Infor M3

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ERP Simplified: Smart. Preconfigured. Modern.

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Dirk
Dirk
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Proven, mature ERP is getting modern UI at last

Reviewed on 2019/04/18

I have worked with M3 for a number of organizations, and besides effectively managing the material...

I have worked with M3 for a number of organizations, and besides effectively managing the material plan and production schedule, it has also served well for the management of multiple business units which require monthly consolidation, multi-currency financial operations, and the complete life cycle of business processes.

Pros

M3 is a stable, robust, proven ERP system that fits a wide variety of industries well, handles international business requirements and has the flexibility to support both the front office and the back office.

In recent years, this has been supplemented with a modern UI toolset, allowing for workflow design and management, along with browser-based homepages and widgets that present users with the information they need to act on, focusing on exceptional situations instead of repetitive, routine tasks.

Cons

The basic user interface for functional programs is still designed in the old AS400/RPG style, with a series of panels and a method of proceeding from panel to panel and program to program which can seem counter-intuitive to the user. Output management (for forms such as customer invoices or packing lists) has long been a weak spot but that is being addressed with new tools being developed. API's are available for many programs which allows for the development of custom user interfaces via Infor OS Homepages and Widgets, but there are significant gaps where API's have not been published.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Lot of flexibility and usefull functionalities

Reviewed on 2020/09/28

user experience makes easier introduction of new hired colleagues.
Flexibility in configuration...

user experience makes easier introduction of new hired colleagues.
Flexibility in configuration helps to add new functionalities fast.

Pros

flexibility, easy of use and a lot of functionalities ready to use (that had to implement custom with other products)

Cons

I see mainly 2 points:
1. enterprise structure has got some lacks, do not manage structured sales organizations (it doesn't exist a concept like it, which is usefull when you have same customer managed in different sales organization within the same company which could have different price list, discounts, payment terms)
2. all accounting is inherited through order, in example when I post good receipt I need to have cost center in purchase order and I cannot change during good receipt. And also for sales, all accounting are inherited from order. Workaround exists, but it is still a limitation

Alternatives Considered

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Reasons for Switching to Infor M3

IT should be more simple and faster to implement, furthermore more flexible
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

High rated ERP Software for the manufacturing industry

Reviewed on 2024/12/26

We used this software for one of our client for their supply chain management and purchase order...

We used this software for one of our client for their supply chain management and purchase order management, and its works very smoothly and process has been optimized by few work hours by using this ERP. this was the first instance when we go live within a week, so kudos to their team and also support was very good. they are guiding us wherever we stuck in the process and we have almost recieved return on experience by using this software for our client

Pros

This is the best ERP software for manufacturing industry with some of the top notch functionalities to serve in a better way, i like the customer purchase order management feature, which i think the best feature in this software also the implementation within very much less time.

Cons

User interface is still looks very old and even in the updated versions also due to the old UI, features are not look promising. UI need be corrected

Ben
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  • Industry: Environmental Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Niche Rental Application

Reviewed on 2020/07/31

Allows for high volume of transactions and equipment movement throughout our over 30 locations. ...

Allows for high volume of transactions and equipment movement throughout our over 30 locations. Could use more documentation on what is and is not supported functionality in certain programs. It is a fairly large ERP system, so this would be tough with all the new features being added.

Pros

It has many more features than we currently use, that we can grow into.

Cons

We are an unusual rental operation and initially it didn't have all the functionality that we required, so our 3rd party implementer made modifications to our base code, so when infor came out with the similar feature, we could not move to it. There are some feature fixes that can not be retrofit into our release.

Steve
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  • Industry: Machinery
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Pros and Cons

Reviewed on 2019/07/09

Over all Infor has continued to serve the needs of our organization. As our business has increased...

Over all Infor has continued to serve the needs of our organization. As our business has increased over the years, the software has allow us to make processes more efficient therefore, we can do jobs with less people. As we have associates leave, there is no need to replace them

Pros

M3 is a system that is configurable to almost any circumstance. It seems is you can think of a process that you would like to have the system perform, Infor has though of this also and there is a way to make it happen inside of me

Cons

The system has so many options and programs making it a hard to know what all you can do or how to do or navigate.

Alternatives Considered

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Reasons for Choosing Infor M3

Timing was the Y2K issue. We also needed a more robust system for our company

Reasons for Switching to Infor M3

M3 met more of the overall requirements we felt were pertinent to our business. - Production - Accounting - Reporting -Order Processing
Malcolm
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Quality ERP

Reviewed on 2020/07/09

Infor support team (Elite customer) is excellent. Consulting engagements are sometimes not so...

Infor support team (Elite customer) is excellent. Consulting engagements are sometimes not so great - it depends to a large degree on who you get..
Been users since 2010 comparison to the old Lawson company is night and day - way better now!

Pros

Highly configurable product. Support from Infor is very good. Investment in the product by Infor continues to be significant and is showing results!

Cons

Ironically, highly configurable! this lead to complexity in the initial set up to meet business process needs. However once established and implemented the product is stable and performs well.

User interface is not premium but hoping for improvements when we move to Infor OS and homepages.

hannah
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Okay, but slight difficult use

Reviewed on 2024/09/20

Use was slightly challenging but the info provided was nice.

Use was slightly challenging but the info provided was nice.

Pros

I liked the information that was available

Cons

How hard it was to remember what screen each information used was in

Renato
Renato
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  • Industry: Plastics
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

One of the best ERP system for industry companies

Reviewed on 2019/06/20

Infor M3 allows you to control the whole manufacturing process of products, allows integration with...

Infor M3 allows you to control the whole manufacturing process of products, allows integration with other software through the amount of APIs available.
The departments at this moment, that are sustained in Infor M3 are, financial, purchases, logistics, production, quality and maintenance all this process are 100% controlled by Infor M3, in a multi company environment.

Pros

Cover all most area in industrialization process, M3 provide a variety way of configuring each process.
Covering almost all departments, except HR, allows A-Z control of the live cycle of process, especially in the supply chain issues. In this sector Infor M3 is probably the most capable ERP to respond to the different processes of each industry.
It has this elasticity without having to make changes to the source code, this allowing an easy system update.

Cons

There is not yet a level of consultants acceptable in all ERP modules. However, it is a great bet of INFOR in the last 5 years, in which the offer has improved a lot.

Sukhpreet Singh
Sukhpreet Singh
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good product for our company & very good and reliable ERP,

Reviewed on 2021/08/11

Really appreciate the Infor & Overall Infor M3 very good & helpful for using.

Really appreciate the Infor & Overall Infor M3 very good & helpful for using.

Pros

Stock Transfer through Distribution order.
Sales making through customer order.
Shipment receiving through PO.
Stock Allocation.
Purchase order print through PPS600.
Etc.

Cons

When the system is suddenly turned off while creating customer orders, the customer order gets locked and sometimes there is a variation in the total amount also.

Nicolai
Nicolai
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  • Industry: Food Production
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Nice erp system, but requires a lot of knowlegde

Reviewed on 2019/02/06

I'm a daily user of Infor ERP as an administrator. I provide people access to infor by creating...

I'm a daily user of Infor ERP as an administrator. I provide people access to infor by creating users, assigning roles etc. This is a pretty straightforward process. Might seem complex at the beginning.

Pros

This ERP software has a lot of capabilities, you can develop multiple environments (production, acceptance, test, ...). Create users for giving access, giving them specific access rights to open specific applications, etc. Also ways to import bulk information.

Cons

It can very complex, because it's a very big environment with alot of capabilities.

Gino
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  • Industry: Packaging & Containers
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Work Buddy

Reviewed on 2025/02/04

Overall as of now I don't have trouble using the INFOR system, for me this i a work buddy that...

Overall as of now I don't have trouble using the INFOR system, for me this i a work buddy that maximize my work output and meet deadlines, experiencing minor problems but can handle it immediately.

Pros

We are currently using INFOR in our office, so far using this system is very easy to understand and very work friendly. Details and functions are organized that new user will catch up easily.

Cons

Sometimes experiencing website errors, and personalization of tool bars and forms sometimes bit a tricky.

Rene
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

M3 a 100 miles an hour

Reviewed on 2020/06/02

I have been solving a lot of different Business scenarios with the Suite provided, and since it...

I have been solving a lot of different Business scenarios with the Suite provided, and since it also allows us to expand on functionality without Modifications, the necessity to modify the code is mostly not necessary.
Despite this, sometime there are no alternatives, so it is highly appreciated that this option still exist though. Even coming into Cloud with M3 Extensibility instead of MAK and the ability to create your own Custom Api's, where we can even wrap existing Standard API to create functionality that would have been hard to accomplish by just calling the API's by themselves!
Some of the solutions/enhancements I've been able to create using base M3 functionality and integrated tools are:
- Integration with MES System
- Web based QA Application integrating with M3 QMS through Standard API's and Events/MEC Processes
- Automated US/Canadian Tax Rate updates through third party Tax Rate Tables (monthly subscription)
- Enhancing Planning by calling Google Maps to estimate Transportation Times based on Driving Distance between our Warehouses and Customer Warehouse for better Planning capabilities

This list can go on and on and I am still working on new ideas and solutions to improve processes and experience for our users.
To conclude, I am an avid fan how the capabilities and also very active in the M3 User Community.

Pros

The M3 Product and the related Suite of Products are mostly very intuitive once you get to use it.
People tend to get hesitant when initially introduced, but after having used M3 for a while, expanding into additional areas becomes fairly easy since it is consistent in the way everything looks, feels and behaves.
There have been iterations of the side product (i.e. Mashups) that have been replaced without a fully viable replacement, but mostly there are only improvements that expand on current functionality or introduces new and exciting functionality (and sometimes even provided without any extra cost as part of your current licensing).

Cons

There is a lack of intuitive development documentation and especially when it comes to setting up your own development environment, it is sometimes quite cumbersome, although once you pass this hurdle it is, almost, always worth the effort.

David
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Excellent Software Solution For Product Driven Businesses

Reviewed on 2019/06/15

Infor M3 has been helpful with providing us overall better work flows and increased productivity in...

Infor M3 has been helpful with providing us overall better work flows and increased productivity in many areas. The Finance software has aided us in more efficient cash management and bank reconciliation too. The Supply Chain software has been a plus in and better control and utilization of our raw materials, replenishment planning, reduction in production time, and overall has increased the turnover of our inventory.

Pros

Infor M3 is a multifunctional ERP software suite of applications to help manage several different key areas of any company's performance. There is a lot to like about Infor M3. The Financial Management application provides better visibility into your General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable(as well as invoice aging), Expense Management Control(includes Travel Expense Reporting), and compliance to the company's T & E policies) and also includes helping to track Asset Depreciation expensing. The Human Capital portal includes good Human Resource functions, managing Payroll and Employee Benefits, and is also helpful in HR Recruiting of new employees. But I feel that the Supply Chain function is the real star of the Infor software(especially for product driven companies who need to track products by SKU from initial production sourcing all the way through sale to their customers.) The Supply Chain portal is also helpful in procurement of new suppliers as well as measuring the performance of your current vendors.

Cons

The initial implementation and learning all the functions and screens of Infor M3 is somewhat daunting and a bit cumbersome.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Incredibly powerful and sophisticated

Reviewed on 2020/06/04

We moved off of an in-house application to M3. Once integrated with our existing systems and...

We moved off of an in-house application to M3. Once integrated with our existing systems and processes, we are able to better track and use our product data.

Pros

We are running the 13.4 on premise version of M3. M3 is able to be configured to about any business process. The ability to run multiple lines of businesses with different business processes is tremendous. The product isn't intuitive but it easy to use once it is set up properly. The implementation of the product is a process that needs to be carefully thought out and executed. Infor and their business partners are a huge help in that.

Cons

Because the software is so customizable, it is extremely complex. This can cause problems if the person configuring it does not understand all of the processes and how they work. Transitioning from an in-house product to packaged software is always challenging but Infor was helpful in the process.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The most costumizable ERP

Reviewed on 2020/08/29

Factory management improved, production planning and material purchases were improved a lot by the...

Factory management improved, production planning and material purchases were improved a lot by the use of INFOR M3.

Pros

It's very customizable to meet your needs without loosing any performance.
Infor OS makes it even more easy to use and more intuitive, alerts for tasks that you need to do are just great.

Cons

Configuration and deployment is not that easy, a lot of consultant was needed to deploy the application or even to update it.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Superb ERP for Industrial Manufacturing

Reviewed on 2019/09/20

We're using Infor M3, together with some 3rd party applications fully integrated to run our daily...

We're using Infor M3, together with some 3rd party applications fully integrated to run our daily business on 40 factories across 11 countries all over the world.

Pros

It's easy to use, doesn't need much customization. Good support both from consultants and web portal. Very good documentation available, lots of details on the setup.

Cons

Not easy to customize if you have that need. Development it's also quite expensive. Infor should improve this in order to make this ERP perfect.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Must be heavy on the dev side.

Reviewed on 2018/09/24

Pros

The ability to customize your experience is almost limitless assuming you have the resources on the dev side to do so.

Cons

In order to make the system work for our business, it requires full time staff and constant work arounds. Not ideal for a business tool.

Sven
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  • Industry: Sports
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Infor M3 - fully ERP

Reviewed on 2020/07/16

complete ERP functionality, diffrent divisions

complete ERP functionality, diffrent divisions

Pros

allways newest version, because cloud system.
no installations, just web.
flexible views and possibilities to use external software products for special purposes

Cons

enhancement requests need to much time to be realized

Alternatives Considered

Dynamics 365 and SAP HANA Cloud

Reasons for Choosing Infor M3

Navision is to old. Businesscase update vs. new software was decided by price, functionality and user experiance.

Reasons for Switching to Infor M3

price, functionality and user experiance
Vijesh
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Strongly recommend Infor M3 to F&B customers

Reviewed on 2020/08/23

Pros

The integration with Manufacturing process works well.

Cons

The lack of documentation and the basic architecture of the solution.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Fantastic ERP

Reviewed on 2019/07/22

It is easy to build reports using M3 database, it fits most of our business needs and when we need...

It is easy to build reports using M3 database, it fits most of our business needs and when we need something, i mean "really need" and not just some nice to have, we have the possibility to ask for development.

Pros

At the beginning it is not the easiest thing to use but after some time and practice it is surprisingly easy to use. It is a very complete ERP and easy to customize. We use it in almost every department. It has a really good client support and INFOR promotes a lot of events and trainings.

Cons

Except from the initial time that takes a little bit to figure it out i have nothing negative to point.

ERIC
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  • Industry: Textiles
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

M3 Transverse Expert

Reviewed on 2019/04/24

Starting by technical function on 1999, I went thru Finance, then sales Admin, logistic and...

Starting by technical function on 1999, I went thru Finance, then sales Admin, logistic and production.
I know have a team to manage the evolution and M3 deployment all over the World.
We are trying to follow technical evolution such as IOS plateform which offer some great evolution and connectivities.
We are starting to deploy IDM, Workflows and more.
We are trying to deploy IFT with difficulties.

Pros

Probably one of the most customized ERP on the market.
Open to external world and always on evolution mainly from 13.4 version

Cons

Some Moduls has been published but are not really "ready" to use, such as QMS, IFT, Eco-contribution.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Infor M3

Reviewed on 2019/12/05

All operations of the company are managed through this software. This is very useful and easier to...

All operations of the company are managed through this software. This is very useful and easier to work with

Pros

The best ERP system that I've used so far. Every thing is so neat and tidy, and once learnt, this is the easiest system to work with. Has a very user-friendly interface and has the ability to change the appearance with a limited selection.

Cons

There's nothing that I dislike about this software. I enjoy using this software application at the moment.

Andrzej
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  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

A lot of possibilities

Reviewed on 2019/09/19

If you want it it's ok but only as a core system. You will still need additional parties software...

If you want it it's ok but only as a core system. You will still need additional parties software (like MES, WMS, etc.) to run like a pro.

Pros

A lot of activity is possible to track via M3. Now with cloud solution it is easy to acces from many points around the world.
Quite fast in operations.

Cons

Had some trouble with communication in China (servers in Sweden) - possibly problem for everyone outside China.
Many modules but not so easy to get precisly what you want - Quality module configuration for example.

Martin
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  • Industry: Wholesale
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Efficient ERP

Reviewed on 2020/07/29

Overall appreciate the efficient and stable system that addresses most business needs. Being able...

Overall appreciate the efficient and stable system that addresses most business needs. Being able to personalize and make some moderate (and cost effective) additions to the program allow it to grow with our business.

Pros

Easy to use ERP with stable and efficient features with native functionality that addresses nearly all primary business needs

Cons

Getting enhancements or features and functionality that are not engineered into the base software can take a long time and the process of "socializing" them is less than ideal.

Andrzej
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  • Industry: Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

20 years of experience

Reviewed on 2019/12/17

the biggest problem is when working with users, but after implementing the solution, users cannot...

the biggest problem is when working with users, but after implementing the solution, users cannot imagine any other solution. The profit from implementation is always the improvement in the organization of work and hence the costs.

Pros

Flexibility to match the real image, easy to configure.

Cons

sometimes implementation time drags on for objective reasons.