Its mission was to provide packaged business applications for its customers, based on the latest technology. Over the years Lawson gained experience in mainframe, mid-range, and open systems computing. At the time Lawson's principal competitor was Oracle Corporation.
Customers could chose from Windows, Motif, or Macintosh graphical user interfaces GUIs , and the system could be used on character-based terminals as well. During the year the company increased its workforce from to employees.
In Lawson began tailoring its Open Enterprise applications for specific vertical markets, the first of which was healthcare. Lawson worked with healthcare companies and healthcare professionals to develop customized financial, HR, and materials management application software specifically for the healthcare industry, including integrated delivery networks, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and health maintenance organizations HMOs.
Tailored applications would help customers reduce implementation costs by as much as 15 percent, according to one analyst. Open Enterprise Desktop created a single environment for desktop applications and the Lawson Enterprise line. Other new products introduced in included the Lawson Employee Information Center, a kiosk component developed for the HR module of its Open Enterprise system. The kiosks would allow employees to query the system for personal and company information without having to go through the HR department.
In Lawson introduced workflow capabilities for its Open Enterprise 6. Workflow processes could be defined at any of three levels: the desktop, the workgroup, or the enterprise. The new capabilities gave enterprises the scalability and flexibility they needed to cope with business process changes.
Lawson planned to release Version 7. Prior to that, Lawson came out with its Open Enterprise Webpage Generator, an application that let users of Lawson's Open Enterprise application complete an order using standard web browsers.
It allowed companies to develop and access web forms that were created using HTML hypertext markup language. The company's customers could then use a web browser to view a form and fill out a purchase order. Instead of releasing its new suite as Version 7. Insight featured four distinct application sets: financials, human resources, procurement, and supply chain management. In addition, Lawson added an activity-based management component that could be accessed by any of the four applications.
As a result, Insight users would be able to integrate hypertext and hyperlinks into their business applications. Bundling the browser and server gave Lawson's customers a solution for accessing and managing their business processes over the Internet or a corporate intranet. The centers worked with Lawson's Insight suite and tied various application functions together with a simplified browser interface. The service centers were built around Java-enabled applications, a technology that IT information technology managers needed to justify building out nationwide corporate intranets.
In Lawson continued developing browser client enhancements to its Insight Business Management System. And by making our software web-deployable, we've made something unusual. Key elements of the new architecture included personalized web pages and an HTML-based interface that enabled system administrators to deploy Java applets.
All of Lawson's future software would be based on this new model. For Lawson continued to focus on two vertical markets, healthcare and retail. It targeted mid-size companies and did not plan to follow competitors such as PeopleSoft into the larger arena of enterprise resource planning ERP software. By mid-year, though, Lawson began bundling its suite of business applications for finance, human resources, and distribution with an Oracle database and Hewlett-Packard Co.
NetServers, thus making it a mid-size competitor in the ERP marketplace. Lawson also sought to make its software more accessible to non-technical business executives. As a result of this acquisition, the Lawson S3 product was rebranded as Infor S3. In a similar fashion, the Lawson M3 product was rebranded as Infor M3. Lawson Financials includes:. Lawson Global Human Resources includes:.
Client organizations benefit from functionality including:. General Inquiries Infor S3 and Infor M3. A targeted search can help you get exactly what you need within your budget. Looking for Lawson ERP software? Request free software recommendations from one of our advisors now. Talk with a Software Expert…. Lexi Wood. Here are the current ERP iterations offered by Infor: Lawson M3 by Infor: ERP Solutions Formerly just M3 when it was developed by Intentia before merging with Lawson Software in , Infor M3 is a cloud-based ERP platform specially designed to handle the complex needs of manufacturers and distributors alike amongst fashion, food and beverage, chemicals, retails, and equipment dealers.
Price Range. Flexible general ledger. Combine ledgers into a chart of accounts and calendars. Customizable attributes. Infor LN. Industry-specific tools. Demand-driven supply chain. Customizable without source code. Formerly Infor SyteLine. Coordinate manufacturing data in the cloud. Minimize error-prone manual steps. Infor Distribution SX. Manage inventory levels at customer locations. Build complex pricing structures. Digitize and optimize your maintenance operations. Fully web-enabled work order tracking system.
HR, payroll, and talent management.
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