Infor M3 vs xTuple

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Our analysts compared Infor M3 vs xTuple based on data from our 400+ point analysis of Manufacturing Software, user reviews and our own crowdsourced data from our free software selection platform.

Infor M3 Software Tool
xTuple Software Tool

Product Basics

Infor M3 is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning solution for medium and large global distributors, manufacturers and after-sales service providers. It helps manage complex, mixed-mode value chains and distribution-intensive environments. It provides exceptional user experiences, flexible implementation options and industry-relevant capabilities in a multi-country, multi-site and multi-company environment. Organizations can adapt to industry trends, business models and boost their business’s growth. It has deep capabilities in chemicals, distribution, equipment, fashion and food and beverage industries.

It provides on-demand computing with industry-specific capabilities to provide customer service. It is deployed on Amazon Web Services, providing service at low costs with a secure environment. It is available in 23 languages and supports local requirements for 42 countries.

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xTuple is an operations management solution for small and mid-sized businesses. It gives managers visibility into processes and inventory. It drives sustainable profitability by driving efficiency across all operational tiers. Users can eliminate redundant tasks, data and human error. It also automates accounts receivables and payables, analyzes costs and manages inventory.

Its solutions are suitable for businesses in the biomed and pharmaceutical, electronics manufacturing, food processing, machinery and equipment and metal fabrication industries. It works with distributors and manufacturers in multiple industries and tiers of operational complexity.
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Product Insights

  • Flexible and Scalable: Meets the needs of users’ businesses with high computing power and scalability for resources.  
  • Security: Supported by Amazon Web Services, making it secure with very low downtimes.  
  • Global Solution: Provides global financial visibility. It has multi-company, multi-site, multi-currency, multi-country and multi-language capabilities. Available in 23 languages and has support for 46 countries.  
  • Supports Core Business Processes: Supports customer sales, financial management, manufacturing, supply chain planning and execution, procurement management and service, rental and equipment management.  
  • Supports Multiple Business Models: Supports complex business models for manufacturing, service, rental and distribution. Manages complex products and includes attribute-based and configured kits. It supports make-to-stock (MTS), configure-to-order (CTO) and make-to-order(MTO). Enables after-sales service and multi-channel sales.  
  • Easy-to-Use User Interface: Creates role-based and personalized home pages. It also supports business collaboration with the help of alerts and workflows. Accessible via multiple devices and browsers.  
  • Low Total Cost of Ownership: Has a shared infrastructure that lowers users' total cost of ownership by lowering operating expenses, reducing implementation costs and time and removing the need for on-premise maintenance.  
  • No More Upgrades: Maintained in the cloud, removing the need for upgrades that on-premise software requires.  
  • Access to Innovation: Adds new functions regularly, and lets users try them out in a test environment before including the feature in their production environment.  
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  • Accelerated Onboarding: Streamlines and accelerates the onboarding process. Users can implement core essentials within 90 days. Supports process mapping and customized pilot sessions, guided and customized onboarding, preliminary data migration and dedicated support.  
  • Operations Process Workflow: Handles operational workflows by helping users manage floor transactions like material issuing and returns, scrap, shop floor workbench, post operation, operation posting, post production and closing work orders.
  • Tax Management: Manage taxes by streamlining tax zones, authorities, classes, codes, types, assignments and registrations. Integrates with Avalara for better tax processing. No need to search for sales tax rates.  
  • Reliable Tax Calculations: Sends transaction details to AvaTax, and AvaTax sends the tax total back to xTuple. Supports updates when tax regulations change. Lets salespersons, customers and managers view owed taxes at any time.  
  • Integrations: Integrates with QuickBooks and works in tandem with distributors and manufacturers across multiple levels of complexity and industries. Manages inventory, helps with materials requirements planning, sales and CRM, KPI dashboards, manufacturing and purchasing.  
  • Supports Bank Reconciliation: Supports bank reconciliation, multiple bank accounts and user-defined adjustment types.  
  • Tracks and Traces Serial/Lot: Traces and tracks lots and serial nos. Provides users with details about historical inventory and lets users reassign serial and lot numbers, provide locations and relocate inventory quickly.  
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  • Chemicals: Has a suite of offerings specifically for the chemicals industry.  
    • Allows for the planning of by-products and co-products.
    • Lets users optimize their formulas.
    • Supports traceability and quality management protocols.
    • Has templates to manage regulatory compliance.
    • Has features for tank liquid management.
  • Distribution: Has features of support end-to-end distribution management.  
    • Supports order fulfillment across multiple channels.
    • Provides support for rebate management and value-added services.
    • Helps with warehouse, inventory and transportation management.
    • Supports traceability and lot-allocation.
  • Equipment:  Supports the entire equipment lifecycle with relevant features.  
    • Supports pricing, discounts, quoting and complex configuration.
    • Lets users forecast for replacements.
    • Also helps with mobile field service and rental management.
    • Helps users deliver, move and pick-up equipment.
  • Fashion: Handles inventory for fashion industries.  
    • Handles both style and not-in-style items.
    • Lets users sort by flexible style, fit, color and size matrix by product.
    • FSupports lot tracking for ethical sourcing.
    • Gives users support for kitting and pre-packs.
    • Supports automated planning, forecasting and assortments.
  • Food and Beverage: Supports the following features in the food and beverage.  
    • Provides visibility to raw materials and ingredient inventory.
    • Also provides traceability from the start to the end of the product life cycle.
    • Helps in producing scheduling and planning.
    • Helps users manage seasonality and shelf-life.
    • Provides guidance on regulatory compliance.
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  • Accounting: Integrates business operations to manage invoicing, pay bills, sales tax and more. Integrates with Avalara for end-to-end compliance. Leverage operational and financial information using KPI dashboards. Supports accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliations, multi-company financial consolidation, tax management. Also generates financial statements and reconciles general ledgers.  
  • CRM and Sales: Supports robust sales tools and customer relationship management to streamline prospecting, managing vendor contracts, RMAs and sales. Print item labels and t/o forms, identify location details, inventory history, relocation, reassign serial and lot no., manage multi-locations in the warehouse and warehouse transfer orders.  
  • Reports: Generates reports which provide valid locations by item, quantities on hand by zone and location, expired inventory, location, lot and serial number, substitute availability, history by location, lot and serial numbers. Also provides usage and time-phased usage statistics and inventory status.  
  • KPI Dashboards: Dashboards support one-time delivery, scrap percentage, RMAs and returns, units produced by product, work order schedule and status, inventory availability and pending material availability.  
  • Warehouse Transfer Orders: Lets users create new and open lists of inventory. Release physical inventory by agent, create count tags and cycle count tags, enter count slip, tags and miscellaneous inventory count, post count slips and tags, purge posted count slips and tags and generate reports.  
  • Financial Statements: Provides all basic statements, and all statements are customizable. Generate ad-hoc statements, drill down into general ledgers and back to source transactions while allowing unlimited iterations. Supports export and print features.  
  • Fixed Assets: Supports multi-level asset serial tracking, book value tracking, location tracking, multiple depreciation methods, warranty and purchase tracking, multiple disposition options, full transaction history and ad hoc and scheduled maintenance orders.
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User Sentiment Summary

Good User Sentiment 151 reviews
Great User Sentiment 235 reviews
78%
of users recommend this product

Infor M3 has a 'good' User Satisfaction Rating of 78% when considering 151 user reviews from 6 recognized software review sites.

84%
of users recommend this product

xTuple has a 'great' User Satisfaction Rating of 84% when considering 235 user reviews from 3 recognized software review sites.

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Synopsis of User Ratings and Reviews

User Friendly: The system is easy to use and intuitive, as noted by approximately 91% of users who mention the system’s usability.
Functionality: Infor M3 offers a robust suite of successful project management tools, as reported by 92% of the users who mention the product’s functionality.
Collaborative: About 95% of users noted that this system helps bridge the gaps between remote teams and quickly coordinate users.
Integrations: Available integrations help add value to the base product, as reported by 100% of reviewers who mention integrations.
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User Friendly: The system is easy to use and intuitive, as noted by approximately 90% of users who mention the system’s usability.
Support: Support for the system is excellent, as reported by 100% of users who mention support.
Interface: The interface is intuitive and user-friendly, as recognized by 66% of the users who mention its user interface and ease of use.
Cost: Nearly 86% of users who mentioned cost reported that the tool is very cost-effective as customized installs can be done at only 1/3rd of the cost of similar tools.
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User Interface: About 66% of users who mentioned the interface noted that it is old and needs a redesign.
Implementation: The physical implementation process misses the mark, and can be difficult according to 77% of reviewers who mention implementation.
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Reporting: The reporting feature has minimal reports, and users may want to write custom reports or purchase third party software, as noted by 100% of the users who mention the tool’s reporting capabilities.
Implementation: The physical implementation process misses the mark and can be difficult according to 50% of reviewers who mention implementation.
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Infor M3 provides a full-suite ERP solution that ranks high on usability and functionality. Some users think that documentation would make the tool easier to use. It supports multi-lingual and multi-currency operations. Most users think it lets them customize the tool according to their requirements. Also, a few users find it difficult to learn and get used to. Support is prompt. It is highly configurable, but a consultant may be required to implement it.

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xTuple is a useful and intuitive tool. Users like its sales, financial and inventory tracking features. The program’s features can be extended by a tech-savvy administrator with xTuple’s open-source tool. The support team is helpful and resolves bug fixes quickly. The reporting feature may be lacking as only basic reports are generated. Users either use third-party software or customize it to generate custom reports. It offers great value for its cost. Customizing the tool, according to business needs, is possible.

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