Infor recently announced strong customer adoption of Infor Performance Management (PM), an integrated suite of applications that help organizations link corporate strategy to operational plans. Customers in the manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, government, and energy and utilities industries selected Infor PM software to improve visibility into the financial and operational health of their company.

The momentum was accelerated by the launch in November 2007 of Infor PM 10, the integrated suite of PM applications and analytics from Infor’s acquisitions of Extensity MPC and Systems Union MIS. A strong factor behind customer selection of Infor PM is the single, secure database that underpins the applications. This approach eliminates data entry errors from users rekeying information into multiple, disconnected systems.

Key market drivers behind the adoption of Infor PM include enterprises that are moving away from spreadsheet-based analysis towards more robust and automated applications that bring together key data from disparate sources for activities such as planning and budgeting, consolidation and forecasting. Additionally, organizations are adopting Infor PM because it provides pre-built applications that map strategies to goals, plans, budgets and forecasts, combining financial and operational measures to improve performance overall. 

“Infor PM frees organizations from spreadsheet mayhem and helps them unlock hidden value from existing enterprise systems. Instead of dumping reams of data on them, it provides actionable intelligence that is presented within the context of their role,” said Christina McKeon, Director, Product Marketing, Performance Management solutions, Infor. “We expect to continue this momentum as companies increasingly turn to Infor for integrated, role-specific applications that are built on a single database.”