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Melissa B.

Financial Accountant

Machinery

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/6/2020

"Infor Visual Manufacturing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

It is so customizable. Just about anything you wish to do can be done in Visual. Once you learn Visual, the possibilities of what you can achieve in this system are endless. There is a graphical menu so that you dont have to look at the same boring screen day after day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

It is such a massive system it requires alot of learning about how to work it. Its very time consuming and takes a lot of trial and error to get it figured out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Infor VISUAL:

If you need a system that handle a large workflow and is customizable, Visual is the way to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Infor VISUAL solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am keeping my accounting & manufacturing data safe, secure, and all in 1 place instead of multiple types of programs. Visual can handle a heavy workload and support multiple departments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Infor VISUAL Reviews & Product Details

Designed for order-driven manufacturers in various industries, including discrete manufacturing, aerospace/defense, automotive, and industrial equipment and machinery. ERP Express gives you information at a glance to make quick, confident decisions, helping you boost operational efficiency and introduce new products and services quickly.

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Jason H.

Accountant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/6/2024

"Manufacturing Company-Finance Side"

5/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

Visual is easy to use and convert to Excel and customer service is very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

There system is geared towards manufacturing more then the finance-accounting side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/1/2021

"Reliable software, starting to lag behind."

1.5/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

It's reliable and proven. It supports most of the features we need and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

It feels clunky and left behind. No decent search bar, still requires 2 additional clicks and use of wildcard characters. The quality of some elements of the scheduling aren't great - I'm not super happy with the way the schedule needs re-running so often and that material dependencies and states aren't viewable from the scheduling window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steven E.

Manufacturing Engineer / CNC Programmer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/16/2020

"Heavily customized ERP software"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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

Mike F.

Manufacturing Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/14/2019

"Best out of the box manufacturing system I've worked with"

4/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Infor VISUAL:

Great product if you own a small to medium size business and don't care about financials, sales/marketing, reporting or remote access. This product does one thing REALLY well. It costs, tracks, schedules and reports on production. If you're reading this and need help or advice, just reach out to me on linked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Infor VISUAL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most ERP's on the market require you to spend a small fortune to get up and running, but not Visual. Probably for less than $50,000 you will have a manufacturing system that is equivalent in functionality to SAP or AX. So if you believe that you make money on the shop floor instead of accounting department and don't have a lot of money to spend I strongly recommend looking at this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/18/2019

"Senior Manufacturing Engineer"

4/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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

Jeffrey S.

CAD System Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/24/2018

"Infor VISUAL -Part Maintenance and Purchasing modules"

2/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Infor VISUAL:

I am glad for the User-Defined Fields. It seems like most of the data I need is in those fields. But I wonder why they are not standard fields. For example: Part Number and Engineering Change Level are UDF. I would recommend that a new company who is considering an ERP system have some experienced personnel from multiple fields review the software thoroughly before making a decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Infor VISUAL solving and how is that benefiting you?

My company uses Infor Visual Manufacturing for ERP. Like many large companies, our specialized users normally each only use a small portion of the software to do our various jobs. Hopefully someone is finding value in all this information, but at my level it is a bunch of data I am unsure of the benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Valerie D.

Recruiter

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/25/2018

"Great software"

5/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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

Maria F.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/26/2018

"Product is on the Right Track"

3/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/14/2018

"infor visual review"

4/5

What do you like best about Infor VISUAL?

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.

What do you dislike about Infor VISUAL?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Infor VISUAL:

Learn how to operate in a none text based environment. This is not a graphics friendly program. I cannot stress how much a different graphics user interface and ease of data entry and ability to change things would make life so much easy for this software. Though the structure is there to support it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Infor VISUAL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Visual meets all of our current needs and is very good at managing the flow of materials into and out of the facility. It is so good at this that we are using it to aid us in the expansion of all our facilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.