• The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
Menu
  • The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Infor Gives HMS an iPad Interface, Lands New M3 Customer

    July 10, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Checking in to a hotel that uses Infor‘s Hotel Management System (HMS) should be a more pleasant experience thanks to a new iPad interface designed to work with Infor10 HMS. Infor also announced that a California dairy products company has licensed its Lawson M3 software, which it plans to run on IBM i gear.

    The new iPad app, called Infor10 HMS Check-In, should streamline the check-in and check-out process for guests of hotels that run the Infor10 HMS, which Infor obtained with the $80 million acquisition of SoftBrands in 2009.

    Infor says many check-in activities will now take place from the iPad, including room assignments, key generation, and credit card processing. Guests will also be able to sign the registration form directly on the iPad. At check-out, hotel employees will be able to view notes and print bills from the iPad app.

    Check-In will also help the front desk of a hotel communicate with the hotel’s housekeeping staff. In addition to assigning rooms for cleaning, the front desk will be able to view room status in real time from the Check-In app. Various reports, including occupancy flash, forecast, and revenue reports can also be viewed with the app.

    In other news, Infor announced that Clover Stornetta Farms, a manufacturer and distributor of conventional and organic dairy products in California, has selected an Infor ERP system to help it manage its business more efficiently.

    Clover Stornetta says that its implementation of Infor10 ERP Enterprise (M3) for Food and Beverage should help the business in several areas, including government compliance, increased visibility into manufacturing processes, and more accurate information for decision making.

    The capability of M3 to run on the IBM i platform also played a major role in Clover Stornetta’s ERP decision, as it prevented the company from having to undergo a costly server migration and to retrain its IT staff, Infor says.

    “M3 better positions us for future growth through visibility into our operations, which was previously a challenge for our business,” Mkulima Britt, a partner and CFO at Clover Stornetta, says in a press release. “Now, we can identify which processes work and which can be improved upon to maximize efficiency in production, enabling the standardization of processes across our current and future locations.”

    RELATED STORIES

    Infor Buys Cloudy Software Company Easy RMS

    ‘New’ Infor’s Cloudy IPO Picture

    Infor Expands Salesforce.com Work as 1st Joint Customer Goes Live

    The ‘New’ Infor Keeps Commitment To IBM i Customers

    A ‘New’ Infor Proclaims Need for Speed

    Infor Raises More Money, Finally Completes Lawson Transaction

    Infor Touts Growth, Makes an Acquisition

    Infor Bolsters Hotel Software Business with Acquisition

    Infor Snaps Up SoftBrands, Gets i OS-Based Hotel Suite



                         Post this story to del.icio.us
                   Post this story to Digg
        Post this story to Slashdot

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Tags:

    Sponsored by
    DRV Tech

    Get More Out of Your IBM i

    With soaring costs, operational data is more critical than ever. IBM shops need faster, easier ways to distribute IBM applications-based data to users more efficiently, no matter where they are.

    The Problem:

    For Users, IBM Data Can Be Difficult to Get To

    IBM Applications generate reports as spooled files, originally designed to be printed. Often those reports are packed together with so much data it makes them difficult to read. Add to that hardcopy is a pain to distribute. User-friendly formats like Excel and PDF are better, offering sorting, searching, and easy portability but getting IBM reports into these formats can be tricky without the right tools.

    The Solution:

    IBM i Reports can easily be converted to easy to read and share formats like Excel and PDF and Delivered by Email

    Converting IBM i, iSeries, and AS400 reports into Excel and PDF is now a lot easier with SpoolFlex software by DRV Tech.  If you or your users are still doing this manually, think how much time is wasted dragging and reformatting to make a report readable. How much time would be saved if they were automatically formatted correctly and delivered to one or multiple recipients.

    SpoolFlex converts spooled files to Excel and PDF, automatically emailing them, and saving copies to network shared folders. SpoolFlex converts complex reports to Excel, removing unwanted headers, splitting large reports out for individual recipients, and delivering to users whether they are at the office or working from home.

    Watch our 2-minute video and see DRV’s powerful SpoolFlex software can solve your file conversion challenges.

    Watch Video

    DRV Tech

    www.drvtech.com

    866.378.3366

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Sponsored Links

    Maxava:  When disaster strikes, you're in control with Maxava HA Enterprise+
    looksoftware:  FREE Webcast: Leverage mobile technology with IBM i. EMEA: June 26, U.S.: June 27
    T.L. Ashford:  Barcode400 Labeling Software makes it easy to design and print labels in minutes

    IT Jungle Store Top Book Picks

    BACK IN STOCK: Easy Steps to Internet Programming for System i: List Price, $49.95

    The iSeries Express Web Implementer's Guide: List Price, $49.95
    The iSeries Pocket Database Guide: List Price, $59
    The iSeries Pocket SQL Guide: List Price, $59
    The iSeries Pocket WebFacing Primer: List Price, $39
    Migrating to WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49
    Getting Started with WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49
    The All-Everything Operating System: List Price, $35
    The Best Joomla! Tutorial Ever!: List Price, $19.95

    PHP Web Development Gets RPG Summit Spotlight DB2 For i XMLTABLE, Part 2: Using Namespaces And IFS XML Files

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Volume 12, Number 19 -- July 10, 2012
THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

looksoftware
Help/Systems
Tributary Systems
HiT Software
RJS Software Systems

Table of Contents

  • Krengel Challenges Shops to Keep UPS Shipping Apps on IBM i
  • New Orleans Company Applies Katrina’s Lessons to New DR Strategy
  • ProData Updates DBU and Deleted File Retriever
  • Kisco Refines IBM i Database Auditing Tool
  • Synergivity Developing New Menu System
  • Mule ESB Development Goes Visual
  • Infor Gives HMS an iPad Interface, Lands New M3 Customer
  • InfoPrint Designer on Windows 7? DocPath Says It Can Do It
  • Townsend Gets Added to GSA Schedule
  • Tomcat 7 Support Added to mrc’s m-Power Dev Tool

Content archive

  • The Four Hundred
  • Four Hundred Stuff
  • Four Hundred Guru

Recent Posts

  • Meet The Next Gen Of IBMers Helping To Build IBM i
  • Looks Like IBM Is Building A Linux-Like PASE For IBM i After All
  • Will Independent IBM i Clouds Survive PowerVS?
  • Now, IBM Is Jacking Up Hardware Maintenance Prices
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 24
  • Big Blue Raises IBM i License Transfer Fees, Other Prices
  • Keep The IBM i Youth Movement Going With More Training, Better Tools
  • Remain Begins Migrating DevOps Tools To VS Code
  • IBM Readies LTO-10 Tape Drives And Libraries
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 23

Subscribe

To get news from IT Jungle sent to your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Four Hundred Monitor
  • IBM i PTF Guide
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe

Search

Copyright © 2025 IT Jungle