ERP System Review

Our review contains critical system information including applications, industries supported, number of customers, underlying technology, and critical generic functionality - customization, multiple companies, multiple currencies, workflow, mobility, sales tax and reporting.
  Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise
Product Information  
System Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise
Vendor Infor
Description Built with your specific business needs in mind, our distribution ERP software provides tailored workflows that boost efficiency – from the warehouse floor to the customer’s door. It’s the smart way to compete in a fast-changing world.
Website https://www.infor.com/solutions/erp/distribution
Primary Tier 1
Industries  
Apparel Yes
Construction Yes
Field Services Yes
Financial Services Yes
Food & Beverage Yes
Hospitality No
Manufacturing Yes
Nonprofit No
Professional Services Yes
Retail & ECommerce Yes
Transportation & Logistics Yes
Wholesale Distribution Yes
Applications  
Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) Yes
Asset Management Yes
CPQ (Configure Price Quote) No
CRM Yes
Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) Yes
E-commerce No
Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling Yes
Field Services - Mobile Field Management Yes
Human Resource Management No
Manufacturing - Quality Control Yes
Manufacturing - Scheduling Yes
Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control Yes
MRP Yes
Payroll No
Point of Sale Yes
Product Lifecycle Management Yes
Professional Services - Scheduling Yes
Professional Services - Timesheets Yes
Professional Services – WIP Management Yes
Project Management Yes
Transportation Management No
Warehouse Management Yes
Developer Information  
Number of customers - all products Infor partners with over 80,000 customers globally
Number of customers - this product over 2,000
Technology  
% of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) 100
On premise, cloud or hybrid Cloud
Private or Public Cloud Private, Public
Tenant Architecture Multi-Tenant
Generic Requirements  
Customization/Configuration  
Without changing source code In Current Release
User-defined fields
  • Can define values/dropdowns for fields
  • Used in report selection and ordering
  • Used in workflow
In Current Release
User defined screens
  • Change fields to required, optional or invisible for standard and user-defined field
In Current Release
Multiple Companies  
Share inventory across companies In Current Release
Share customers and suppliers across companies In Current Release
Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities In Current Release
PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company In Current Release
Multiple Currencies  
Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction In Current Release
Date effective currency exchange rates In Current Release
Work Flow  
Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item In Current Release
Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders In Current Release
Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming In Current Release
Mobility  
Optimized for Android and iPhone In Current Release
Offline mode and synch when internet connected In Current Release
Sales tax compliance  
Canadian sales tax compliance 3rd Party Supported Application
US sales tax compliance 3rd Party Supported Application
Reporting/Business Intelligence  
Reporting  
Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones In Current Release
Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options In Current Release
Dashboards  
Based on real time updates from all transactions In Current Release
Role specific In Current Release
Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard In Current Release
Analytics  
Drag and drop dimensions In Current Release
Visualization/graphic representation of data In Current Release