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INFOR SERVICES
Success accelerated
Infor Services is a global organization with end-to-end
accountability for optimizing the value of your Infor
investments. Comprising more than 5,300 professionals
who support companies in 168 countries, we bring deep
product and technical expertise, extensive industry
experience, and the full force of Infor’s resources to
the task of making you outrageously successful. From
big picture thinking and proactive strategizing to initial
deployment and day-to-day optimization, you can rely
on us to provide the depth and breadth of experience
needed to turn vision into reality. We are passionately
committed to earning your loyalty every single day—in
everything we do.
Committed to making you outrageously successful
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Why choose Infor Services?
Commitment to customer success
The Infor Services team fosters an
environment where customer success
trumps all. We are committed to
exceeding your expectations.
End-to-end accountability
You get access to a worldwide community
of experts across all disciplines—from
strategic planning and implementation to
cloud operations, support, and on-going
optimization—who have end-to-end
accountability for your success.
A long-term partner
The Infor Services team’s commitment
doesn’t end when your new technology
is up and running. From the opportunity
to have an assigned customer success
manager to our comprehensive services
portfolio, you’ll have a trusted partner
that’s dedicated to making you successful
over the long haul.
Accelerated time to value
The Infor Services team partners with
you to get your systems up and running
quickly, achieving a deployment that
lowers total cost of ownership and sets
you up for long-term success.
Deep product and industry expertise
The average Infor Services team member
has 9.1 years of experience. Often,
they’ve walked a mile in your shoes;
many are former customers themselves.
Global footprint
With 5,300 professionals supporting
businesses in 168 countries, we’re
ready to support your business
wherever it may go.
Access to innovation
Infor has invested more than $500B in R&D
in the last five years. The Infor Services
team serves as your access point to fresh
thinking on how technology can be used as
a competitive advantage.
Proven methodologyOur consultants are trained and certified on
Infor’s proven deployment methodology,
ensuring they can carry out the highest quality
projects with the lowest degree of risk.
Implementation acceleratorsAutomated deployment processes and
implementation accelerators shorten
deployment time and help you achieve a
more rapid return on investment.
Reduced riskYou get a single, full service provider that
is uniquely qualified to help you eliminate
modifications and get maximum value from
your software investment.
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Our people The Infor Services team partners with customers in 168 countries and supported more than 1,200 go-lives in the last year alone. Our team members offer the
broadest support available for Infor’s extensive product portfolio, combining local country and language support with deep technical and industry expertise.
3,200+consultants
1,200+support professionals
3 COEswith 600 consultants
168countries supported
9.1avg. years of experience
4,700+cloud customers
1,248+go-lives last year
1Mknowledge base articles
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Our servicesOur comprehensive set of services is designed to help you succeed at every stage of your engagement with Infor. Our goal is to
not just meet your needs but also anticipate them, providing solutions to problems before they occur and opening your eyes to
opportunities that our breadth of resources, product and industry expertise, and innovation empower us to see.
Advisory Services
Deployment Services
Education Services
Managed Services
Support Services
Business consulting
Value engineering
Organizational
change management
Digital transformation
Application
management services
Post production
support
Process monitoring
Data lifecycle
management
Infor cloud support
center
Cloud Command
Center (3C)
Flexible support
options—essential,
premium, elite
Implementation
and upgrades
Cloud migration
Data migration
Testing automation
Performance
optimization
Classroom and
virtual training
End user training
Education
subscriptions
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Our Advisory Services resources use their industry
expertise and strategic business knowledge to help you
incorporate best practices and approach old business
models in fresh ways. This group of experts gives
you continual access to some of the best minds in the
technology world—and in your own industry—allowing
you to tap into innovation and stay ahead of the curve.
Advisory Services
Our Advisory Services resources are passionate about looking for new opportunities and ways of solving problems you may not even know you have. Our goal is to set you up for long-term success from the start and partner with you to continually improve and adapt as your business changes.”
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Darren Saumur
SVP, Infor Services
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Build a long-term roadmap for success
Reduce organizational risk
Uncover new opportunities
Take advantage of innovation
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Getting systems up and running quickly and achieving a
standard, upgradeable, and easily supported deployment
are the keys to delivering a fast and reliable return
on technology investments. The Infor Services team
surrounds you with deployment experts who have
decades of experience attaining these objectives. From
provisioning and system implementation to performance
management and tuning, we help you achieve
standardized implementations that incorporate best
practices, result in a lower cost of ownership, and set you
up to be successful for the long haul.
Deployment Services
Since the system-wide Infor M3 implementation, Kemin has consolidated five systems into one. The company has 10 manufacturing locations and another 12 locations around the globe using Infor products.”
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Technology Evaluation Center
“ERP for Process Manufacturing
Buyer’s Guide” May 2013
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Deploy quickly and reliably, anywhere in the world
Accelerate time to value and minimize risk
Achieve a cost-effective, easily supported deployment
Maximize the long-term value of your investment
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Objectives for technology investments cannot be achieved
if users work with a new system but don’t actively embrace
it. Through a combination of classroom and virtual training,
end user training, and on-going education subscriptions,
the Infor Services team partners with customers to ensure
all end users are fully empowered to get maximum value
from their Infor solution. Our goal is to make end users’
jobs easier and help them operate more efficiently, with
the ultimate objective of enabling our customers to better
serve their own.
Education Services
Our instructor was probably one of the best I’ve had...I came into this not knowing anything about the project. After this course, I felt I was ready to go ahead with confidence.”
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Daryle Rech
System Administrator
Kronos Aria Health System
Accelerate adoption of new technology and processes
Increase user satisfaction
Speed return on investment
Choose from flexible learning options – on-site, virtual,
self-directed, or instructor-led
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The Infor Services team is set up to provide whatever
level of support you require. Through our managed
services offerings, we can run your systems end-to-
end or just provide support for certain aspects of your
deployment. We cover all operational services, including
service desk, system administration, capacity planning,
facility management, service pack/hot fix, maintenance,
backup, recovery, and archiving, as well as a full range of
services for optimum application performance. We also
offer technical services such as customization care and
functional application management support.
Managed Services
With Managed Services, our customers get greater flexibility, assured continuity, and a lower total cost of ownership for their Infor applications. Our resources are available around the clock and around the world, so our customers can do business wherever or whenever the opportunity presents itself.”
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Curt Bennett
VP, Cloud Operations & Managed Services
Choose the level of service that’s right for your business
Get world-class technical expertise and security
Optimize system performance with on-going monitoring
Lower costs and reduce the burden on IT staff
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On-going support for technology investments is critical,
and needs vary from organization to organization. Our
award-winning support team provides comprehensive
support for companies of all shapes and sizes—from day-
to-day incident resolution to services such as decision
support and system monitoring.
Support Services
I submitted my incident at 5 p.m. on a Friday and got a response almost immediately. We were able to resolve the issue, and it kept me from worrying the whole weekend.”
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Liz Woolfrey
IDEX Health and Science LLC
Choose the support plan that’s right for you—essential,
premium, or elite
Work with experts who are passionate about providing
you with exceptional service
Get instant access to the resources you need through
the Infor support portal
Access support globally, with professionals located
in 28 countries
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The Infor Deployment method assures quality implementations with governance;
quality control; and certified, industry-specific, best practice procedures. Built on
industry standards and designed to minimize risk, this method is vertical specific
and supports both waterfall and Agile development methods. The result is high
quality projects delivered on time and on budget—for every Infor product and
anywhere in the world.
Our methodology
Optimization workshops
Project initiating and planning
Project closure
Inception Elaboration Construction Transition Optimize
Project execution, monitoring, and control
Confirm objectivesand scope
Define business requirements
High-level process modeling
Define supporting requirements
Project team training
MoSCoW requirements Traceability matrix
Lifecycle objectives milestone
Blueprint
Analysis and design (custom extensions)
Define project strategy
Detailed process modeling
Build prototype
Conference room pilot
Gap analysis
Data action labs
Lifecycle architecture milestone
System testing
Initial operational capability milestone
Application configuration
Design and implement (custom extensions)
Unit testing
Integration testing
Data conversion rehearsals
User acceptance testing
Performance testing
End user training
Final data conversions
System in production milestone
Monitor and evaluate system performance
Plan for future
Transition to support
Sign-o� milestone
System integration testing
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Implementation Accelerators
Infor’s industry-specific implementation accelerators automate key processes
and incorporate best practices into every deployment, resulting in a faster time
to value, lower costs, and reduced risk. The Infor Services team currently has
25 Implementation Accelerators available, with more in development.
Aerospace & Defence Automotive Chemicals Chemicals 13.3 Equipment Equipment Rental
Fashion Food & Beverage (M3) Industrial (EE) Healthcare Public Sector Food & Beverage (Optiva)
Distribution (M3) Public Sector CDR EAM Industrial Manufacturing
Manufacturing (M3) Country Versions Transaction Archive Manager
Demand Planner Infor CloudSuite™ Business
Infor CloudSuite™ Industrial
Distribution SXE Infor CloudSuite™ HCM Supply Chain 3PL
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Executive overview
Situation analysisContinue to grow the number of employers Concordia serves by instituting a formalized
solution for business development and customer relationship management.
Increase customer service levels by providing a self-service member portal that provides
a consolidated and personal view of all plan and policy details.
Decide whether to upgrade Infor applications to their latest versions and re-evaluate
existing relationship with hosting provider Xerox®.
High level impact
in time savings as a result of enrolling in the Elite support program and working with a customer success manager
20% to 30%
savings in annual operating expenses associated with the move from Xerox as a hosting provider to the Infor Cloud
$400,000
positions in enrollment area re-deployed as a result of the reduction in paperwork associated with 21,000 members
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Innovation strategyConduct a total cost of ownership analysis to gain a comprehensive view of the cost
differences between deploying Infor applications in the cloud versus the current
arrangement with Xerox.
Upgrade Infor applications to the latest versions and move them to the Infor cloud.
Support employer and member growth by introducing Infor CRM.
Create a member portal to better deliver information and improve customer service
with Infor HR Knowledgebase.
ResultsReduced annual operating expenses by moving to a software as a service (SaaS)
arrangement in the Infor cloud powered by Amazon® Web Services.
Freed up headcount in the human resources department by automating the manual
processes associated with the administration of open enrollment.
Saved Concordia Plan Services executives’ time by working with an assigned
customer success manager.
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The sole purpose of the Infor Services organization is
to ensure you realize value from your Infor software
investments. We have end-to-end accountability for
helping you drive business transformation and achieve
your objectives, and we’re passionate about making you
outrageously successful. Your success is the yardstick
by which we measure our own.
Drive business transformation
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Infor builds beautiful business applications with last mile functionality and scientific insights for
select industries delivered as a cloud service. With 14,000 employees and customers in more than
200 countries and territories, Infor automates critical processes for industries including healthcare,
manufacturing, fashion, wholesale distribution, hospitality, retail, and public sector. Infor software helps
eliminate the need for costly customization through embedded deep industry domain expertise.
Headquartered in New York City, Infor is also home to one of the largest creative agencies in
Manhattan, Hook & Loop, focused on delivering a user experience that is fun and engaging. Infor
deploys its applications primarily on the Amazon Web Services cloud and open source platforms.
To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
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