XA Roadmap 2012 Ross Freeman, XA Product Manager
Nov 08, 2014
XA Roadmap 2012
Ross Freeman, XA Product Manager
Agenda
Product Direction
Release 9.1
9.1 Additional Roadmap
Release 10
Summary and Questions
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Product Direction
Product Direction – Focus Areas
Infor 10
Industries
ION
Cloud
User Interface
Globalization
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Infor 10 – What It Means
Infor believes that one ERP cannot handle all industries, technologies, countries, etc.
Infor ERP products have spent 30 years perfecting industry functionality
Infor strategy is to present the right ERP for each customer, and provide a complete industry solution around it.
Infor makes a complete long term commitment to Infor 10 products Infor Technology Continuing Core Development Industry Assignments with Marketing Participation New Accounts in assigned industries/platforms/countries Long Term Support
An Infor 10 ERP (like XA) is a long term go-forward product for Infor
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Infor 10 – What It Means
Infor 10 is shared development
An XA customer now can access Development from a much larger team
Infor 10 technology alone has over 600 developers
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Infor 10 and System i
Infor is the largest System i partner in the world
Infor is the largest System i Manufacturing ERP vendor in the world Almost 40% of the global market
System i solutions represent a large percentage of Infor’s revenue
IBM believes System i is a growth platform again
System i is a strategic growth market for Infor and IBM together
Infor 10 fully includes System i
Charles Phillips fully understands System i
Infor has a long term commitment to the System i
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Industries – What Do They Mean to XA?
XA is assigned to certain industries
Development will focus on the assigned industries
Core Development
Complete Power-Link version of XA
Add specific industry functionality if required in core
Industry Suites
Integrate other Infor products using ION to build a complete industry suite
Deploy industry suites with a common user interface (Workspace) and a common platform (ION)
Use other Infor products for required industry functionality
XA will be proposed for new accounts in assigned industries
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Specialized By Industry
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General Manufacturing Automotive
Chemicals Food & Beverage
Aerospace & Defense High Tech Industrial Equipment &
Machinery
Distribution Equipment, Service
Management, & Rental Fashion
Healthcare Hospitality Public Sector
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Industry Suite
Infor10 ION
Infor10 ION
XA/US
Process Experience Intelligence
Customer Relationship Management
SupplyWEB
Social Enterprise Mobility
Business Vault
Auto Connect
Suite
Services
XA has a cloud offering now
Various levels of managed services also available
XA is participating in hybrid cloud
Some applications on premise, some not
Cloud licensing models in design
IBM PureFlex is a cloud enabling machine, XA is already certified on the platform
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Cloud Suite
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Hybrid Cloud Deployment
Infor10 ION
Infor10 ION
XA Mexico
Process Experience Intelligence
Customer Relationship Management
SupplyWEB
Social Enterprise Mobility
Business Vault
XA / France
XA in Infor Workspace
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Global Deployment – Centralized/Decentralized
Infor10 ION
Infor10 ION
XA/US
Process Experience Intelligence
Customer Relationship Management
SupplyWEB
Social Enterprise Mobility
Business Vault
XA / France
Decentralized
Centralized
Release 9.1
Release 9.1 – New Support Policy
Release 9.1 is the first Infor 10 release for XA
Release 9.1 falls under the new Infor support policy
Release 9.1 will be fully supported by Infor for seven years from its GA date of March
2012
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Release 9.1 – Net Change From Release 7.8
Core Enhancements
EPDM Completion
Material Logistics
ION Support
Infor Workspace
IDF Report Writer
Procurement Management Multi-source and UI Uplift
Environment Replication
EPAK Content
Knowledge Zone
New Applications
EGLi - Enterprise General Ledger for i
IFM AP and AR Support
CRMi ION integrations
Road Warrior EAM SupplyWEB
Other integrations Cognos 8.4 and 10.1 F9 Corporate
Performance Management
Product Configurator Field Service
Posting Multiple Journals from a Single Event
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Corporate
Ledger
Sales Ledger
GAAP
Chart of Accounts
USD Book
EUR Book
MXP Book
QTY Book
Budget Book
Period Table
12 Periods
July-June
Calendar
Period Table
Jan-Dec IFRS Ledger
IFRS Compliant
Chart of Accounts
USD Book
Period Table
12 Periods
July-June
EUR Book
Journals Journals
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Infor ION Process
Automated task monitoring in
relation to promised completion
and proactive alerting of
exceptions.
ION EVENT MANAGEMENT
Automated document routing
and approvals via workflows
across multiple Infor and non-
Infor applications.
ION WORKFLOW
Intuitive, browser-based
interface used to easily
configure and monitor all Infor
ION services.
ION DESK
ION PULSE Managing and follow Information
ION CONNECT
Communication and secure
sharing of data across on-
premise and cloud
applications.
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IDF Report Writer
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What Is Environment Replication?
In any multi-environment system, master data must be maintained consistently across environments
Sometimes transaction data is also needed
In the old days, this required manual synchronization Inefficient
Inaccurate
Previous synchronization methods were hard to set up and maintain
Environment replication is a simple method for maintaining data across environments ION with Business Vault
System-Link direct
CRMi – Now Core XA
Infor Road Warrior
Available from the Apple App Store
Download a demonstration version to your iPad
Search for “Infor Road Warrior”
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XA Service Management
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XA Service
Management
Contracts
Knowledge
Base
Field
Service
Operations
Serial
Number
Management
Inventory
Management
Incident
Management
RMA and
Repair
Management
Customer
Claims
Vendor
Claims
Incident recording
Internal and external
Call centre
Recall
Retrofit
Customer notice
Warranty Management
Primary
Extended
Repair
Service Contracts
Repair order Mgmt
Integrated quote process
Spare Part Orders
Credit processing
Dispatch of technicians
Service Order Management
Preventive Maintenance Schedule
Integrated warehouse
Non-integrated warehouse
Warranty Cost Tracking
KPIs
Forecasting
Status Reporting
Dashboards
Lifecycle management
Item traceability
Automated process
Financial Settlement
Automated process
Financial Settlement
BuyDesign
Channel Sales (Quoting / Ordering)
Other
Enterprise
Systems
BuyDesign
Storefront (Online Ordering)
XA
CSM
EPDM
Product
Knowledge
XA Configurator: Extend Your Enterprise
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• Electronics
• Medical Devices
• Apparel
• Furniture
• Signage
• Eyewear
• Lighting
• Jewelry
• Racking Systems
• Aerospace
• CTO/BTO/ATO
Flex2D Routings
BOM
Docs Render
Flex3D
Price
Configurator
Modular Flexible Easy Powerful Integrated
• Configure
• Quote
• Order
9.1 – Additional Roadmap
2012 Initiatives
ION integrations
Globalization Deployment
Serial Track and Trace
Cloud Deployment
ION Integrations
Infor Mobile Shop floor
Activity Desk
SalesForce.com
Infor Business Intelligence Publish all the documents to Business Vault
Operational Reporting and Context Analytics
Infor Business Intelligence
Others as time permits - TBD PLM
CPM and F9
Warehouse Management+Bar Code
Enterprise Search
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Serial Track and Trace
Complete as-built serial number structure (serial in serial within a BOM)
Multi Level Serialized Packages
Auto Generation
Track and Trace Forwards/Backwards
Full FDA compliance
Cloud Deployment
IBM PureFlex support
Performance Enhancements for Remote Deployments
Cloud Appropriate Licensing
Additional managed services options
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XA Globalization
Provide centralized application services to provide a single view of the enterprise
Loosely connect distributed applications to simplify implementation and management
Provide tooling to manage diverse applications
XA Global Environment
Centralized Applications - Available Infor Workspace – single sign on across all Infor applications/
instances
Workflow - processes flow across the enterprise
Event Management – events are visible across the enterprise
Road Warrior – Single view of the customer
Centralized Applications – Late 2012 Business Vault – single data repository
Context Analytics – view consolidated data across instances
Operational Reporting – timely and consistent actionable information
Business Intelligence – single version of the truth across the enterprise
Mobile applications
Shop Floor – Single access to the global production process
Activity Desk – Mobile access to Events and Workflows
Others…
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XA Global Environment
Distributed Core Applications
Multiple instances of XA for different business units
Multiple instances of other Infor applications (SupplyWEB, EAM…)
Multiple servers or multiple environments on a single server
Cloud deployment option for any given application instance
Multiple Book General Ledger
Multiple instances of other ERPs
Dynamics AX, etc.
Infor supplied ION integrations in many cases
Other integrations – if the other application can speak XML, it can speak Infor
Spin up temporary or business unit distributed instances
XA Global Environment
Supporting XA Features
Environment Replication
Replicate XA data from one instance to another – eliminate manual work
Master data control via native System-Link and ION
Material Logistics
Enable all cross environment fulfillment transactions
Enable all cross border/currency/business unit transactions
Multi-site item
Multiple Ledger and Book General Ledger application
Language and Localization
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XA Global Environment
Administrative Applications
ION Desk
Design your enterprise integration
Design your enterprise workflows and event management
Hybrid cloud – link on premise applications to cloud applications
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Loosely Coupled Applications
Infor10 ION
Infor10 ION
XA/US
Process Experience Intelligence
Customer Relationship Management
SupplyWEB
Social Enterprise Mobility
Business Vault
XA France SAP France?
Distributed
Transaction
Applications
Centralized
Applications
Administration
Cloud Deployment
IBM PureFlex support
Performance Enhancements for Remote Deployments
Cloud Appropriate Licensing
Additional managed services options
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9.1 at end of 2012
Global deployment model built and proven
Cloud deployment model built and proven
New IDF applications built and proven
EGLi
STTi
ION integrated Infor applications fully fielded
The building blocks of industry suites
Business Vault and reporting built
Infor Mobile applications
SalesForce.com
Etc.
Release 10
2013 and Beyond
2013 Priorities
Complete IFM AP and AR in IDF
Complete last Materials transactions in IDF
Formal build out of industry suites
Industrial Equipment
Industrial Manufacturing
Automotive
High Tech
Aerospace
Continue Infor technology rollout
Ramp up to Release 10
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Release 10 Objectives
Deploy only the future technology
Infor UI with XA capability - discontinue all incompatible UI
ION architecture with IDF architecture – discontinue all prior architectures
Deploy Industry Suites
Deploy in the Cloud
Deploy Globally
Improve Efficiency
Improve Support position
Summary and Questions
XA is a go forward solution for Infor with a long life and strong development roadmap
Development has delivered many enhancements and integrations in the last 3 years
Expect a high rate of product enhancement in the future, including Infor and core XA
Summary