We performed a comparison between Infor LN and SAP S/4HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Infor LN has basically the same structure as CloudSuite Industrial, but LN has more advanced planning tools for manufacturing."
"Infor LN is a completely integrated product that provides good stability."
"The best feature of this solution, is that it provides businesses with a way to see information from across different process streams, in one place via dashboards."
"It has strong sales, purchase, warehousing, and logistics order management."
"LN is definitely a stable product. It's number one on Gartner's four quadrants."
"The best thing about Infor LN is that you can use it for inter-company business and for international businesses, especially by mid-sized and big companies."
"The most valuable features are manufacturing, and manufacturing costing modules. These are all powerful features of Infor LN."
"I like the tool’s multisite functionality."
"I like the user experience and usability of SAP Fiori, which is one of the main features that we are using."
"The key modules that I find most valuable are material management (MM), financial accounting and controlling (FICO), and human resources (HR)."
"S/4HANA falls under a single terminal. We can easily access the data, and the performance is good."
"The most useful features of SAP S4HANA are the consolidation reports. The BI is very strong and the manufacturing and finance sections we like a lot."
"I have found the user interface very modern and it has simplified many user jobs, such as the embedded logistics. They have introduced central finance which has been a benefit."
"The solution's new UI called Fiori is user friendly."
"The finance solution and procurement functionalities are good."
"SAP S/4HANA dominates around 70 percent of the ERP market in Chile, and I believe this isn't merely coincidental. I've always maintained that if someone believes SAP S/4HANA lacks a certain functionality, they haven't explored it thoroughly. However, there's a widespread lack of understanding regarding its full potential and how to configure it."
"In general, the HR-related part of Infor LN doesn't work properly in Germany, making it an area that requires improvement."
"The finance model within this solution does not have very strong reporting functionality, which I would like to see improved."
"The tool is expensive. It needs to refine its planning details."
"From a customers' perspective, Infor LN covers most of the processes in the company, but sometimes, they have to choose other tools because of the functionality or the cost of the Infor solution. It covers the core functions of the company—such as financial, operations, logistics, and so on—very well, but it doesn't cover some parts such as invoices, digitization, etc."
"When it comes to planning, it's more challenging to consider the entire structure, such as having a specific SKU and wanting to look at the planning for the whole structure. You must delve into individual item details to plan for it with order planning. Therefore, improvements will allow more comprehensive planning for each SKU."
"When you have a bug in the system, you get some kind of alert. They should explain those alerts more."
"Regarding areas for improvement within the solution, I would say that the solution's asset management and quality management need attention."
"While Infor LN incorporates the latest business processes and functions, there is always room for improvement as the business grows. In the new normal, it could stand to incorporate quite a few automation processes like the RPA and utilize machine learning in the Internet of Things."
"The solution’s pricing could be reduced."
"So, there is room for improvement in pricing. HANA is not a simple product; it's quite complex by design."
"Technical support has been declining. They aren't as responsive as they used to be."
"S/4HANA could be improved with better integration. At the moment, a main issue I see is that there's so much growth in the functionality, complementary modules, and cloud solutions which were acquired by SAP and which extend the functionality of the SAP ERP suite. It looks to me that they tend to acquire more and more functionality from acquisitions, but they don't invest enough effort into making them integrated with S/4HANA or ERP. I would say that the functionality is great, but integration is something which still needs more attention. Instead of focusing on acquisitions, they should invest, integrate, and better the existing portfolio of products in SAP. It would help us, as implementors, to have a more complex or compact solution."
"The difficulty level of the initial setup depends on the person's skills. If you know the basic knowledge of the database, then it will be easy, otherwise, it will be very difficult."
"In an upcoming release, it would be beneficial to have more practical intelligence in the system, such as protective maintenance, or artificial intelligence."
"The product should improve its cost."
"Lacks ability to easily mass upload which has become a necessity for industry."
Infor LN is ranked 8th in ERP with 25 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 75 reviews. Infor LN is rated 8.2, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Infor LN writes "A flexible ERP with the best project module and excellent support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". Infor LN is most compared with SAP ERP, Infor M3, Infor LX, Infor CloudSuite and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite and Infor M3. See our Infor LN vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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