InforCloudSuite. Distribution Enterprise. Overview INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 1

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1 InforCloudSuite Distribution Enterprise Overview INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 1

2 What if... You could implement an enterprise solution customized for distribution without the risks of traditional software deployments? That solution required minimal upfront investment keeping capital free for other ventures? Instead of managing integrations and hardware, your IT employees could focus on productive, strategic business activities? 2

3 Get your business moving with Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise As a wholesale distributor seeking global reach, differentiation, and improved profitability, the challenges you face today are forcing you to rethink the way you do business. Old processes and approaches just don t cut it anymore. Neither do legacy ERP systems. You need a solution that drives the rest of your business to be even more agile than the people and processes it supports. Modernize your business and take it to the next level with Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise. This ready-to-run solution is built specifically to meet the needs of distributors like you, who are focused on growth and customer engagement, and who have demands for extended services. Supporting 39 localizations and 18 languages, the solution gives you the flexibility and scalability to easily take on new markets and quickly adapt to change. It gives you deep, proven capabilities in key areas such as order processing, pricing and rebates, procurement, supply chain management, financials, manufacturing, services, and more. Even better, the solution is delivered in the cloud which helps ensure efficiency, cost savings, built-in support for global operations, and security that follows industry-leading best practice protocols. INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 3

4 Embrace technology Change in the global distribution industry is in overdrive. Consider the numbers: According to IDC Manufacturing Insights: In 2014, global spending on external IT in the wholesale distribution chain exceeded $50 billion, an increase of 3.7% from the $48.6 billion spent in IDC Manufacturing Insights and IDC Retail Insights forecast this growth to continue, at least through 2018, with a CAGR of 3.3% to reach nearly $59 billion in external IT spend in the wholesale distribution chain by According to IDC research, the increase in spending in external IT appears to be largely driven by three main factors: updating and replacing outdated technology, new IT projects, and organizational growth. 1 More than 56% of distributors plan to grow their analytics capabilities by investing more in technology, time, and people. Greater access to key, relevant data can vastly improve decision making. In the last few years, a lot has changed in the traditionally conservative wholesale distribution industry. To stay competitive, you need to modernize your business with enterprise solutions that allow you to embrace omni-channel commerce, operate leaner, and meet more stringent customer requirements. Frost & Sullivan projects the global B2B e-commerce market to grow to $6.7 trillion in revenue by With positive economic trends, such as the growing e-commerce market, rising employment, and strong retail sales, distributors like you should continue to pursue expansion opportunities. 1 IDC Manufacturing Insights, Best Practices: Wholesale Distribution Investment Guide and Industry Insights, Doc #MI March Simon Ellis, Program VP; John Santagate, Research Manager. 4

5 Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise Only Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise offers all three of the following benefits in a single offering: Industry-specific software It includes proven wholesale distribution functionality that is already helping 17 of the top 20 industrial distributors gain and maintain industry leadership. Secure and reliable infrastructure Regional data centers managed by leaders in Big Data, industry-leading disaster recovery and backup standards, tight security protocols, and regular threat assessments all help Infor deliver greater reliability, uptime, and security than most companies can achieve on their own. Near immediate value Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise gives you a faster time to value, with minimal upfront investment, and implementation that generally takes weeks or months not years. INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 5

6 Take a look inside Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise helps keep every function of your company running smoothly. Sales management helps you maximize your global sales through a sophisticated sales order management system that serves as the hub for your customer and pricing information. Supply chain management allows you to manage the complex planning, scheduling, fulfillment, and execution of your global supply chain. Value-added services help you meet increasing customer demands for more comprehensive services, such as kitting, manufacturing, assembly, rental, service, and more. Financial management gives you access to the crucial information that drives your business decisions, allowing you to capture, analyze, and simulate critical trends based on your unique business goals and requirements. Localizations make it easy to take on new markets, evolve your business, and expand into new geographies. Rebate management allows you to quickly recover the rebates you are entitled to and achieve the best possible product margins. Purchasing empowers intelligent purchasing decisions via access to a centralized interface that has all the information you need right at your fingertips. Demand planning gives you the power to review sales forecasts and capture market intelligence with a collaborative workflow. Complex pricing helps you manage the flow from planning and calculating prices and agreements through following up on results in sales statistics. INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 6

7 Infor customers are known for agility and industry leadership: INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 7

8 Modernize, simplify, and save Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise includes technology that helps increase productivity across your business: With an elegant interface that s easy to use and requires very little training Embedded analytics that deliver relevant information for better, faster decision making Core workflow and alerting that lets you be proactive, enforce standard processes, and monitor progress Social collaboration with Infor Ming.le to integrate business conversations into your ERP system Enterprise search for a powerful and intuitive way to quickly find information among huge amounts of data Extensibility via Infor ION to ensure all of your applications can work together seamlessly INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 8

9 Why Infor CloudSuite? Infor CloudSuite is a cloud-enabled, agile, secure, and highly flexible hosting platform that is currently serving more than 2,800 customers and over 45 million subscribers globally. You get reliability and security you can count on and the ability to focus on your business, not your technology. With deployment in Infor CloudSuite, you can: Support expansion You get support for 39 localizations and 18 languages, as well as real-time data that is accessible anytime, anywhere. Plus, you ll have the flexibility and scalability to easily take on new markets and quickly adapt to change. Reduce total cost of ownership Because data is no longer stored onsite, you can say goodbye to expensive servers and hardware and redirect personnel to more strategic activities. Realize a speedier time to value With preconfigured yet flexible, industry-leading business processes, templates, training materials, tools, and simulations, you can deploy or upgrade in weeks or months not years. Ensure security and reliability With data managed by global, cloud hosting leaders, you benefit from best-practice protocols in application, network, physical, and operations security, as well as comprehensive monitoring on a highly secure infrastructure. Infor CloudSuite has a 99.9% average historical uptime, and sees about 1.9 million attempted and failed attacks quarterly. INFOR CLOUDSUITE DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE 9

10 With Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, you get innovative technology designed to address modern challenges. Speed, agility, and visibility that power your top and bottom line that s what Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise delivers. Learn more > About Infor Infor builds beautiful business applications with last mile functionality and scientific insights delivered as a cloud service. With 13,000 employees and customers in more than 200 countries and territories, Infor automates critical processes and helps eliminate the need for customization through embedded industry domain expertise. To learn more, visit Copyright 2016 Infor. All rights reserved. The word and design marks set forth herein are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Infor and/or related affiliates and subsidiaries. All other trademarks listed herein are the property of their respective owners. This document is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a commitment to you in any way. The information, products and services described herein are subject to change at any time without notice. #INFDTP en-US