Infor recently announced new functionality for Infor ERP LX that will enable process manufacturers to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. The new features will allow companies to expand into foreign markets by delivering enhanced multi-language and -currency capabilities, allowing organisations to deploy a single instance of LX around the globe.
LX has always provided users with comprehensive multi-currency and transaction translation, expanded payment options and localised settings. Feature Pack 2 expands these global capabilities by adding region and time zone support throughout the system, cost inventory in local currencies, and enhanced multi-language capabilities.
Additionally, multinational companies will benefit from a single global ledger across their operation, thereby reducing the need for data consolidation and improving operational efficiency.
Manufacturers face many challenges as they try to lower costs and enter new markets, such as local regulatory and reporting requirements. Without a comprehensive view of the entire enterprise for accurate demand and compliance planning, companies risk regulatory exposure and losing market share. The new features in LX allow companies to extend best practices in these areas to operations in other markets by supporting regional variances such as language, currency and time. With Softworx, an EOH company, the distributor of Infor products in sub-Saharan Africa, this latest development is excellent news for local manufacturers.
"Entering foreign markets can seem like a daunting task for many process manufacturers," says Jane Thomson, managing director, Softworx. "LX is a great example of how Infor continues to evolve its solutions to help companies face the challenges of today's global economy and ensure sustainable market growth."
LX FP2 continues to help manufacturers improve planning, promotional governance and customer service, reduce total cost of quality, minimise total cost to serve, improve, enhance overall efficiency and productivity, and streamline complex manufacturing and distribution processes. LX on IBM System i continues to minimise the total cost of ownership.
Highlights of LX Feature Pack 2 include:
* Credit card processing - enables a wider variety of payment options to be offered to customers;
* Region and time zone enhancements - give organisations the option of handling their data and transactions in the appropriate date and time for the manufacturer, facility, warehouse, customer, or vendor;
* Multi-language segment descriptions - support multilingual organisations; and
* Enhanced costing - displays costs in customers' regional currency for greater global support.
Ohio-based industrial packaging and services company Greif chose LX FP2 for its enhanced capabilities which enable the manufacturer to manage its more than 160 locations around the world. With LX, Greif is well positioned to serve its multinational customers.
"Globalisation offers an epic opportunity for growth and profitability," says Ken Andre, vice-president, corporate controller and CIO for Greif. "The latest enhancements to LX will allow us to more effectively manage our global operations to provide our customers with unsurpassed service."
LX is a comprehensive ERP solution for enterprising organisations in multi-mode manufacturing, with business-specific capabilities for food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and consumer packaged goods. New customers will benefit from LX's expanded facility parameters which improve an organisation's ability to plan, source, schedule and store items in a multi-facility environment by allowing each facility to determine the best way to manage an item within that facility.
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Softworx is a successful South-African business applications company that prides itself on 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 complementary 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 on 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 technology and business 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:
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement and support a range of world-class business applications including ERP, CRM, business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems.
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.
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 business-specific software to enterprising organisations. With experience built in, Infor's solutions enable businesses of all sizes to be more enterprising and adapt to the rapid changes of a global marketplace. With more than 70 000 customers, Infor is changing what businesses expect from an enterprise software provider. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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