Infor M3 Reviews

Infor M3 is specifically dominant in fashion, food and beverages, and chemicals manufacturing; it works into micro-verticals. In food and beverage, it specializes in meat processing, confectionery, and dairy processing. They have ready-made processes available, so 70% of the processes will be basic processes to those industries, and then 30% can be configured, with 10% for taxation compliance. It works.

The best features of Infor M3 are the micro-vertical and industry ready-made solutions rather than generic solutions. They have ready-made solutions ready, so the implementation of the process discovery happens very fast. It won't take more than two months, and if the process is very simple and they adopt the standard, it may happen within five weeks, covering the implementation cycle which will finish within seven to eight months.

Most of the time, it helps streamline business processes; maybe some processes such as unique subcontracting vary by continent or job work, which could be different due to legal compliance. Other than that, everything helps because the processes are very much streamlined. Everywhere you have a check and maker concept, there is a workflow, and all those things are there; document management is also very simple. You can drag and drop the reports.

The workflow feature is very good and flexible, working with multi-level authorization and all those capabilities. Apart from that, the GUI interface screens are really good. Users can design their own workspace based on the roles, and there are roles-based security options, with many roles available that you need not define—you can just tweak them.

I use Infor M3 as a robust system primarily in chemical process engineering, such as chemical industries and textile manufacturing. It is designed for discrete and non-discrete manufacturing, particularly in textiles and process engineering like food and beverages. 

The core applications are developed for industries like food and beverages, textiles, and chemical engineering, defined as process engineering.

Infor M3 has several valuable features, including customer order management and integration capabilities with third-party applications like ION. 

It offers excellent features for sales and purchase, allowing integration with systems like supply chain management. It manages the entire supply chain, from procurement to distribution, ensuring optimal resource allocation and cost management. 

Its CRM automates the sales process, manages leads and opportunities, and handles contacts and account management. Integration with other Infor and non-Infor systems allows for data and workflow management, focusing on role-based access for efficiency.

I do consulting, so I help companies integrate or run Infor M3. I do functional and technical specifications, development, and implementation, so I do much IT work on the software.

I provide Infor M3 to clients, so I'm not an end-user.

The use case for Infor M3 is integration, particularly for processes and data into a single application, for a multinational company that operates in several countries, primarily if that company specializes in manufacturing.

A manufacturing company uses Infor M3 to manage all processes, from planning to manufacturing,  scheduling to time reporting, invoicing to purchasing, etc.

The company inputs the data in Infor M3, with data being made available in the central database for management. It's an ERP solution for big, multinational companies with manufacturing units.

The most valuable feature of Infor M3 is the level of detail it has about the different manufacturing processes compared to other ERP solutions. Other ERP solutions provide the same level of integration as Infor M3, but Infor M3 specializes in several functions, such as planning and manufacturing.

Sometimes, big ERPs tend to be too broad in scope, which means not getting all the details right, while Infor M3 is broad in scope and operations, yet it can be specific in processes because it has different software for different verticals.

For example, if you have a food and beverage vertical that falls under manufacturing but is more into distribution, that can work well with Infor M3. My company has a manufacturing vertical, and people in this vertical can find a good level of detail in Infor M3, so it's a good solution.

The UI for Infor M3 is good. It's a newer cloud-based technology, so customization-wise, it's up to date. I received no complaints from clients in that area. The customization level in the solution is also pretty good, allowing you to do a lot of customizations.

Integration in Infor M3 is good. Collaboration between employees using it is good.

Infor M3 is used in major European countries, including India. This is the Infor M3 that has specialized ERP packages for every industry, such as equipment, food and beverages, textiles, and chemicals. Separate packages have been created for these industries and they cover almost 85 percent of the standard processes within ERP. The processes that are specific to these industries have been defined and classified into core and common processes. The modification required in the ERP is hardly ten to 15 percent of the processes. This means that Infor M3 has tailor-made packages for each and every industry.

The value of an ERP is the same as that of tailor-made packages. Out of the 15 percent of processes that can be customized, seven to ten percent of them can be worked from workaround processes. However, the straight-way process as per the requirement of the client is not available, but a certain way is available. With this solution, we can achieve the target and only five to ten percent of the process needs modification.

In my company, I take care of the integrations of Infor M3 with other third-party tools. The customer that I work for uses Infor M3 for business processes.

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is highly customizable. Regarding integration plans or options, Infor M3 has some good tools to make that happen.

We're in the beverage sector. I'm a functional consultant, and I support our subsidiaries to resolve all the incidents and handle enhancements of the ERP.

It's simple to use. You don't need any complex training to use it.

It's also stable. It doesn't have many updates or many hotfixes to install in a year. We don't have many big issues with this ERP.

They're strong in terms of sales and distribution. There are many suppliers approved by Infor in France, Canada, and the USA. They've got a strong network.

It's an ERP (enterprise resource planning) tool. It has various business functions such as finance, manufacturing, planning, and procurement, warehousing, and CMS. It also has functions to manage the maintenance of different machines in a factory.

The best feature is that bug fixes can be applied on the fly since we are using the cloud version now. It makes it easy because we constantly get updates from Infor.

Infor comes up with different tools every year, and they are all compatible with Infor M3, which makes it a more reliable and trustworthy tool. The integration is very smooth.

Infor M3 handles all of the core functionalities of different business functions, be it finance, manufacturing, procurement, or warehousing. All core concepts and functionalities are already addressed by Infor M3.

The ERP is for all main manufacturers that work with production or distribution. It's used to manage a warehouse, stock, and to provide an overview of purchasing and sales.

All of the different aspects are managed by different companies, like finance, production, sales, and distribution.

Most of the customers need to move to the cloud, but we still have a lot of customers who deploy the solution on-premises.

The most valuable feature is the ability to cover different types of activities, and the requirement for maintenance and data is very low.