Infor VISUAL

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Bringing order to your orders

How to Replace Infor VISUAL

Overview

Manufacturing ERP software providing production visibility and automation for increased throughput, productivity, and profits. Infor VISUAL enables order-driven manufacturing companies to maintain a competitive advantage by delivering quality products on time with a complete, end-to-end ERP solution.

Features

48 features across 20 categories

Analytics(5)

Bottleneck Identification

Audit trail that reliably identifies potential resource and material bottlenecks

Database Analytics and Grids

Utilize predefined database analytics and grids or create those specific to business needs

Discrepancy Highlighting

Highlight discrepancies with complete drill-down to source data for quick analysis

Performance Analytics

Built-in, user-definable analytics for holistic view of operations with complete drill-down capability

Profit Contribution Measurement

Obtain accurate measurements of absolute profit contribution

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Automation(2)

Paperless Operations

Eliminate paperwork and reduce foot traffic with digital workflows

Shop-Floor Automation

Gain complete visibility of work schedules within a paperless environment with real-time reporting

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

CRM(2)

Customer Audit Management

Manage and track customer audits and compliance

Customer Order Status Updates

Instantaneous customer order status updates based on real-time data capture

Also in: monday.com, Setmore, HubSpot

Costing(5)

Actual Cost Tracking

Track actual costs against estimates

Cost Variance Analysis

Identify cost variances to budgets that affect margin or selling price

Estimate Costing

Project cost estimation capabilities

Projected Cost Analysis

Project future costs based on current data

Work-Order Costing

Leverage detailed, actual cost breakdown comparisons with roll up through all levels of production

Also in: Unleashed

Documentation(2)

Document Management

Centralize the location, change history, and document audits for electronic and physical documents

Work-Order Documentation

Access all work-order drawings, build specifications, and related document attachments

Engineering(2)

Engineering Activity Management

Establish, track, and manage every engineering activity and supply chain expectation

Engineering MasterPremium

Patented tool for managing engineering specifications and product design

Enterprise(1)

Scalability

Multi-entity, multisite, and multicurrency functionality including cross-selling, consolidation, and independent planning

HR(1)

Employee Audit Management

Manage and track employee audits and compliance

Integration(1)

API Toolkit

Tools and APIs for extending functionality and integration

Interface(1)

Manufacturing Window

Platform or interface for manufacturing operations management

Inventory(2)

Material Labeling and Tracking

Label material as it's received, picked, and moved in-process for complete automation and visibility

WIP Management

Work-in-process management and visibility

Labor(1)

Attendance and Labor Tracking

Capture attendance, labor, and material in real time for instantaneous production schedule update

Maintenance(2)

Device Calibration

Device calibration tracking and management

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive maintenance planning and scheduling

Mobility(1)

Shop-Floor Mobility

Mobile smart device capabilities for real-time shop floor operations

Performance(1)

Throughput Performance Monitoring

Monitor and analyze throughput performance metrics

Production(1)

On-Time Delivery

Increase production throughput, margins, and customer satisfaction with reliable delivery date communication

Quality(7)

Control Plans

Control plan management for quality assurance

Corrective Actions

Automatically create downstream corrective actions from quality alerts

FMEA

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for risk management

In-Process Inspection

Retrieve in-process inspection plans, capture measurements, and automatically create nonconformance alerts

Inspection Plans

Leverage inspection plans for quality management

Nonconformance Management

Track and manage nonconformance issues

Quality Management

Bring control, consistency, predictability, and audit confidence to product lifecycle and supply management

Reporting(4)

Dashboard

Thumbnail view of business performance with complete drill-down to supporting documents and transactional data

Real-Time Reporting

Real-time reporting of attendance, direct and indirect labor, material transactions, and WIP logistics

Role-Based Dashboard Deployment

Create multiple dashboards and deploy them to end users based on their role

Throughput Graphing

Graph throughput inquiries at daily, weekly, or monthly levels

Scheduling(6)

Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) Scheduling

DBR scheduling methodology for order-driven manufacturing

Finite Scheduling

Advanced scheduling capability for manufacturing operations

Production Schedule View

Dynamic view of production schedule by resource, work cell, and department

Production SchedulerPremium

Patented scheduling tool for production planning and optimization

Throughput Simulation

Create throughput data for unlimited number of schedule simulations

What-If Delivery Calculation

Simulate delivery scenarios and secure shop-floor capacity with what-if scheduling models

Supply Chain(1)

Supplier Audit Management

Manage and track supplier audits and compliance

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Infor VISUAL. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Infor VISUAL alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 48 features.

Buy Infor VISUAL

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

Buying Infor VISUAL saves ~$55,440 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 48 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.