Softworx, a member of the EOH Group and master distributor of Infor, says new enhancements and improved functionality for its ERP LN system will automate business process and provide greater visibility into manufacturing operations.
Infor's ERP LN provides business-specific functionality in a scalable, multi-language, open systems platform for manufacturers in industries such as industrial equipment, hi-tech and electronics and metal fabrication.
With more than 25 customer-requested features included, the Feature Pack 3 offers enhancements which enable discrete manufacturers to automate essential business processes in areas such as reverse logistics, tax reconciliation and multi-currency handling.
New benefits include reporting and auditing for cycle counts and inventory adjustments, optimised invoice sorting and composing options, improved consolidation of multiple purchase requisitions in one order and new reports on linked purchase and sales orders.
"Complex supply chains and the demand for accommodating ERP solutions drives manufacturers of discrete products to seek out a technology partner who understands and can help solve their unique business challenges," says Jane Thomson, Managing Director, Softworx.
"Infor ERP LN is a great example of how Infor enriches and evolves its solutions to address the ever-changing global marketplace. LN enables our customers to improve competitiveness, leverage their technology investment and reduce their total cost of ownership."
New features and improvements to increase visibility
Highlights of LN Feature Pack 3 include:
* Support for hazardous materials regulations - Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a regulatory requirement for manufacturers to reduce the use of hazardous material in electrical components.
* Manufacturing part numbering (MPN) - in hi-tech and electronics manufacturing, part numbering is used to differentiate between manufacturers for the same item.
* Reverse logistics - enables manufacturers to take material back, send temporary or permanent replacements, put unserviceable equipment on stock and refurbish individually or in batch, as per the demand, while keeping track of the lifecycle history and status.
Customers will benefit from Infor ERP LN's inherent integration capabilities to additional business-specific solutions from Infor, further extending the value discrete manufactures receive from their IT investment.
LN customers can now deploy Infor Customer Relationship Management or Infor Warehouse Management Provia systems and have them tightly integrated with their ERP solution.
"With this integration, customers can define a business process event that will send the change to an ERP application or trigger an integration hub to update a connected system," concludes Thomson.
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Softworx is a successful South-African business applications company that prides itself in being able to deliver world-class products to its extensive customer base, which includes a number of Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Softworx supports clients in industries ranging from manufacturing, retail, distribution and financial to supporting various government entities. The company is dedicated to marketing, implementing and providing support for its range of complimentary software products to medium and large enterprises that require effective solutions to optimise their business processes.
Softworx has positioned itself as a leading provider of business applications in South Africa specialising in end-to-end business solutions. The company prides itself in being able to deliver true value to its customers through the implementation of business solutions based on a powerful combination of leading edge products and consultancy. As a wholly owned subsidiary of EOH, Softworx has increased the number of services and products that can be offered to its customers from within the group.
EOH
EOH is a business and technology solutions provider creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients. EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business:
Consulting - Concentrated under the EOH Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education. The EOH Consulting business unit is responsible for delivering IT solutions that make business sense. We focus on providing remarkable technology solutions using robust methodologies to perform along the following four dimensions of IT excellence:
* Business-alignment
* Quality
* Risk management
* Cost management
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement, and support a range of world class business applications including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management (CRM), business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems.
Outsourcing - EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client's IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT outsourcing, application hosting and managed services. In addition, EOH offers full business process outsourcing services.
EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and Botswana, and operates in the rest of Africa.
Infor
Infor delivers fully integrated enterprise solutions, as well as best-in-class standalone products that address the essential challenges its customers face in areas such as enterprise resource planning, supply chain planning and execution, customer and supplier relationship management, asset management, product lifecycle management, financial management, performance management and business intelligence. With more than 8 100 employees and offices in 100 countries, Infor provides enterprise solutions to more than 70 000 customers. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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