comes to introducing other technology platforms.”

 

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