Infor today announced Infor Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Innovator - powered by Aras. Delivered in partnership with Aras, Infor PLM Innovator is a highly scalable, flexible and secure cloud-based solution for Infor customers around the world. Available now in limited release, Infor PLM Innovator will provide the Infor 10x user experience and be integrated through Infor ION® with Infor SyteLine and Infor LN.
Infor PLM Innovator goes beyond the capabilities of standalone PLM products to unite the entire product lifecycle, helping to provide a comprehensive view that enables enterprises to accelerate product realization from design and manufacturing to purchasing, quality, and supply chain. Capturing data flow between Infor enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, Infor PLM Innovator supports strategic business processes including product development, new product introduction, systems engineering, quality compliance, and global manufacturing.
Infor PLM Innovator - powered by Aras is:
- Advanced - A single, modern Web framework with an open architecture and a comprehensive PLM solution suite that extends beyond product data management to provide end-to-end product lifecycle management throughout the enterprise and extended supply chain.
- Flexible - Drag and drop customization enables the software to adapt to company specific requirements with real-time agility and the ability to change at the speed of business.
- Scalable - Scales up and out to support multinational enterprises as well as midsize businesses with expanding requirements across the supply chain, including managing petabytes of complex computer aided design (CAD) data and documentation.
- Secure - Compliance-grade security protects valuable intellectual property with customizable role-based permissions, authentication and access control functionality that enables sharing of information across the enterprise and with suppliers, partners and customers, confidently.
"By teaming up with Infor we are able to reach a wider range of customers with our enterprise PLM suite, and deliver an integrated experience to Infor customers worldwide," said Peter Schroer, CEO of Aras. "Our partnership gives companies a subscription-based PLM option that's highly scalable and can be deployed in data center, Cloud or hybrid scenarios with compliance-grade security."
"When manufacturers experience limited visibility across the product lifecycle, they are not equipped to speed time to market or enhance the quality of their products," said Soma Somasundaram, executive vice president, Global Product Development, Infor. "Infor PLM Innovator delivers the necessary tools to create a unified view of production, from conception to the supply chain. Organizations across multiple industries, whether it's discrete manufacturing or automotive, can leverage this technology to optimize each step within each process, ultimately creating time and cost savings for the company."
