It is so exciting to be here in Sweden & to participate 2nd Infor M3 TechEd event. In the keynote session today (by Ole Ramsussen – Infor M3 Product Global Director) following key points were mentioned.
- Infor Xi platform
- There are 3 extensibility levels for end users (HomePages), consultants(App Builder) & developers(Mongoose).
- 13.4 highlights
- Full support of Xi platform
- Available both on-prem & cloud
- Extensibility improvements
- 288 performance improvements
- Factory Track as warehouse mobility solution
- Soho design
- Cloud strategy
- Multi tenant ColudSuites 11.1 M3 CE planned to release in 2018 for F&B , Distribution enterprise, Fashion, Equipment & chemicals
- M3 Cloud Edition 19.1 panned to release in 2019.
- Infor M3 roadmap
- Utilize the power of Xi platform
- Remove tech legacy
- Cloud strategy as above point #3
- Strategically below components are going away.
- IPA –> ION Workflow
- LBI –> InforBI/Birst
- ISO –> M3 H5 client/Mingle
- Mashup Designer –> Infor App Builder
- Infor OS : Infor Operating Services
- A solution to fully integrate industry specific solutions with mobile first design & science driven analytics.
- Components incudes: UX, Collaboration, Extensibility, Security, Process integration, API gateway , Analytics, documents & reporting.
- M3 Core Extensibility Framework
- In Future, What will happen to the OutFile, & MEC
- OutFile will completely be replaced with configurable XML file.
- MEC will only becomes connector to M3. ION will take over all the integrations, including EDI, integration with other systems etc.
- M3 Solution stack.
Below diagram depicts it.
