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Overview
Infor PLM software provides purpose-built product lifecycle management for manufacturing, ensuring seamless data flow and speeding time-to-market. While the user interface could benefit from a modern refresh, its ability to manage complex bills of material and track revisions streamlines engineering changes effectively.
Infor PLM Specifications
- Production Planning
- Inventory Management
- Quality Control
- Supply Chain Management
What Is Infor PLM?
Infor PLM manages the entire product journey from initial concept and design, through manufacturing, to final disposal, integrating people, data, and processes. It utilizes embedded generative AI and machine learning to inform product strategies and accelerate releases for manufacturers facing high complexity. For process industries, it offers advanced formulation optimization analysis, which helps reduce material waste and achieve greater cost control. This comprehensive data integration is essential for large organizations managing diverse and frequently changing product lines.
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Who Is Infor PLM For?
Infor PLM is ideal for a range of industries, including:
- Industrial manufacturing
- Aerospace and defense
- Apparel, footwear, and textiles
- Automotive
- Food and beverage
- Chemicals
- Electronics
Is Infor PLM Right For You?
If your manufacturing environment demands a specialized solution for either complex discrete assemblies or highly regulated process formulations, Infor PLM is an ideal fit. Its strength lies in its dual-platform approach, ensuring optimal functional alignment right out of the box. Furthermore, Infor's position as a Leader in the 2024-2025 IDC MarketScape for Manufacturing Execution Systems reinforces its technological leadership.
Still not sure about Infor PLM? Contact our support team at (661) 384-7070 for further guidance.
Infor PLM Features
Unified Operations
Maximize value by synchronizing and automating product data across all applications, validators, and workflows. This is vital for process manufacturers in food, beverage, and chemical sectors. This unification helps streamline processes and ensure consistent, accurate data flow from formulation to production.
Regulatory And Customer Compliance
Continuously monitor formulas to meet strict global regulatory standards and compliance requirements. This function addresses complex ingredient requirements and sustainability goals with accuracy, crucial for food and beverage manufacturers. Automated compliance helps manufacturers reduce risk and deliver high-quality, market-ready products.
Real-Time Product Information
Manufacturers make better product management decisions faster by viewing product information in real time across the entire lifecycle. This proactive capability performs impact analysis before approval. It helps teams better understand the potential effects on cost, inventory, schedules, and quality for complex discrete products.
Portfolio Management
This feature manages complex product portfolios and project-based challenges. It offers robust PLM management, reporting, and analysis capabilities supporting key discrete manufacturing strategies. These models include make-to-order, configure-to-order, assemble-to-order, and make-to-stock for varied production needs.
Accelerate Design Processes
Design teams can speed up development using visual libraries, pre-configured templates, and efficient mass creation tools. This feature also includes advanced image management for accurate product assets. Accelerating the design and engineering processes drastically reduces the time-to-market for new products.
Pros And Cons of Infor PLM
Pros
Highly configurable and versatile across multiple industries
Strong data organization and version control capabilities
Smooth navigation and integration once users are familiar
Great tool for compliance and data management in food and chemical sectors
Helps streamline workflows and reduce manual effort
Cons
Custom item management may require careful planning
Minor system glitches or errors occasionally appear
Limited built-in reporting flexibility without customization
Support documentation could be more comprehensive
Infor PLM Reviews
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Anonymous
Automotive, 51-100 employees
“Helpful in supporting cross team collaboration”
Pros
Handling multiple BOMs is very convenient and the change management process makes things so much easier . It also helps teams collaborate better across functions and supports more data-driven decision-making.
Cons
The pricing is on the high side. There also isn't much privacy for the organization and connecting it with other business systems can be challenging.
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Ease of use
9
Value for money
8
Customer Support
9
Functionality
8
Harshvardhan S.
Small Business, 11-50 employees
“smooth ERP sync”
Pros
One thing that really works well with Infor PLM Discrete is how smoothly it connects with other business systems especially ERP solutions. That kind of integration makes data sharing, synchronization and collaboration between departments much better which helps keep information consistent and accurate across different processes. The interface is also user friendly and the workflows feel very well organizes so it's easier for people to find what they need and get their work done inside the PLM system. That definitely helps shorten the learning curve and supports stronger adoption across the organization.
Cons
At the same time, connecting Infor PLM Discrete to existing tools like ERP or CAD software can be more involved than expected and may take extra effort. The integration side can become challenging because of compatibility limitations, data mapping issues or the need for custom interfaces to make everything work together properly.
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Ease of use
8
Value for money
7
Customer Support
9
Functionality
6
Erwin D.
Mid Market, 51-100 employees
“simple to use”
Pros
Handling engineering changes is very easy and it also makes it simple to store data such as drawings, documents and other files.
Cons
It's the best tool I've used so far.
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9
Value for money
10
Customer Support
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Functionality
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Infor PLM offer an API?
Yes, Infor PLM offers an API.
What other apps does Infor PLM integrate with?
The software supports integration with multiple ERP, CAD, CRM, and LIMS platforms.
What language does Infor PLM support?
Infor PLM is available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Turkish, German, and Italian.
What types of pricing plans does Infor PLM offer?
The Infor PLM price is customized according to the needs of the organization. Request a personalized Infor PLM pricing quote for your business.
Does Infor PLM have a mobile app?
No, Infor PLM does not have a mobile app.
Who are the typical users of Infor PLM?
Typical users include industries like industrial manufacturing, aerospace and defense, apparel, footwear, and textiles, automotive, food and beverage, chemicals, and electronics.
What level of support does Infor PLM offer?
Infor PLM offers support through chatbot, contact form, phone, and email.