We performed a comparison between Infor LN and Infor M3 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are manufacturing, and manufacturing costing modules. These are all powerful features of Infor LN."
"It's fast, predicts well, and is basically the best tool in the market for the automotive industry and network planning projects."
"The best feature of this solution is it comes as a complete bundle. The solution has effective project, document, and application management. Additionally, the collaboration is fantastic, it is well integrated, and can be customized."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Material planning and predictive planning are both essential aspects."
"Our clients appreciate the financial part of the solution, which is usually very complex. The Spanish localization is also very good."
"I would say that it is typically used by large-scale manufacturing industries, especially in discrete manufacturing, and it has proven to work brilliantly."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle products with up to 2,500 components, making it valuable for streamlining complex business operations."
"M3 has several useful features for managing supply chains, production, and customer orders. It's an excellent system that helps me meet all my requirements for fixed costs."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is highly customizable."
"The user interface and user experience were good."
"It's simple to use. You don't need any complex training to use it."
"provides all modules, supply chain, HR - it's good for management."
"It's very stable, and it handles all types of industrial and manufacturing businesses in very good ways. I've found it to be easy."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Infor GL tool that allows us to do our application support and development."
"The training for Infor LN is not straightforward, so a non-specialist will need training before using it."
"The tool is expensive. It needs to refine its planning details."
"In general, the HR-related part of Infor LN doesn't work properly in Germany, making it an area that requires improvement."
"From a customers' perspective, Infor LN covers most of the processes in the company, but sometimes, they have to choose other tools because of the functionality or the cost of the Infor solution. It covers the core functions of the company—such as financial, operations, logistics, and so on—very well, but it doesn't cover some parts such as invoices, digitization, etc."
"The finance model within this solution does not have very strong reporting functionality, which I would like to see improved."
"The user interface is not very intuitive for newer users."
"While Infor LN incorporates the latest business processes and functions, there is always room for improvement as the business grows. In the new normal, it could stand to incorporate quite a few automation processes like the RPA and utilize machine learning in the Internet of Things."
"Only people who undergo training from the companies can learn about Infor products."
"An area for improvement in Infor M3 is training. There should be more training resources available for clients. Clients also find it challenging to get consultants or integrators for Infor M3. The product doesn't have enough resources in the market to help clients."
"The solution's technical support is an area with shortcomings that need improvement, especially the support for the product named M3 rather than the support offered by Infor as an organization."
"It would be great if Infor added some new workflows in the finance module. I'd also like to see better integration with third-party applications."
"The solution must provide more learning documents."
"Infor should create one product to handle the whole business. At present, they make ERP systems for each type of business, and then sell additional features. I would like to have one system handing all organizations or all the business in deep ways and not have to buy additional features."
"I would like to have some kind of dashboard to show an overview of different data on the same dashboard or on the same screen instead of moving to BI."
"The implementation could be simplified, it's complex."
"We can't make modifications to fit the client's requirements."
Infor LN is ranked 8th in ERP with 24 reviews while Infor M3 is ranked 9th in ERP with 13 reviews. Infor LN is rated 8.2, while Infor M3 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Infor LN writes "A flexible ERP with the best project module and excellent support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infor M3 writes "The solution is a reliable, stable, and cost-saving ERP". Infor LN is most compared with SAP ERP, Infor LX, Infor CloudSuite Industrial, SAP S/4HANA and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, whereas Infor M3 is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Infor CloudSuite Industrial, Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. See our Infor LN vs. Infor M3 report.
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