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Infor d/EPMThe next generation of financial performance management,

analytics & compliance


Infor BI Overview


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Infor Dynamic

Enterprise

Performance

Management

(d/EPM)

One end-to-end platform for Analytics,

BI, & Performance Management


Infor BI –

the foundation of

Infor d/EPM



Make your

business users

self reliant with Infor BI


In-

Memory

Infor Business Intelligence

Platform for analysis, discovery, and performance management

Access via Mobile, Web, and Excel

High speed in-memory just-in-time read / write data compression and calculation engine

User-friendly query interfaces

Detailed security to cell level

In-context user experience

Operational and management reporting, ad-hoc analysis, and dashboards


The flexibility results in

customers using it differently

to make a difference


Replacement of

current Excel

solution

Business departments

or small organizations

increasing efficiency

Pure Analysis

Solution

Find information in

multidimensional data

in an ad-hoc fashion

Standard

reporting

User accesses defined

analytical reports with

defined functionality

Tailor made

performance

management

Department builds own

planning solution e.g.

replacing excel sheets

Out-of-the-box

performance

management

Standardized d/EPM

solutions pre-built and

ready to use

Used by small, medium and large companies in departments or enterprise wide

Independent of the industry, solutions are built from financial to operational areas

Solutions are set up, used, extended and maintained by departmental and IT users


Pre packaged – d/EPM Custom BId/EPM Custom extensions

BI and PM Applications

AnalyticsBudgeting &

PlanningConsolidation

Strategy

Management… Custom Sub-Plans Customer or ICS Implementations

BI and PM Applications

BI PlatformFrontends and data storage for creating dashboards, reports and applications

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In-Memory Grid Server and DataLinks

Infor Business Vault & Other Data Connect, load,

automate, push/pull

Repository

Meta Data Storage

Security

Permissions

Application

ManagementIn-Memory

Read / Write

Standards Based

Business Meta Data Layer

Application StudioApplication building,

reporting, printing

DashboardsMashups, Self-Service, Analyzer,

Ad-hoc reporting

Office

Integrations

Analytics, budgeting

and modeling with Office

Plus and Infor BI Q&A

Processes

Business Intelligence Platform

Infor Ming.le™

Enterprise Applications

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BI systems run by business - not IT

Content-driven

Excel-oriented

On the fly flexibility

For every BI business topic

For every BI level

Platform for application development

Customers

Infor (Consolidation, Planning, Analyzer, EAM, Syteline, In-Context BI, S&OP, Business Analytics…)

With Infor BI business users create their own BI world


All calculations on the fly

Online access whenever and wherever you like

Internal and external fast close

Analysis in seconds

Daily access

Fast implementation

Highly adaptable to changes

Serves quick decision making

Infor BI gives you speed to serve your business success!


Be prepared for the future

with modern BI technology


Infor BI product overview


Application StudioDesign reports and applications

Dashboards

Websites

Infor BI Dashboard User Experience

Web browser Mobile app

Additional

content

Self Service

Content

provider

Analyzer

Infor d/EPM

solutions

Custom

BI/PM


Easy self-service and user-friendly creation and editing of personalized dashboards in a browser or with the iPad app

Cost efficient BI architecture to integrate ERP and OLAP datawith Application Studio content in a browser or the mobile app

Share your thoughts with your colleagues via Infor Ming.le

Open to any web content

Dashboards also on iPhone

Infor BI Dashboards: Advanced dashboard capabilities

...in your browser

...as an app


Infor BI DashboardsSecurity and Communication Overview

Infor BI

Dashboards

as an app

Infor BI Dashboards

running in

a browser

BI Dashboards

Server

Application Studio

WebServices

BI Repository

BI OLAP – or any other

data source supported

by Application

Studio

Dashboard

Catalog

content

connections

DataLink Server


Single entry point to reports, analytics, planning and forecasting screens for business people

Browser-based, graphically rich interaction with information in tables, graphics and maps

Shows data in any language

Easy to use for power users due to spreadsheet-like configuration and great for creatingsophisticated and individualized analytical applications

Connects with multiple OLAP and relational sources: Infor BI OLAP Server, Infor CPM, MS Analysis Services, Hyperion Essbase, drill-through and DataLinks for relational databases

Infor BI Application Studio: Browser based analytics for every day business users


Easy to handle self-service analysis for business data for everyone

Gives answers to business user driven questions

Helps to get insight into information that is hidden within the vast amounts of data

Connects to multiple data sources such as

Infor BI OLAP Server

Infor CPM

Microsoft Analysis Services

Infor BI Analyzer for everyone’s analytics for anything


Excel add-in for direct ad hoc analysis and cell based formula reports

Connects to multiple data sources such as


Infor CPM

Microsoft Analysis Services

Hyperion Essbase

DataLinks

The “work horse” for operational and financial controllers

Add-in for Word and Powerpoint for Application Studio and CPM reports

Infor BI Office Plus: The Office experience


Infor BI Q&A (fka as Q&A Evolve)Next generation Q&A product for accessing and querying relational databases in a business user friendly way via a meta data layer called “DataLinks”:

• Bringing business information and analysis to the non-technical user

The Excel plugin provides:

• Ad-hoc query design

• Report scheduling / distribution

• Bulk data load (Data Send)

• Drilldown / breakout (GA version)

DataLinks can also be accessed via other Infor BI components:

• Self Service for Infor BI Dashboards for browsers and apps

• Infor BI Application Studio


The business layer that translates raw data into meaningful analytics and provides powerful planning capabilities – in-memory and real-time

The core of any BI solution: Provides the “one version of the truth” with consistent calculations of measures and KPIs including textual comments

Configurable for any operational or financial data model and business need

Provides advanced data security

Sophisticated Application Engine for BI processes

Scalability and 64-bit architecture



Graphically oriented design of ETL processes and business models

Automation of integration processes to extract structures and data

Connects to almost any data source such as

Infor Business Vault and BPW

Infor applications

SAP, SAP BW and other applications

SQL Server and Oracle database servers

Amazon Redshift

Excel, Access and textfiles

Bi-directional connections if necessary

Infor BI ImportMaster for business modeling


Delivering content based on

the Infor BI platform


Infor Analytics

Pre-Defined Content

• Industry Data Models

• Library of Charts and Widgets

• Role-based Dashboards

• Part of Cloudsuite Core

Technology Foundation• Infor BI

• Infor Business Vault

Manufacturing

Food & beverage

Healthcare

Fashion

Public sector

Equipment Distribution

Automotive

Aerospace

and defense

HCM


A single application for all your budgeting, planning, and forecasting needs; operationalize your strategic plans; and

seamlessly consolidate multiple sets of books.

Budgeting & Planning Strategy Management

Infor BI Platform

Financial Consolidation

Infor d/EPM –Financial Performance Management


Embeddable Within Applications

Infor Ming.le ™ In-Context BI

Infor d/EPM

Infor S & OP

Infor Industry Analytics

Infor Core Banking & Billing

Infor Healthcare TrueCost

Infor Financials Xi


The democratization of BI -

Bringing business relevant insights to

everyone on the operational level

with In-Context BI


Get information when you need it – speed up processes at the point of decision Check if the customer is a good payer whilst placing an order


Get information when you need it – speed up processes at the point of decision How much does the customer owe? Check for outstanding amounts


Get information when you need it – speed up processes at the point of decision What about customer loyalty?


Get information when you need it – speed up processes at the point of decision You might want to discount a little bit more to make the customer happy again


Embedded BI at the point of decision:

Streamline and speed up your processes

Increase the value of your ERP

No need for disjointed and expensive BI tools

No need for costly BI implementations

No need for training BI tools


Extending pre-built content

with the Infor BI platform


Data transfer

Frontends

DatabaseInfor BI

Technology

Custom build BI

solutions(customer or ICS)

d/EPM and additional pre built content(flexible and extendable)

Solutions AnalyticsBAMF, EAM, SL,…

d/EPM applicationsFinancial Consolidation, Strategy

Management, Planning

ERP extensionsS&OP, PCL, Quality,…

In-Context BI


Infor BI customer experiences


Business Challenge• Create an integrated BI and CPM tool for planning

and reporting for financial and non-financial data

• Get rid of multiple tools to collect and prepare datafor reporting and planning

• Analyse data in multidimensional way

Results• All relevant business data is combined in an

integrated OLAP based solution with one web frontend

CS Schmalmöbel

Profile• Producer of assembly-ready furniture

• Headquarter: Waldmohr, Germany

• +600 employees

• Up to 20.000 furniture parts produced per day

Solution• Infor ION BI with OLAP Server, Applications

Studio and Office Plus

• Infor LN/Baan

"Because of our integrated solution we can access a very accurate database so that everyone has the same information.“

—Assistant to the Executive Board, CS Schmalmöbel


Business Challenge• Create an integrated BI and CPM tool for planning

and reporting for financial and non-financial data

• Data coming from multiple sources including SAP

Results• One centralizes OLAP database for planning and

reporting to get a single point of truth with one web frontend

• +300 users

Fraport

Profile• Full service provider for airport management

• Headquarter in Frankfurt, Germany

• Revenue: 2.2 M €

• 88 M passengers per year


Studio and Office Plus

"The Infor solution is very user-friendly. Even users who don't work with the system every day find it straightforward right from the start."

—Team leader controlling concepts and systems, Fraport


Business Challenge• Sites around the world with different ERP systems

• Consolidation, Planning and Budgeting not feasible with Excel any more

Results• One integrated solution for financial and non-financial

data for strategic management, planning and reporting, statutory consolidation and forecasting

Glas Trösch

Profile• Producer of flat glas products

• Headquarter in Bützberg, Switzerland

• +4,500 employees

• 60 sites in Europe

Solution• Infor ION BI with Consolidation, OLAP Server,

Applications Studio and Office Plus

„The new intranet based solution gives access to analysis and company detailsaccurately and in seconds. Budget meetings are conducted without paper nowadays."

—CFO, Glas Trösch


Business Challenge• Reporting and budgeting took to long

• Adhoc analysis as a requirement by business users

Results• One integrated solution for financial and non-financial

data for strategic management, planning and reporting, statutory consolidation and forecasting

• Daily sales analysis

Manor

Profile• Retail, 72 department stores

• Headquarter: Basel, Switzerland

• 11,000 employess

• Revenue: $3.2M


Studio and Office Plus with +1,000 users

“Our Infor system supports our strategy and planning, budgeting, consolidation and forecastprocesses. Reporting and budgeting require much less time and is far more insightful."

—Manager for management systems Manor


Extending possibilities for Infor applicationcustomers with ION Intelligence

Infor ION

Value added

features that

improve the

experience for Infor

users: Workspace,

ION, In-Context BI,

etc.

Infor

Analytics

Pre-built solution that

enable a fast ROI with low

risk for reporting, analytics

and dashboards

Infor BI

applications

for EPM

Pre-built solutions for

budgeting, planning,

simulation and statutory

consolidation

Infor Consulting Services, Training and Support

Infor BI

BI and EPM capabilities;

Extending content to

individualized operational

and financial planning,

reporting and simulation

solutions; In-memory

OLAP technology

Infor

Reporting


Infor BI and

Amazon Redshift


Application

Studio

Office Plus Dashboards

In-Memory

OLAP Server

Prebuilt BI/CPM

applications

Redshift

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Deployment options

Infor BI can be run

in a traditional on-premise environment or

in a hosted environment (like Amazon Web Services)


Put Analytics at the core of your business with Infor BI

Better insights and better decisions

with one in-memory platform for

dashboards, reports, analytics,

planning and consolidation

The right information

From any source system

Wherever you work

To interact with your colleagues

While being independent from IT


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