Infor LX Reviews

Name: Infor LX
Brand: Infor
Rating: 3.6 (4 reviews)

Vendor: Infor

3.6 out of 5

4 reviews
100% willing to recommend

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What is Infor LX?

Infor LX is a comprehensive process manufacturing system that covers various manufacturing methods, including made to stock, made to order, configure to order, assemble to order, batch, repetitive, flow, and Lean manufacturing. A wide range of industries—including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, life sciences, medical devices, chemicals, automotive, and general manufacturing—trust Infor LX to improve performance and profit margins at a lower total cost than comparable solutions.

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Infor LX is the #18 ranked solution in top ERP solutions. PeerSpot users give Infor LX an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 4 most recent Infor LX reviews, the overall sentiment is , with a sentiment score of 5.9. (Among the lowest in the category). Infor LX is most commonly compared to SAP ERP: Infor LX vs SAP ERP. Infor LX is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 53% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a manufacturing company, accounting for 20% of all views.

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Enrique Hernandez

CEO & Founder at Genesys Infosec LLC

Infor LX has a great strength but a great weakness too. Its strength is that it's based on AS/400 or Power i, a robust technology and platform. However, it is harder to manage admin most of the time. For example, you must have a skilled network admin who knows AS/400. If you want to make any customizations or satellite apps in LX, you must have somebody who knows AS/400 programming. That's RLPG programming. Infor LX has a robust infrastructure, but it has room for improvement. It should have a more modern framework. I know that the last version, 8.3.5 has some improvements in Java, but I will be looking into some platforms other than AS/400. They run a cloud version, but that wasn't our case because we didn't migrate it. But the on-premise version has room for improvement. I would incorporate more modern technology and not base it on AS/400.

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reviewer2149446

IT Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

When you're speaking about easy and difficult, you are going to the dimension that depends on the ability and skills of the people involved in the setup. I'm the IT & Logistics company director. So in terms of me as an IT director in my company, I saw that the people that made the configuration did it easily. They have the really good skills to get it working, but it depends. If you don't have the right people with the right skills, then it will be different. The deployment process took place over less than one year, to be precise around ten months, including the process start and development testing. However, I must say that I'm referring to something that was the passage from BPCS to Infor LX. Because, let's say, we had to make a need to remediate or, let's say, a reinstallation for a change in company structure, then it will take two months. But it was really a reinstallation of the same setup with some minor changes to the configuration. The proper full project was for ten months.

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Mohan-S

Sr IT/Business Consultant at Ottap

Infor has now stopped and drastically reduced investing in this product. They are focusing on other products such as M3 on the cloud, as the current market favors that. So, I would not recommend new buyers or people who are thinking of upgrades to look at Infor LX (they are referring to ERP LX). I would suggest that they look at the M3 cloud version.

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Infor LX mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of Infor LX in the ERP category stands at 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

Infor LX offers valuable features like exit points for software integration, interactive functions, and planning capabilities for production and procurement. Users appreciate the system's integrated nature, which automates processes by directly linking transactions with accounting and financial models. Automation significantly reduces manual data entry, streamlining inventory and financial management. This enhances efficiency by eliminating the need for extensive manual spreadsheets.

"One of the things I love about Infor LX is that everything is integrated."
"One of the things I love about Infor LX is that everything is integrated."
"I've been using it since December 2009, and it has been absolutely stable till now."

Room for Improvement

Infor LX's areas needing improvement include connectors, performance, and knowledgebase availability. Users find its support lacking, with a preference for more focus on LX. Finance and administration, especially Italian accounting, require enhancements. Management demands skilled admins with AS/400 expertise, and customization is challenging due to reliance on RLPG programming. While based on robust technology, a modern framework is desired. Users would appreciate more contemporary technology, as they see potential in on-premise improvements.

"It's based on AS/400 or Power i, a robust technology and platform. However, it is harder to manage admin most of the time."
"It lacks in finance and administration, especially related to Italian accounting."
"Infor's support side is not that good, and they seem to be focusing on other products above LX."

Pricing

"Our last maintenance fee was around $15,000 a year for 33 current users."
"Infor LX is not cheap but much cheaper compared to SAP HANA."

Popular Use Cases

Infor LX is primarily utilized for ERP within manufacturing industries. Users apply it for SCM, MFG, and finance, including integrated modules such as manufacturing, financial essentials, CES, and warehouse management. A web interface called Web Talk is also employed. It is operated on-premises via a private cloud infrastructure by an IaC company. Cable manufacturing entities leverage it extensively for ERP processes through remote connections.