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TEC CERTIFICATION REPORT TEC Certification Reports provide detailed analysis of leading software solutions that have successfully completed TEC’s Certification Program WWW.TECHNOLOGYEVALUATION.COM Aleksey Osintsev, Senior Research Analyst // March 2015 Infor M3 by Infor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Discrete Manufacturing Process Manufacturing Mixed-mode Manufacturing Engineer-to-order Manufacturing Fashion Industries Financial Packages

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TEC CERTIFICATION REPORT

TEC Certification Reports provide detailed analysis of

leading software solutions that have successfully

completed TEC’s Certification Program

WWW.TECHNOLOGYEVALUATION.COM

Aleksey Osintsev, Senior Research Analyst // March 2015

Infor M3 by Infor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Discrete Manufacturing

Process Manufacturing

Mixed-mode Manufacturing

Engineer-to-order Manufacturing

Fashion Industries

Financial Packages

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Table of Contents

About This Report .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Infor—Putting Innovation at the Center of Business .............................................................................................. 4

Benchmark Results for Infor M3 ............................................................................................................................ 7

Infor M3 for Discrete Manufacturing .............................................................................................................. 8

Infor M3 for Process Manufacturing ............................................................................................................... 9

Infor M3 for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ..................................................................................................... 10

Infor M3 for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ............................................................................................ 11

Infor M3 for Fashion Industries ..................................................................................................................... 12

Infor M3 for Financial Packages .................................................................................................................... 13

Product Review: Infor M3 .................................................................................................................................... 14

Fit and Finish ................................................................................................................................................. 15

Support of Processes ..................................................................................................................................... 19

Major New Functionality ............................................................................................................................... 20

Key Product Differentiators ........................................................................................................................... 21

TEC Analyst Observations on Infor M3 ................................................................................................................. 22

Detailed Functionality Graphs for Infor M3.......................................................................................................... 23

Infor M3 Functionality for Discrete Manufacturing ...................................................................................... 25

Infor M3 Functionality for Process Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 32

Infor M3 Functionality for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ............................................................................... 39

Infor M3 Functionality for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ...................................................................... 47

Infor M3 Functionality for Fashion Industries ............................................................................................... 54

Infor M3 Functionality for Financial Packages .............................................................................................. 62

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About This Report

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Infor—Putting Innovation at the

Center of Business

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Benchmark Results for Infor M3

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Product Review: Infor M3

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TEC Analyst Observations on

Infor M3

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Detailed Functionality Graphs for

Infor M3

Infor M3 Functionality for Discrete Manufacturing .............................................................................................. 25

Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 25

Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 26

Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 27

Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 28

Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 29

Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 30

Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 31

Infor M3 Functionality for Process Manufacturing ............................................................................................... 32

Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 32

Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 33

Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 34

Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 35

Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 36

Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 37

Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 38

Infor M3 Functionality for Mixed-mode Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 39

Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 39

Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 40

Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 41

Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 42

Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 43

Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 44

Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 45

Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 46

Infor M3 Functionality for Engineer-to-order Manufacturing ............................................................................... 47

Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 47

Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 48

Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 49

Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 50

Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 51

Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 52

Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 53

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Infor M3 Functionality for Fashion Industries ...................................................................................................... 54

Financials ..................................................................................................................................... 54

Human Resources ........................................................................................................................ 55

Process Manufacturing Management .......................................................................................... 56

Manufacturing Management ....................................................................................................... 57

Inventory Management ............................................................................................................... 58

Purchasing Management ............................................................................................................. 59

Quality Management ................................................................................................................... 60

Sales Management ...................................................................................................................... 61

Infor M3 Functionality for Financial Packages ...................................................................................................... 62

General Ledger ............................................................................................................................. 62

Accounts Payable ......................................................................................................................... 63

Fixed Assets .................................................................................................................................. 64

Cost Accounting ........................................................................................................................... 65

Cash Management ....................................................................................................................... 66

Budgeting ..................................................................................................................................... 67

Accounts Receivable (A/R) ........................................................................................................... 68

Financial Reporting ...................................................................................................................... 69

Project Accounting ....................................................................................................................... 70

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