Infor Extends Alliance Partnership with Polaris into Europe for Discrete Manufacturers

PARIS – November 5, 2015 – Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced it has extended its alliance partnership with Polaris Consulting & Services Limited for the European region. The partnership is aimed at accelerating the expansion and providing reinforcement of its  ongoing alliance partnership which already exists in India, Middle East and Asia.

Polaris, (NSE and BSE:POLARIS) a global technology provider, specialising in digital transformation and systems integration, has been providing services related to Infor LN to customers in Europe for over a decade. With in-depth domain knowledge, LN knowledge built over 16+ years; delivery of 70 projects regarding Baan/LN and resources available in Europe, Polaris aims to provide value services while reducing the overall TCO for customers throughout Europe.

Similar to other regions, Polaris plans to extend its service portfolio of  implementation, upgrade and support services to Infor LN customers across Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics, Distribution, Telco, Aerospace & Defense, and Public Sector industries in  Europe.

Infor LN is a comprehensive ERP solution designed help complex product manufacturers manage  areas of the business from one platform. Available in the cloud or on-premise, Infor LN provides industry-specific KPI dashboards, features for global process standardization and assembly line control functionality designed to help organizations improve efficiency and agility. With  visibility into products and critical data throughout the value chain, Infor LN can break down data silos to help decision-makers optimize resource use and enable more lean operations.

“I believe the alliance partnership with Infor in Europe will prove to be a beneficial  association for both Infor and Polaris, as we together, aim to address some of the key challenges of LN customers, especially around their upgrade path to Infor 10x. Given the reach of our branches and subsidiaries across Europe and our global presence, along with Infor, we are well prepared to address the market with better, smarter and cost effective solutions to digitally transform organisations,” says Vikas Misra, Chief Client Officer at Polaris Consulting & Services Limited.

“With Polaris as member of the Infor alliance partner eco-system in the EMEA region, we are eager to combine the large resource delivery capabilities of Polaris with Infor Baan/LN solutions for discrete manufacturing industries.  We feel this partnership will contribute to increased market share and new revenue streams for UK & Ireland, Benelux, DACH and Spain” says Lynn Sauder, Vice-President Global Alliances & Channel at Infor.