Inforln.com LN User Interface Enhancements in lnfor Ming.le & LN 10.4

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LN-1004 Running the best-in-class operational ERP with the latest technology

Bram Vijfhuizen, Sr. Product Manager, DevelopmentHarold Vrieling, Sr. Director, Development

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What keeps our customers awake…

Globalization and

Technology Change

Increasing Customer Demands

Growth and Business

Model Innovation

Increasing Complexity – Organization Product and

Process

Demographic Shifts and New

Media

Compliance and

Sustainability


Manage Complexity through Simplification

SPEED

AGILITYSCALE

• Global Financial Visibility & Control• Streamline Compliance• Process standardization using

Industry Best Practices• Management by Exception• Task / Workflow Management• Business Process Flexibility

• Easy to learn and use• Productive• Fast access to information• Empower people, make better

decisions faster• Extend appls across entire organization • Facilitate better collaboration

• IT Infra, Consolidation and Modernization• Vendor consolidation• Platform independence• Performance / Scalability• Replace custom apps with standard software• Easy to integrate, upgrade and customize• Easy to manage (24x7)• Availability of skilled resources

IT must become an enabler, rather than inhibitor of business process change and innovation

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Achieve Rapid Time

to Value Simplicity

Excel at Performance

Scalability and

Availability

Deliver on Agility

+ Platform independence

+ Cloud, On-premise, Hybrid

+ Open Source Infrastructure

+ ION and DEM Content

+ Implementation Accelerator Programs

+ Hardware innovation

+ Scalable (up and down)

+ DB table compression

+ Performance optimization

+ Test Automation Suite

+ Virtualization

+ Configuration wizards

+ Extensibility without source code

+ Easy extensibility through productized integrations

+ User interface personalization

+ Content Management

+ Cloud Deployment

10.4

10.4 10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.4

LN Technology Platform

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Achieve Rapid Time to Value


v


Business process view…..Strategy and vision

Core functions

Support functions

Sourcing & procurement

Production management

Product development

Materials management

Program management

Planning and scheduling

Contract management

Enterprise strategy Organization management

Quality management

TechnologyFinancial management

Human capital management

Enterprise asset management

Open Source Strategy

We can deliver a better experience with open source because it is open enough to allow us to configure a seamless experience

with our applications with fewer licensing and distribution restrictions. We can easily move images between on premise

and cloud as customer needs dictate.

- Charles Philips, CEO, Infor

INFOR IN THEENTERPRISE

Infor LN Open Source Infrastructure

Postgres Plus

LN UI

LN VM + DB DRIVERION

PLATFORM

Ming.le / Other Infor Apps

HARDWARE

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization [ KVM-based ]

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxGUEST OS

LN HTML5-based UI

HARDWARE

Postgres Plus

LN UI

LN VM + DB DRIVER

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization[ KVM-based ]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat CloudForms

LN HTML5-based UI

Private Cloud ManagementLN Virtual Deployment Presentation Tier•Web Server•Red Hat JBoss•Apache Tomcat

Application Tier•LN VM + LN DB Driver•Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Database Tier•Postgres Plus Cloud Database (EnterpriseDB)

Virtualization / Cloud Management•Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization


Excel at Performance, Scalability and Availability


Server platforms

OS OS VersionOracle 11.2, 12

SQL Server 2012

DB2 m

9.5, 9.7,10.1,10.5

Informix umo

11.5,11.7EnterpriseDBPPAS 9.3

Linux x86 Red Hat RHEL 6 32-64 bit 32-64 bit 32-64 bit 64 bit 3

Linux x86 SuSE SLES 11 32-64 bit 32-64 bit 32-64 bit

Microsoft x86 Windows

2008 SP2, 2008 R2, 2012 1, 2012 R2 1

32-64 bit 32-64 bit

IBM Power PC AIX 6.1, 7.1 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit

HP IA64 HP-UX V3 64 bit 64 bit

Sun SPARC Solaris 10, 11 64 bit 64 bit 2

u No Unicodem No multibyteo On request only1 Windows 2012 only 64 bit2 Only for Sun Sparc Solaris 103 LN only, Unicode only4 Oracle does not support W2012 R2 yet

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Platform Support - Others

VirtualizationServer

ClusteringWebservers

Desktop Systems

Browsers

• Microsoft © Hyper-V 2012

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)

• Windows 8.1 • Red hat JBoss 6.3

• Apache Tomcat 7.x

• IBM Websphere AS 8.5

• Windows - IE 10,11

• Windows - Chrome

• MacOS – Safari

• Windows Server 2012 Clustering

• Load balancing high-availability of Infor LN


Deliver on Agility


Better Alignment of IT to Business Needs

Quickly Deliver New Capabilities

to Support Business

Streamline Compliance and Mitigate

Risks

Support Market Expansion /

Shrinkage in IT Infra

Optimize Business

Processes

Optimize / Shorten Supply

Chain

Easy LN Upgrades


Infor LN Extensibility Model

Customer Defined Fields

User Exit DLLsIn-Context Modeling


Business Benefits

Challenges

• Enable customers to extend Infor LN business logic without owning LNs standard source code

Solution

• Customer Defined Fields (CDFs)

• User Exit DLL (until ES 10.3.1 dependent on Data Access Layer

• ES 10.3.1 enables extensibility if no Data Access Layer (DAL) is in place

• Externalize modifications

• Infor 10x – ION and complementary applications to complement Infor LN

• Faster Time to Value

• Ability to personalize the application with all the associated benefits of increased usability, productivity, process fit

• Increased agility by avoiding source code modifications

Infor LN Extensibility Model


Customer Defined Fields

My New Field:


CDF enhancements since ES 10.3• Create your own enum datatype

• List datatype

• Manipulation of CDFs via Expression Modeler• Conditional Formatting of CDFs • Easy SQL supports CDFs

• Reference to CDFs in reports• Use form references to CDF in other tables

ES 10.3.1

10.4


LN User Management

• User Monitoring• Transaction Monitoring

• Dimensions

• GL Accounts

• Transaction Types

Infor LN – Approva

Integration

Data Level Security


LN Quality Assurance


LN Development and Quality Assurance

• FDA 21

• CFR 11

• EU Annex 11

• ISO compliance

• Veracode

Industry Requirements Infor Software Development Process

• Tasks and Responsibilities

• Planning

• Requirements

• Design

• Coding

• QA Testing

• Release

• Maintenance


Test Automation Suite

Multi-purpose LN Application Studio

BOD / Web Services Modeling LN Application Development In-context Modeling

10.4


Modeler• Record LN app to generate test

case• Modify / extend test case• Playback test case without user

interaction• Simulate Process Flow tests in

LN• Build collection of tests• Export/Import BPV setup


QA Status Reporting• Inform organization about quality

assurance results• Electronic distribution of statistics

Successful

Failed

Not Started


Content Management


The First Impression Counts

Pixel-Perfect Correspondence

Deliver at Any Place

Business Partners,

Employees and Users

Access from Any place

Sustainability / Paperless Office

Compliance and Archiving


Document Output Management for LN

• Routing to Recipients

• Rendering of Documents

• Output Distribution by Channel

• Content Store


• Conditional Layouts by

• Country

• Business Partner

• Employee

• User

• Using Images for

• Corporate Style

• Inline images

• Using Attachments

• Preface

• Addenda

• Multi-channel Distribution

• Via Email

• To Files and Folders

• To Paper

• Create Custom device

Formatted Documents – Studio


Document Output ManagementOverview

Email

Paper

Screen

Custom channel

Managed Master Data• Business Partners• Employees

Manage Preferences • Document

Distribution

Infor LN

Distribution Engine

Cache

• Generated Documents

• Attachments• Overlays

Multi-ChannelDocument

Output

Web Service Plugin

Infor Reporting

Business Vault

IR Rendering Service

DOM Distribution ServicesXML Report Output

IDM Archiving

PDF/A


Infor Document Management (IDM) LN integration with IDM


What is IDM?

Infor Document Management is Infor’s across-the-board document management

solution going forward


IDM – View from the top

Capture Platform Document Collaboration

Document ArchiveDocument Repository

Content Integration


Integrating IDM with LN User Interface• Web Part

• In-context driven

• Document Viewer

• Document Upload

• Document Authoring

• Content store in Sharepoint


This image shows the start page for the IDM client, where recently viewed documents and latest searches are presented

Ming.le IDM client – Start Page


This screenshot shows the upcoming Search interface of the IDM client.

Ming.le IDM client – Search


This screenshot shows the Document view in the IDM client.

Ming.le IDM client – Document


Support• IDM Web part

• LN 10.2.1 Applications and later• Enterprise Server 10.3.1and later

• LN Document Output Management (DOM)• LN 10.3 Applications and later• Enterprise Server 10.3.1 and later


Infor approachTraditional approach

Meaningful design


Infor LN TodayCreate Experiences People Love

ProductiveGet Stuff Done

EngagingConnect people to

information and processes

InsightfulEmpower Optimized Decisions – Connect People to Outcomes

Social Encourage

Collaboration

MobileWrite Once, Deploy

Anywhere

+ 360 degree views

+ Management by exception

+ Paparazzi - Follow business events

+ Tasks and Workflow

+ Fewer clicks

+ 360 views

+ Conditional Formatting

+ In-context BI

+ Mobile CRM

+ Mobile BI

+ LN UI (HTML5 client)

+ Role-based Home Pages

+ Real-time Dashboards leveraging Infor 10x

+ Enterprise Performance Management

+ Workbenches (HTML5)

+ Post from any LN screen to social activity feeds

+ Context modeling

+ Drill down from social

+ DEM Process Viewer (HTML5)

10.3.1

+ DEM Modeler (HTML5)10.4

10.4

10.3.1


Business BenefitsChallenges• Ongoing pressure around security and risk management

• Need to comply with emerging accessibility requirements such as Section 508

• Mobile tsunami will require apps to treat mobile experiences as first-class citizens

Solution• LN UI replaces Java Swing UI Framework

• HTML5 technology roadmap has clear charter around accessibility

• Addresses security and compliance risks associated with Oracle’s decision to replace Java Swing UI Framework with Java FX

• Enables simplified compliance with emerging accessibility requirements

• Lower TCO through zero client footprint – ready for Private and Public Cloud deployments

• Future proof technology

Since ES 10.3.1LN UI - HTML5-based user interface


New and Enhanced

DEM Process Viewer

Infor 10x Content Modeling for Infor LN

DEM Modeler (HTML5) 10.4

10.4


LN UX Innovation Roadmap

LN 10.3 with ES 10.3.1 LN 10.4 Beyond LN 10.4

Release Goals: Replace Java Swing

+ Java Swing UI Framework replaced+ Simplified accessibility compliance+ SoHo UX 3.0 Design

Release Goal: Zero Footprint Client

+ Remove dependency on worktop for DEM authoring+ Remove existing Microsoft Silverlight ® components from Infor LN Workbenches+ Re-invents selection of screens to improve the experience for desktop and mobile

Release Goals: Reinvent UX for “Write once, deploy anywhere”+ Introduce style that optimizes LN UI for automatic scaling for broader range of process scenarios

Known Limitations- User Experience as such remains

Unchanged – UX 3.0- UI renders on browsers across

multiple devices, but UX is not optimized for touch and does not automatically scale to device

Known Limitations- Developers who install LN Studio should also install Worktop to be able to run Dynamic Form Editor (DFE)

Known Limitations+ Native iOS, Android and Windows applications will likely continue to offer the best user experience as they can make optimal use of device specific features (i.e. camera, location services, storage etc)


Infor Ming.le

Infor LN WorktopRich Client

Infor LN WebTopWeb Client

10.2.1 and earlier

Infor LN WorktopRich Client


10.3 and ES 10.3.1 10.4 and beyond


Infor Ming.le

Infor LN UI

Infor Ming.le


Infor Ming.le

Infor LN UI

+ Remove dependency on Worktop for DEM authoring

+ Remove dependency on Microsoft Silverlight ® components for LN workbenches

Transition to LN UI (HTML5-based)


LN-1004 Running the best-in-class operational ERP with the latest technology

Bram Vijfhuizen, Sr. Product Manager, DevelopmentHarold Vrieling, Sr. Director, Development

Inforln.com LN User Interface Enhancements in lnfor Ming.le & LN 10.4

Technology

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