The Future of ERP on IBMi

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The Future of ERP on IBM iTim Mears, Business Development System i Europe, Infor

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Agenda• Who are Infor?• What are IBM i users saying?• The future of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on IBM i• So what does this mean for the IBM i community?

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Who Are Infor?

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Where we have come from?

• Founded in 2002• Highly acquisitive growth to 2006• Consolidation to 2010• System i Division created 2008

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Transformation

2002-2007 2007-2010 December 2010 Today

Product Assessment

NewStrategy

R&DInvestment

New Management Team

Innovation PhaseConsolidation

Integration

Infor 10

Infor 10x

2011

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We are the largest IBM i ISV in the world

19,000 customers on IBM i solutions

from Infor

$2.8 billion revenue

95+ countries 3rd largest application vendor

in the world

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System i in UKI• Mainly ‘IBM Midmarket’ sized clients

• Key IBM i solutions• MAPICS (Infor XA)• BPCS (Infor LX)• JBA (System21)

• Wide Industry coverage but certainly• Discrete Manufacturing• Process especially Food & Beverage• Wholesale/Distribution

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What are IBM i users saying?Infor’s EMEA System i Survey 2013 was carried out during March and April 2013 with over a thousand manager or higher decision-makers invited to participate.

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Declining skill base

When asked whether attracting and retaining critical IT skills was becoming a problem, over half of respondents agreed.

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Mystified about the cloud?

Results suggest that System i users are unsure as to how the cloud computing model could be applicable to them.

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Green Screen

The vast majority of those experiencing issues with appearance or user interface were running early versions of the operating system.

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90% of users appear to plan further investment in the platform:

When asked about four possible areas for investment: Reporting and Analytics, Additional Functionality, Going Mobile, and 24x7 High Availability, 90% of respondents indicated at least one area was either a need or a priority for investment.

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The Future of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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Infor innovation investment areas

Internet architecture

Specialised by industry

Creating Experiences People Love

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Infor 10xUser Experience

Infor 10xTechnology Platform

Infor 10xCompliant /

Enabled Applications

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Internet architecture

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Internet

Standards-based and Loosely Coupled

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Infor ION

Business VaultAnalytics | Reporting | Search | In-context BI

Infor ERP Infor PLM

MotionCloud

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Infor ION enables you to…• Connect your applications

• Infor and non-Infor - on premise and in the Cloud

• Loosely-coupled - standards-based (OAGIS)

• Manage your business processes• Cross application workflows

• Automation

• Monitor the enterprise• Real-time Proactive exception management

• Push alerts to local and remote users

• Report across the enterprise• Real-time reporting and analytics

• Infor delivered content

Business VaultAnalytics | Reporting | Search | In-context BI

Infor ERP Infor PLM

MotionCloud

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Creating Experiences People LoveLetting users work the way they liveBeauty as a Competence

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DesignersInformation architects

ArtistsStorytellers

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Drill to Sales Order Drill to Sales Order

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@productionhelpdesk: Working on critical order for Ford -- just noticed this drop off in

production. What can we do?

Drill toCustomer:000016SalesOrder:200000163Part:00001100512Plant:P0023

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@maintenancehelpdesk: Maintenance team, I am guessing we must have some maintenance

planned at this plant and that is why production drops off. Any ideas?

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Drill toPart:00001100512PlanningBoard:0023 PlanningBoard:0023

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Fantastic – I will let the customer know! Thanks for the incredibly fast response.

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What if you could be…

InformedProactiveMobile Collaborative In-ContextSocial Connected

Would it change the way you work?

(and would you keep your IBM i?)

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So What Does This Mean For The IBM i Community?

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Why IBM i?

#1 business computing platform

in banking

250,000 machines in use today

40 to 50% reduction in

IT Costs

Strong roadmap published to 2025

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The future of ERP on IBM i

Continuing functional enhancement

System of engagement

Modern system architecture

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Who can benefit?IBM i Ecosystem

Whole Community In-House Apps Other IBM i ERP

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