The Future of IBM i: Discover Infor's Vision

Copyright © 2013. Infor. All Rights Reserved. www.infor.com

1

The future is now:
Infor System i as you've never seen it before
Paul Field, VP Sales System i EMEA.
Grahame Drain, PreSales Manager, System i EMEA

2

This afternoon
Business Update

Si in Context

Legislative
Changes

Tea

Product
Sessions


3

Business Update
Paul Field, VP Sales System i EMEA


4

Key Events 2012/13
•
•
•
•

i-based business outperforms the market!
System i is strategic for Infor – largest developer on platform
LX , System21 and XA at the forefront of developments with Infor10x
Major customers re-committing to the platform and products


5

Outlook for 2014
• Infor fully committed to i
• Continued investment in Core Products and Infor10x deployment
• Exciting Product Roadmaps

•
•
•
•

Significant updates and new product releases
Infor seeking to expand new names in target markets
“Green shoots” translating into new customer projects
www.inforsystemi.com (EMEA) or http://go.infor.com/ibmi/ (global)
•
•
•
•

Case Studies
CP Video
IBM video
White papers

• Platform is a significant advantage

6

i = Lower Acquisition and Ongoing Costs

• Acquisition costs
• 24% less than x86 servers with Windows Server and SQL Server databases
• 47% less than x86 servers with Linux and Oracle databases
• Three-year ongoing costs – full time equivalent administrators
• 51% less than Windows / SQL Server
• 61% less than Linux / Oracle
1.

ITG Management Brief: IBM i for Midsize Businesses - Minimizing Costs and Risks for Midsize Businesses; October 2012


7

IBM i Industry Trends
• The IBM i market is application/solution driven
• IBM i invests in satisfying solutions requirements

• Customers require minimum disruption
• Power Systems + IBM i work together

• Today’s users require modern, powerful interfaces
• IBM i delivers technology: integrated; open source; products

• Cloud, Virtualization, SaaS: it’s where the growth is
• IBM i on Power delivers on many levels

• Security of the enterprise cannot be compromised
• IBM i architecture protects your system and data

8

Systemi in Context
Grahame Drain, PreSales Manager, System i EMEA


9

2 Major questions

What Does
Infor10x Mean?

What Does
Infor10x do for
Me?


10

Apologies – we confuse everyone with TLA’s and
buzz words
IOR
Local.ly

ION

Motion
Business
Vault

Beauty

In context
Analytics

10x
Ming.le

Social
Space

Road Warrior

S&OP

….and the rest

11

What Infor10x isn’t

A New ERP
System

What Infor10x does

Complements
LX
System21
XA


12

The Elements

Infor 10x
Technology Stack

Infor 10x
Compliant /
Enabled
Applications


13

Infor 10x
User Experience

Infor 10x
Compliant /
Enabled
Applications

Infor 10x
Technology Platform

14

Infor 10x
User Experience
On Premise

Mobile

Infor 10x User Experience
Analytics

PLM

Manufacturing Planning

Configuration

Supply Chain Planning

Manufacturing
ExecutionInfor
Financial Management

Inventory & Shelf Life
Management

Sales & Promotion
Management

System21
Procurement
10x Compliant Applications
LX ; XA
Quality & Recall
Management

Warehousing &
Distribution

CRM
Plant & Asset
Management
Human Capital
Management

Technology
Integration, Workflow, Alerts

Infor 10x Technology Platform
Speed and Ease of Deployment

Deployment Choice

15

User Experience
On
Premise

What Does
Infor10x Mean?

Mobile

BI


17

On
Premise


18

On
Premise


19

On
Premise


20

On
Premise


21

User Experience Evolvement
PowerLink

IDF
NetLink

NetLink

WebTop
PowerLink

S21
GOB

NetLink

Standalone

NetLink

WebTop

Infor10x
Enterprise

LX
GOB

NetLink

Infor10x
Foundation

PowerLink

Si
Work Space Framework

XA
GOB

NetLink
Workspace
201x

Si only

Infor10x

Common I
Applications

22

Mobile

Infor MOTION


23

Mobile

Motion

Warehouse Manager
Dashboards

Loosely coupled cloud-based mobile platform
M3
XA

System21

LX


24

Mobile

Motion
Road Warrior

Dashboards


25

BI

Infor ANALYTICS


26

BI

ION BI & Business Analytics
• Built on ION – real-time, harmonized & durable
• Specialized by Microvertical
• Delivered in context

Dashboards

In-context BI

Cloud

Motion

Application

Application

Business Vault
Analytics | Reporting | Search | In-context BI

27

BI


28

BI

In-Context BI: bringing BI into Business
Apps


29

BI

Infor Operational Reporting


30

Infor 10x Compliant Applications


31

Compliant Applications
PLM

Advanced
Planning
&
Forecasting

E.Commerce

CRM

HR

LX
S21
XA

S&OP

Warehousing

Product
Configuration
(TDCI/PCM)

Transport
Planning

Approva
(SOX
Compliance)

Advanced
Reporting
(EPM)


32

Compliant Applications
Approva

ECommerce

3 New Ones

PCM


33

Approva

Approva Provides an Enterprise-Wide Governance
Layer
What Approva Does

Approva Improves the Way You Run the
Business, Plan the Business & Control the Business

• Automatically monitors key control
points across the enterprise.
• Identifies and reconciles
inconsistencies & control breakdowns.
• Pushes ownership & accountability of
controls to business users.
• Provides independent layer of quality
assurance.
• Ensures data integrity and quality
across siloed & multi-purpose
applications.

Test All Critical
Applications
Fully Automated

Monitor 100%
of Transactions

34

34

ECommerce

E.Commerce
• BTB/BTC
• Style, Discreet, Spares
• Favorite Items
• Favorite Categories
• RFQ

• Send Mail
• Authorisation process
• Product Configuration
• Fashion Ordering Matrix
• Favorites

• Item Compare
• Order Collaboration
• Financial information
• Buy Online And Pickup
• OCI Integration Option
• XML Integration framework

35

PCM

PCM Products
Order Integration

Sales Portal

Configurator

ERP
One, easy
way to manage

Automation
Document Automation
2D Design Automation
3D Design Automation


36

PCM

Example Configuration


37

Infor 10x Technical Platform


38

Technology Platform


39

Infor ION enables you to…
Cloud

• Connect your applications

Motion

• Infor and non-Infor - on premise and in the Cloud
• Loosely-coupled - standards-based (OAGIS)

• Manage your business processes
• Cross application workflows
• Automation

Infor ERP

Infor PLM

• Monitor the enterprise
• Real-time Proactive exception management
• Push alerts to local and remote users

• Report across the enterprise

Business Vault
Analytics | Reporting | Search | In-context BI

• Real-time reporting and analytics
• Infor delivered content

40

Compliance
SEPA


41

Single Euro Payments Area - SEPA
• Its broader than just EU
• Will impact on British companies with SEPA area based bank accounts
1 February 2014

SEPA migration deadline for SEPA credit transfer and SEPA direct
debit within the euro area; no BIC (business identifier code) to be
required for national payments.

1 February 2016

No BIC to be required for cross-border payments; niche products
migration complete.

31 October 2016

SEPA credit transfer and SEPA direct debit deadline for non-euro
area countries.

1 February 2017

National transaction MIFs (multilateral interchange fees) to be
eliminated for direct debits


42

IoR Sponsor
Cashbook


43

Thank You
Now for Tea and then the Product Specific Sessions


44

The Future of IBM i: Discover Infor's Vision

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (20)

Viewers also liked

Viewers also liked (7)

Similar to The Future of IBM i: Discover Infor's Vision

Similar to The Future of IBM i: Discover Infor's Vision (20)

More from Inforsystemi

More from Inforsystemi (7)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

The Future of IBM i: Discover Infor's Vision