Supply Chain Management (SCM)

It's not enough to have an efficient supply chain—you need a fast supply chain. Complex supply chains make for complex decision making, which takes time. And time is the enemy. You need to respond quickly to changes anywhere along your supply chain, be responsive to customer demand shifts and alert to supply side disruption, while keeping your manufacturing and warehousing operations as productive as possible. Infor Supply Chain Management solutions are specialized applications dedicated to supply chain excellence. They combine industry-specific capabilities that help you make better decisions, with event management and alerting that help you make those decisions more quickly. The result: you plan and execute your supply chain strategies more effectively and respond faster to the changes that will always come.

Infor solutions cover all major areas of supply chain management:

Infor10 Sales & Operations Planning

Tie together your operational plan and your strategic business plan, to get a holistic view of demand, supply, and finance that will help you drive profit.

Infor10 Supply Chain Planning

Get the right balance between inventories, see the true demand, and forecast from a centralised location for better supply chain management through every aspect of the manufacturing value chain from forecasting to scheduling.

Infor10 Supply Chain Execution

Understand inventory levels, warehouse management, transportation, labor management, and third party logistics in a single view for higher customer service levels.

Infor10 Supply Chain Execution for Logistics Providers 

Automate and simplify complex warehouse and transportation management processes to deliver more value to customers and reduce costs at the same time.

 

Infor SCM solutions help you with:

  • Streamlining—Communicate and collaborate more effectively with suppliers worldwide.
  • Connecting—Make the connection between what your customers want and what you produce.
  • Analysing—Analyse your supply chain and manufacturing options and choose the plan that makes best use of your assets.
  • Synchronising—Synchronise the flow of your batch production by managing the capacity of vessels, tanks, and lines-and the flow between them.
  • Communicating—Improve your communication and collaboration with suppliers worldwide.
  • Designing—Create the optimal supply chain network and adapt the network to keep pace with changes in your business.
  • Transforming—Transform processes inside the warehouse and across the supply chain to meet demands for new efficiencies.
  • Understanding—Get a better understanding of your warehouse labour activities and implement the changes you need to optimise worker performance.
  • Maximising—Maximise warehouse profits by using advanced costing, billing, and invoicing capabilities.
  • Optimising—Optimise your day-to-day fleet performance to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.

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The Infor SCM Difference

To manage the complexity of a supply chain in today's business environment, you need a supply chain management software solution that utilizes specialized functionality tailored not only for the current climate, but for your business. Infor SCM solutions meet that criteria with features that help you corral complexity while increasing profitability, competitiveness, and growth. Whether your business needs a warehouse management software solution, order management system, manufacturing software solution, or a combination of many solutions, Infor can create a comprehensive supply chain management suite that improves your company's performance. Infor Supply Chain Management solutions will work for your specific industry and your specific challenges.

By using an SCM solution created and implemented by a single vendor, you will simplify your processes and be able to focus on creating, selling, and delivering products that grow your bottom line. Our supply chain management solutions encompass key components like strategic network design, demand planning, distribution planning, warehouse management, transportation fleet management, Sales and Operations Planning, and production planning and scheduling. Infor SCM solutions implement easily to work for you today, and scale to meet your growing enterprise's future needs.

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