Automotive software to navigate the future of mobility
Rapidly adapt to the changing automotive industry landscape – and drive customer satisfaction – with our cloud-based automotive software for OEMs, specialty vehicle manufacturers, and tier suppliers.
Industry Expertise
Overcome unique challenges in the automotive industry
C.A.S.E. (Connected, Autonomous, Software-Defined, and Electrified) megatrends, increasing demand for product configurability, and new sustainability regulations are fundamentally changing the automotive industry. OEMs, tier suppliers, and specialty vehicle manufacturers need to adapt fast – and at the same time, address pressing geopolitical, market, and profitability challenges.
At Infor, we’ve combined deep industry-specific functionality with the latest technologies to help you meet these automotive challenges and others – head on.
Micro-Verticals
Catering to your specific automotive industry needs
Our cloud-based automotive manufacturing software is designed by experts with an in-depth understanding of OEMs, specialty vehicle manufacturers, and tier suppliers.
Tier Suppliers
Our intelligent industry platform empowers automotive tier suppliers to adapt to OEMs’ high demand variability and optimise financial performance. With AI/ML capabilities, they can enhance forecasts, improve quality and compliance, mitigate risk, and improve stakeholder returns.
OEMs
Infor provides secure, industry-complete solutions for automotive OEMs. Our capabilities support complex configuration and pricing, in-sequence assembly, supply chain visibility, and operational transformation. They also facilitate real-time collaboration with partners across multi-site operations.
Specialty vehicles
Infor solutions offer purpose-built capabilities for manufacturers of specialised vehicles – such as tow trucks, recreational vehicles, firetrucks, and buses. They can help improve sales and streamline the manufacture of highly configured, complex products – while increasing profitability at the single vehicle level.
Key Stats
Top automotive companies run Infor
25
Nedschroef runs a global business across 25 subsidiaries with Infor CloudSuite
16%
Miller Industries increases productivity by 16% using Infor Birst® analytics
42%
Sogefi approves POs 42% faster with automation - reducing factory downtime and non-compliance risks
Benefits
Key benefits of our automotive manufacturing software
Drive continuous innovation
Easily collaborate with partners
Optimise manufacturing productivity
Optimise plant capacity utilisation as well as volume and mix. Improve throughput and employee productivity – and integrate data and Industry 4.0 capabilities.
Improve quality and compliance
Eliminate manual processes to improve vehicle and parts traceability, quality control, and output – and monitor and enforce compliance and regulatory obligations.
Comprehensive automotive industry software in the cloud
Explore our software for the automotive industry
Discover how Infor CloudSuite Automotive helps manufacturers drive innovation, improve operational efficiency, and future-proof their business.
- Cloud-based automotive ERP
- Automotive supplier collaboration
- PLM for automotive
- Automotive manufacturing software
- Warehouse management
Cloud-based automotive ERP
Transform your business operations with Infor’s automotive cloud ERP software, pre-configured for your needs.
- Improve mission-critical processes, from product design to financial reporting
- Run multiple divisions and business models in one place to get financial visibility across the enterprise, instantly
- Use multi-site planning for effective material and resource utilization
- OEMs can optimize plant capacity, utilization, volume, and mix for high-volume vehicle and parts
- Specialty vehicle manufacturers can assemble unique, individually customized vehicles on the same line
- Tier suppliers can sync with OEMs’ demand schedules and drive profitability with what-if scenario modelling
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Infor Enterprise Collaboration Portal
Automotive supplier collaboration
Facilitate real-time, EDI-driven collaboration between your OEM and tier suppliers – including logistics service providers, third-party processors and contract manufacturers, service providers, and parts suppliers. Infor’s online enterprise collaboration portal provides greater contractor and sub-contractor visibility and transparency to help you deliver better management of the supply chain. Buyers save time on routine tasks, freeing them up to focus on more strategic activities.
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Infor PLM
PLM for automotive
Designed to meet the highest automotive quality standards, Infor PLM empowers employees, suppliers, and partners to get products to market faster and share timely, transparent access to critical product information.
- Manage BOMs “as designed”, “as built” and “as maintained” to stay on top of revisions
- Capture real-time quality data and leverage statistical process control (SPC) to ensure in-spec machine performance
- Meet the highest quality standards and comply with industry regulations
- Gain full visibility throughout the entire PLM lifecycle – from initial concept to production and end-of-life
- Integrate with your ERP, CAD, and manufacturing systems – and easily share product information with your network
Resources
See the power of Infor PLM and ERP integrated together.
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Infor PLM for discrete is a strategic game-changer. Find out why.
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Infor Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Automotive manufacturing software
Improve productivity, efficiency and quality control across your automotive production line with powerful MES software from Infor. Digitize all manufacturing operations, integrate with your ERP, and empower shop floor users with real-time data, visibility, and control.
- Transform manufacturing operations across production, quality, inventory, logistics and maintenance
- Monitor production in real time and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- Gain real-time visibility and control into shop floor operations and production execution
- Leverage advanced inventory management and instant bi-directional traceability
- Use AI to easily analyze manufacturing data and improve decision-making
- Empower shop floor users with the information they need on a single screen
- Deliver a truly paperless shop floor and digital factory experience
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Infor Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Warehouse management
Transform warehouse operations and inventory management for your automotive needs with an enterprise, cloud-based warehouse management system.
Our unified solution easily integrates to your ERP and is built for performance and scale. Infor WMS includes advanced AI-powered capabilities for core operations, inventory management, labour management, 3PL billing and invoicing, 3D visualisation, and embedded analytics.
Customer Stories
Real automotive manufacturing software success
Miller increases throughput by 10%
Discover how Miller Industries, the world leader in towing and recovery equipment, is improving efficiency on the shop floor.
Sogefi approves POs 42% faster
Triumph delivers on its promises
See how Triumph Motorcycles is using Infor to see what’s in production, commit to a delivery date for every customer, and provide progressive status updates.
Innovation fuelled by community of automotive leaders
See how the Infor Automotive Industry Council brings together pioneers to collaborate on solutions that meet the industry’s toughest challenges and open up growth opportunities.
We will be able to effectively communicate to every customer across the world when they’re going to absolutely receive their motorcycle. We’re going to be able to give them a progressive update on their order. That’s incredibly powerful.
Chief Commercial Officer, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.
Resources
Automotive industry insights
Platform
Drive automotive innovation with platform technology
News and Blogs
Automotive industry news and blogs
Many changes are coming quickly
In this Clean Fleet Report, expert Peter Maithel discusses how investments in electrification and related initiatives are reshaping the competitive landscape.
Harnessing cloud ERP for smart factory success
Cloud-based ERPs are fundamental to the success of smart factories. They act as the central hub for collecting, maintaining, and sharing operational and financial data.
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