Infor PLM for Discrete

Infor PLM for Discrete is a comprehensive product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for engineering and discrete manufacturing businesses in high-tech electronics, automotive, industrial machinery, and aerospace and defense industries.

Now, a direct integration is available between LN and PLM for Discrete. This is a direct integration, because, if the Product Lifecycle Management (PD) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, PLM for Discrete is an integrated package of LN. Product Lifecycle Management is then displayed in the main menu of LN.

The integration supports these features:

  • The integration is based on DLLs, making a direct integration available between both applications. PLM for Discrete uses the functions of the Common and People packages in LN.
  • The new PLM for Discrete is written in the LN Technology Toolset. This toolset offers more functionality with respect to Excel integrations and user experience.
  • For companies in make-to-order, engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, assemble-to-order, and project-based businesses, PLM for Discrete in the Infor CloudSuites is preconfigured. It includes efficient industry-specific functionality to enable fast deployment and personalize the user experience. Additionally, PLM for Discrete minimizes time to value and cost of ownership.
  • PLM for Discrete is deeply integrated with LN for enhanced manufacturing interoperability and efficient BOM transfer.
  • PLM for Discrete integrates effectively to many leading CAD systems. It simplifies viewing the CAD-generated files from the built-in viewers, or for non-PLM users, from Infor’s Document Management system (IDM).
  • PLM projects are supported by user and role management. Users can be assigned to multiple PLM projects. The roles in PLM projects can be different for each user, which determines the permission a user has with regard to the objects under the PLM project.
  • The new PLM for Discrete includes object management. Objects are Items, Item Structures (BOM), Documents, Folders, and Files. All objects are revision-controlled and managed under the PLM-project umbrella for authorizations based on user roles. Object management includes the vaulting of files and documents that are created in various CAD applications and saved to PLM. In object management, these functions are also supported:
    • Mask management - used to automate the generation of key fields when generating objects
    • Category management - used for integrity checks and various ways to review and manage structures
    • Defaults management - used to pre-populate the fields in objects during creation
    • Cost roll-up
    • Mass BOM changes
  • PLM for Discrete supports supplier, customer and manufacturer part numbers. Both manufacturers and manufacturer part numbers are supported in the definition of the PLM Items object.
  • Revision management is managed through a workflow mechanism. Workflows are templates of business process. A business process is an instance of a workflow template for a specific change, approval process, or a new product.
  • The engineering BOM can be changed to a site-specific BOM before it is sent to production. This functionality is used to support multi-site scenarios in an ERP implementation.