7.8 Updates Infor Distribution Facts Datasheet V1
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About Infor. Infor is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise applications and services, helping more than 70,000 large and mid-size companies
improve operations and drive growth across numerous industry sectors. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
Copyright© 2013 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. www.infor.com.
Version 7.8 Updates_Infor Distribution FACTS_V1_2-6-13
641 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 800-260-2640 infor.com
Infor Distribution FACTS Version 7.8 Updates
Overall system enhancements Infor Distribution FACTS Version 7.8 is a major release
with a variety of enhancements that maximize speed
and optimize usability across the entire system. The
result is improved processes and streamlined
functionality, allowing users to become more
productive and more efficient.
Advanced inventory
management • Replenishment controls updated automatically,
daily
• Daily usage buckets instead of monthly
• Purchasing Line – defines group of items typically
purchased on the same PO
• Flexible control parameters; smart setup and
maintenance
• Implementation of best practices inventory
management concepts based on Grant Howard’s
work including:
o 5-hi average sales quantity, threshold minimum
o Seasonal trending and lead time advance
o Hit ranking
o Safety days (in addition to safety percent)
Buyer’s control center
• Puts all buyer’s activity/information in one place
• Automatically prioritizes the purchasing line
• Generate POs from the control center
• Meet buying targets intelligently – keeps purchase
line in balance
Additional upgrades Version 7.8 delivers new features and expanded
functionality to optimize productivity and profitability.
Exception control center
• Presents exceptions as they occur
• Allows proactive corrections
• Gap analysis
• Find items that will arrive too late for expected
demand
• Allows proactive resolution to issues prior to
stockouts
• Find items that will be significantly over stocked due
to incoming POs
Customer returns
• Now in a graphical user interface (GUI)
• Simplified setup and entry
• Connected to vendor returns
• Consolidation of returns from multiple customers
• Consolidation can be to a separate warehouse
Vendor returns – This feature enables the connection to
customer returns allows delay of refund/return to
customer based on vendor action.
Cost discrepancy handling – Allows for unlimited cost
layers with tracking of impact to GL and corrects GL
when actual cost differs from received cost.
External resource manager – Store any kind of
document and link to a customer, vendor or item and
secure access to the internal documents.
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About Infor. Infor is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise applications and services, helping more than 70,000 large and mid-size companies
improve operations and drive growth across numerous industry sectors. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
Copyright© 2013 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. www.infor.com.
Version 7.8 Updates_Infor Distribution FACTS_V1_2-6-13
641 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 800-260-2640 infor.com
Service and repair Infor has added new features and functionality
throughout Service and Repair including:
• Now in a graphical user interface (GUI)
• Ticket close incorporated into order confirmation
• Streamlined time entry – view/update time for
entire ticket
• All forms captured in UnForm Document Archiving
International addresses • Three address lines
• Expanded address fields – 35 characters each
• Expanded City (35) and State (4)
• Country field added
• All standard ISO countries and states pre-loaded
and available
Spanish language availability – This optional feature
will be available soon after the initial 7.8 release. A user
can choose to view select core module screens in
Spanish. Additionally a customer can be flagged to print
their invoices in Spanish.
User interface Infor The user interface has been updated to Infor’s
new UI standard and provides a consistent,
sophisticated user experience. The enhanced look-
and-feel, streamlines overall usability with
improvements to screen layouts, placement of controls,
and a new color scheme throughout.