Food and Beverage ERP

Infor® PLM for Process is a cloud-based, product lifecycle management solution specifically designed for food and beverage manufacturing. It maximises the value of process manufacturers’ R&D teams and helps reduce the time spent performing key product lifecycle processes, such as new product development and introduction, formula optimisation, regulatory compliance, and project management. The solution seamlessly integrates with ERP, customer relationship management, laboratory information management systems, and other key business tools.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Shorten time to market for food and beverage products
• Prioritise new product developments with a stage-gate process
• Optimise recipe formulas to meet the requirements against lowest costs
• Ensure correct food label contents and formulas to meet legal and customer requirements globally
• Provide food supply chain transparency to consumers

Empower operators on the shop floor with a highly visual, IoT-enabled Manufacturing Execution System to achieve real-time control and visibility of all manufacturing operations in the factory and support data driven decision making.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Create the smart factory with extensive MOM (manufacturing operations management) functionality across production, quality, inventory, and maintenance, centrally orchestrate operations, connecting to machines and equipment for real-time visibility and responsiveness
• Increase efficiency (OEE), reduce waste, and improve FTTQ (first time through quality)
• Accelerate time-to-value and ROI with a modular, highly configurable enterprise MES solution, offering 24/7 resilience
• Support your digital transformation journey in manufacturing operations
• Integrate with Infor Industrial CloudSuites and leverage rich manufacturing data in Infor OS

Infor® Supply Chain Planning is a powerful platform that balances supply and demand to optimise inventory, service, and performance across the entire food supply chain. Food and beverage companies can tap into solutions for demand planning and sensing, supply planning, production planning and scheduling, inventory optimisation, and sales and operations planning.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Increase forecast accuracy using advanced forecasting techniques, machine learning, and demand sensing
• Generate a balanced push-pull plan using linear programming solving in advanced planning
• Generate multiple scenarios to enable comparison and optimisation of profitability and service levels
• Reduce transportation, overtime, and inventory holding costs
• Optimise the yield of livestock, milk, and crops to match demand in the most profitable way
• Respect tank and silo capacities and inflow/outflow constraints in scheduling
• Sequence optimisation that considers changeovers and cleaning-in-place

Infor Birst® Enterprise’s patented automation technology brings together and delivers trusted insights for food and beverage companies. From executives to front-line workers, all levels of the organisation have access to the latest trends impacting your food and beverage business.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Smarter decision making with AI-driven insights that explain why a KPI is trending up or down
• Higher analytics adoption with a modern solution designed for self-service and ease of use
• More confidence in decision-making with centralised governance across Infor and non-Infor applications
• Save thousands of hours of development and eliminate the need for multiple data integration, databases, and visualisation solutions

Infor® OS is a cloud operating platform that seamlessly connects services across all Infor CloudSuite™ industry solutions and many third-party solutions. Services range from essential, business-critical functionality to more advanced technology that’s capable of providing competitive advantages to food and beverage companies.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Leverage a unified cloud infrastructure for single sign-on, mobility, security, and compliance
• Utilise seamless integration across Infor and non-Infor products
• Leverage an easy-to-use, unified, user experience across all applications
• Capture vital data from IoT devices
• Use advanced analytics and AI for guidance and automated decisions
• Ensure compliance, collaboration, and accountability with role-based homepages, alerts, and workflows

Infor® Human Resources is a leading-edge, end-to-end talent-focused solution. It can help you strategically align people initiatives and talent capabilities to your food and beverage business strategies.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Get all the human capital management functionality you need in one complete solution
• Utilise a consumer-grade, personalised, role-based user interface
• Leverage relevant and timely data based on behaviour science and analytics
• Gain complete employee visibility; hire, develop, and retain the right talent
• Boost employee performance and improve workforce effectiveness

Food and beverage manufacturers have unique requirements when it comes to manufacturing operations. Infor CloudSuite Industrial for Food & Beverage is the solution to make it easy to adjust recipes, build batches based on exacting manufacturing specifications, and monitor and respond to the evolving regulatory environment.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Manage multiple units of measure for any item
• Model recipes based on weight or volume, as well as loss or yield percentages
• Account for ingredients used in a recipe that are soluble or are removed from the process prior to packaging
• Resize a recipe based on production needs, using percentages to accurately scale all of the components
• Maintain a full history of recipe revisions and be able to recall prior versions and place into production, as needed
• Issue ingredients quickly and efficiently by reporting in batch production quantities
• Take advantage of food and beverage ERP functionality to address costing and lot traceability

PRODUCTS INCLUDED

• Infor ERP
• Infor SyteLine Process Industry Pack
• Infor® OS
• Implementation Accelerator