Every day supply chains become more complex as they stretch further around the globe and involve more products and more participants. Supply chain executives must contend with demanding customers, rapidly changing markets, rising energy costs, and increased congestion at ports and on roadways. More than ever before, natural disasters and terrorism in any area of the world can negatively impact your supply chain. Yet most supply chain systems provide limited capabilities. And each year your team is asked to do more with less.

Given variable material quality, fluctuating costs, compliance complexities, and erratic demand, producing products on time with consistent quality yields and profitability across one or more plants or co-packers is difficult at best. On top of these challenges, the growing power of retailers and customers, private label pressures, and hyper-competitive markets force manufacturers to aggressively grow both the top and bottom line. Success demands the ability to reduce the cost of quality and customer service, while sustaining service levels that optimize profits and finished goods inventory turns.

But addressing these issues requires business-specific applications and processes that match the demands of today and tomorrow. That’s why enterprising companies rely on the plan-to-produce capabilities of Infor™ ERP Adage to improve product quality, meet service levels, and minimize the cost of quality and service, boosting both revenue and profits.

Infor's performance management (PM) solution combines business process applications, business intelligence software solutions, and pre-built analytics, Together, they help companies link corporate strategy to operational plans and generate actionable business insights that are used to increase user productivity, control costs, and improve overall business performance.

Infor's performance management solution helps organizations like yours:

• Align strategies with resources and actions
• Close books quickly and report financials with confidence
• Automate business processes across the entire organization
• Eliminate spreadsheet chaos
• Optimize time to market, minimize risk, and achieve the lowest total cost of ownership