Infor VISUAL Reviews & Product Details

SQL based backbone that allows easy access to your data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Out of the box solution is very limited for a production job shop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual Manufacturing was like my first car. I loved it, I knew intimately how it worked inside and out and it did the job. Infor Visual as it is now called provides deep manufacturing capability, strong scheduling, fantastic material planning. There are add-on's for cad-integration, bar-coding, quality, HR and more. It works with multiple manufacturing/financial companies and can be setup for all types of manufacturers (engineer to order, make to order, configure to order, even process manufacturers can use it). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The community is small so finding a good partner with experience might be tough. The interface/setup isn't as intuitive as other more modern products and there were always problems with reconciling the financials because it was too darn flexible (ship before you make, collect money before invoicing, delete transactions, re-open months, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The structure of the program. The layouts and the repetition of UI throughout the interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The reference materials are static and do not elaborate on the SQL structure behind the UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to "QuickFilter" my search results in a chart format. It lets me see multiple items on a list for comparison. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The menus or toolbars that I need to use are less than intuitive. Why don't they use standard Windows icons for "Close" and "Save" for example. And keyboard shortcuts are non-standard. Instead of CTRL-C for copy and CTRL-V for paste, I need to use CTRL-INSERT and SHIFT-INSERT. That forces me as a user to often do it wrong, then figure it out, then do it over. Sometimes I can use TAB and sometime it does nothing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to have all records and data available for Payroll/HR in one system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it can be a bit laggy or will take a very long time to load Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VISUAL provides a good platform for all of our needs, by creating a one-stop-shop for our programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a little glitchy, & causes errors which stops the systems. You cannot customize it at all. Which for as much as the system can do, it was a disappointment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual is used as an ERP and management platform that allows us to manage the flow of raw materials, piece, parts, and inventory throughout our work environment. The system is very good at what it does but it lacks in a graphical user interface. This makes most younger employees have a longer uptake time for processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the inability or seeming inability to customize the platform from anyone but a network admin. There are limited selection choices and most of the commands are text based with no hot keys or map for search parameters or shortcuts. it's up to the individual employees to figure out what these are and create there own documentation in an effort for training and practice. Because this is not a graphics based interface it is not intiuative and must be practiced over and over again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy access to all fields pertinent to material purchase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No really good training tools available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ease of use and ability to quickly export reports into Excel format for further analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the windows within Visual do not have an option to drill down to a transaction level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It works. Infor support and knowledgebase are helpful. Most questions answered quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

can be a little slow to grasp process at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual is a stable platform with tons of available customization. It work great out of the box but really reaches its stride when you customize it to your business environment. The support is great and most problems/questions are resolved same day, usually within the same hour. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visual does have a learning curve and some understanding of databases will help tremendously. The learning curve can be daunting for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a functional system for basic ERP operations functions (inventory tracking, shipping/receiving, purchasing, MRP, etc). Infor in general has good support when issues arise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reporting in general is archaic. This is not a finance friendly reporting system. Without a few different types of 3rd party reporting software packages, it is extremely difficult to do any analytic work directly from Visual beyond reconciling GL to Subledger. Consolidating is also very difficult compared to tier 1 ERP systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very capable ERP. It can do things that larger ERP's like SAP can do at a fraction of the operating cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Visual Quality module has many features however approval flow of records could use further enhancement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the reporting on the product best. The reports turn out great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the product needs to be a little more user frendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is good as a manufacturing tracking capability tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very difficult to use as an end user. With today's multiple products that require a very little technical expertise to run/manage this is complicated and out of date. I think that it is challenged to keep up with future technology. I would strongly encourage them to leverage a different platform and follow a user friendly first approach. Allow the technology to be adaptable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.