Infor CloudSuite review

Infor's pitch is industry fit. CloudSuite Distribution is built for wholesale micro-verticals, from building materials and electrical to grocery and plumbing and HVAC, and Infor says over 4,000 distribution companies run on its software. For smaller industrial manufacturers Infor offers SyteLine, hosted on AWS. Around the ERP sits a supply chain portfolio: planning for S&OP, demand forecasting, supply planning and production scheduling that can be bought together or separately, and Infor WMS, which Infor describes as a cloud-native system with voice processing, 3D visualization, labor and task management, 3PL management and AI pick path optimization. Infor Nexus is the unusual piece, a network Infor says connects over 90,000 brands, retailers, suppliers, logistics providers and banks, with global TMS and a control tower. The drawbacks are opacity and sprawl: no prices are published, and a planning-to-warehouse stack spans several products. It suits distributors and industrial firms that value prebuilt industry processes.

Who it is for

distributors and industrial manufacturers that want industry-specific ERP

Price

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Key features

• CloudSuites built for distribution sub-industries such as building materials, electrical, grocery and plumbing and HVAC
• Infor WMS with voice processing, 3D visualization, labor, task and 3PL management
• AI pick path optimization in Infor WMS
• Supply chain planning for S&OP, demand forecasting, supply planning and production scheduling
• Infor Nexus network connecting over 90,000 brands, retailers, suppliers, logistics providers and banks

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Infor says over 4,000 distribution companies run on Infor
• Strength: Planning products can be bought together or separately
• Strength: Infor Nexus adds global transportation management, supplier visibility and a control tower
• Weakness: No published prices for any CloudSuite
• Weakness: Supply chain depth spreads across several Infor products beyond the core ERP
• Weakness: Industry-specific fit means less value for businesses outside Infor's target industries

Key facts

• Distribution customers: Over 4,000, per Infor
• Business network: Infor Nexus, over 90,000 connected companies
• WMS: Infor WMS with voice and 3PL management
• Pricing: Quote only

Where it ranks

Infor CloudSuite is No. 6 in our Best ERP for Supply Chain Management verdict.