The report, available at http://sn.im/infoream-mq, assesses EAM vendors according to their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Infor EAM solutions continue to be recognized by industry analysts and companies worldwide as the de facto standard for monitoring and managing the deployment, performance and maintenance of company assets.
Gartner’s report defines leaders as vendors with “a global presence, a large installed base in manufacturing, strong viability and a combination of rich features that include functionality, interfaces to many different ERP (and supporting EAM) applications, and a capable and global implementation partner community.” Infor EAM enables asset-intensive organizations, including manufacturers, to save time and money by improving equipment and staff productivity, identifying and reducing excess energy use including electricity, increasing inventory efficiency, and strengthening their ability to collect on warranty-related claims.
“Faced with unprecedented economic challenges, manufacturers can use effective asset management to reduce costs without sacrificing quality and safety to remain viable and competitive,” said John Murphy, director, EAM solution marketing, Infor. “I believe that Infor has been categorized in the leaders quadrant because our manufacturing customers receive great value from our solutions, such as maintaining efficient equipment, decreasing expensive downtime, recovering maximum warranty funding, and reducing operating and maintenance costs. Additionally, with Infor EAM, manufacturers can now incorporate energy usage, costs, and environmental impact into their asset management approach to directly reduce energy consumption, by as much as 20 percent.”
Infor offers versions of its EAM solutions for any size business and for various business needs. One example is Infor EAM Asset Sustainability Edition, for companies seeking to not only enable asset management best-practices, but also manage, report, and reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of their assets. To learn more about Infor EAM Asset Sustainability Edition, visit http://www.infor.com/green
Infor customers operating on legacy EAM solutions can take advantage of Infor’s new Flex program, which redefines value for maintenance by providing those customers a cost effective path to upgrade to the latest, most robust Infor applications. Visit http://www.infor.com/flex to learn more about how Infor’s customers are benefitting from this fast track to innovation.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Infor
Infor acquires and develops functionally rich software backed by thousands of domain experts and then makes it better through continuous innovation, faster implementation options, global enablement, and flexible buying options. In a few short years, Infor has become one of the largest providers of business software in the world. For additional information, visit www.infor.com
