Sponsor spotlight October: Infor

Connecting the fashion value chain: Turning collaboration into competitive advantage

Infor is a global leader in industry-specific cloud software, helping organizations navigate market disruption and accelerate digital transformation. For manufacturers of apparel, footwear, accessories and home textiles, Infor CloudSuite Fashion brings the business together in a composable cloud suite spanning design, development, sourcing, production, warehousing, planning, and fulfilment, with embedded industry AI to help improve decision-making, productivity, and operational performance.

At its core, Fashion ERP provides end-to-end operational control across production, inventory, and margins. PLM for Fashion accelerates product innovation and supplier collaboration at every stage of the product lifecycle, Warehouse Management increases warehouse efficiency and fulfilment performance with practical AI that optimizes picking, labor, space and packaging, and Supply Chain Planning helps balance demand, supply and inventory while protecting margins. Extending these capabilities beyond the enterprise, Infor Nexus connects manufacturers with brand customers, suppliers, logistics providers and financial partners to improve collaboration, increase supply chain visibility and streamline global trade.

As one of the world’s largest multi-enterprise business networks, Infor Nexus connects more than 100,000 brands, manufacturers, suppliers, logistics providers, and banks on a single platform. For manufacturers, it enables closer collaboration with brand customers across every tier of the supply chain, reducing manual communication while providing real-time visibility into orders, shipments, and inventory. AI-powered alerts help identify potential disruptions before they impact delivery, while payment automation and supply chain finance support healthier cash flow. Multi-tier traceability also helps manufacturers meet growing brand expectations for compliance, transparency, and ESG reporting.

Infor recently unveiled its expanded Infor Industry AI, bringing AI agents that understand the industry they serve, with the security, governance and auditability businesses need. Customers can put AI to work right away with ready-to-use scenarios, or build their own agents with the GenAI Knowledge Hub, now generally available. New global research from Infor found that 68% of business decision-makers say off-the-shelf AI does not meet their industry’s needs. That is why Infor builds AI that understands the industry it serves.