Infor's Private Equity Practice Focus
Infor's Private Equity Practice collaborates with operating executives to enhance value creation within their portfolios. By leveraging cloud-based, industry-specific applications, the team targets specific areas for operational improvements that can deliver quick and significant results. Whether it's optimizing supply chain efficiency to release working capital or expediting product time-to-market, Infor works closely with partners to identify short-term initiatives that drive business impact.
Value-Creation Initiatives and Support
The Private Equity Practice offers a range of services to facilitate rapid value creation, including engaging in high-impact initiatives, conducting spend analysis, accelerating acquisitions, and providing portfolio-wide services agreements. With Infor's executive sponsorship and targeted support, private equity firms can efficiently implement value-driven strategies that positively influence their businesses.
Rapid Implementation Model for Time-to-Value
Infor's rapid implementation model caters to the unique challenges faced during M&As, carve-outs, and digital transformation projects. By delivering core business functionalities via cloud-based solutions built on best practices and industry configurations, Infor ensures a swift deployment timeline, reducing time to value for organizations. This model has proven successful, such as Harsco Rail's deployment in just 120 days with Infor CloudSuite Industrial.
Leveraging Industry Expertise for Investment Value
With over 30 years of industry experience, Infor combines deep industry knowledge with a tailored private equity engagement approach to drive investment value in portfolios. By focusing on heavily-engineered industries like aerospace, automotive, high-tech, and food & beverage, Infor assists operating partners in identifying targets that yield tangible business outcomes, thus enhancing overall portfolio performance.
Collaborative Engagement and Solutions
Infor actively collaborates with private equity partners to identify strategic targets within portfolios and deploys value-creation consultants to assess opportunities. By delivering insightful observations, actionable plans, and replicable outcomes, Infor ensures that successful initiatives can be extended across the entire portfolio, driving sustainable value creation.
Industry-Tailored Solutions and Support
Infor's solutions, including CloudSuites, ERP offerings, industry analytics, supply chain management, asset management, lifecycle management, and workforce solutions, are designed to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. With a focus on configuring end-to-end functionalities for specific industries, Infor facilitates data-driven decision-making, governance, risk management, and compliance with industry-centric analytics.