CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 February 2011
Implementation Investments
Manufacturers Turn to Infor for Product Lifecycle Management
Infor announced strong momentum for sales of Infor PLM 8. Companies, including Emcore, Horsburgh & Scott, Juno Lighting, Promethean Technologies, and SLW Automotive are turning to the solution, which integrates with their existing Infor ERP software, to reduce costs, speed time to market and improve collaboration.
News
Infor customers are implementing Infor PLM 8 to support all activities related to a product, from its conceptual phase until its obsolescence, regardless of organizational boundaries.
The industry experience built in Infor PLM 8 benefits discrete manufacturers, particularly those in the high-tech and electronics, automotive, industrial equipment and machinery, and aerospace and defense industries.
Infor PLM 8 helps companies:
Improve performance -- by connecting all product-related departments to enhance collaboration.
Make better decisions -- by providing impact analysis and full transparency into the product lifecycle.
Increase employee productivity -- by reducing complexity and delivering role-based information to users.
What Rodgers Instruments Says
"With Infor, we are able to support a feature-centric development process to set ourselves apart from our competitors and provide more value to our customers," said Tony Williams, vice president of Engineering, Rodgers Instruments. "Infor PLM is playing an instrumental role in helping us collaborate more effectively with our customers and suppliers to achieve new levels of product customization, which has resulted in a 50 percent reduction in time to market."
What We Say
"Staying several steps ahead of the competition and customer expectations requires tracking, managing, monitoring, and analyzing products throughout the entire lifecycle," said Venkat Rajaji, product manager, PLM, Infor. "With Infor PLM 8, manufacturers can execute these processes successfully, reducing costs, improving product innovation and quality, getting products to market faster, responding with speed and flexibility, and increasing sales."
Additional Resources
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Infor PLM 8 website -- www.infor.com/product_summary/plm/plm8/
Brochure -- www.infor.com/content/brochures/454907/
Case study -- www.infor.com/content/casestudies/inalfa-roof-systems.pdf/
Join the conversation --www.infor.com/company/infornow/
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