Streamlining Operations with Infor Factory Track

As we continue our weekly series on the powerful add-on products available for Infor LN / CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, this week we’re spotlighting a solution that bridges the gap between your workforce and your ERP system: Infor Factory Track.

Designed to digitize and automate warehouse, shop floor, and time tracking activities, Factory Track empowers teams with real-time data, device flexibility, and a highly configurable interface.

🔧 Why Factory Track?

Infor Factory Track helps manufacturers:

• ↓ Reduce on-hand inventory and carrying costs
• ✅ Support compliance with industry and government regulations
• ↓ Eliminate manual manufacturing processes
• ✉ Track true labor costs with accuracy

It is purpose-built to deliver ROI by improving material traceability, operator productivity, and shop floor visibility.

🪑 Empowering the Workforce

With support for touchscreens, scanners, barcodes, mobile devices, and multilingual interfaces (20+ languages), Factory Track is designed to work with any shop floor or warehouse environment.

It enables:

• Role-specific experiences for operators, supervisors, and warehouse staff
• Configurable screens, data capture, and validation
• Last-mile extensions using the Infor Mongoose platform
• Rapid user adoption through its visual and intuitive UI

🏛 Inventory Management

Factory Track extends ERP inventory control to the point of activity:

• Receiving & inspection approvals
• Directed put-away and cross-docking
• Cycle counting and physical inventory
• Barcode label printing
• Inventory transfers and Kanban replenishment
• Picking, packing, and shipping confirmations
• Handling Unit support

⚒️ Shop Floor Automation

Factory Track enables real-time interaction with production work centers:

• Visual production dispatch list
• Start/stop operations
• Report good/bad quantities and machine hours
• Issue materials and report finished goods
• Work on single or multiple jobs simultaneously
• As-built tracking and document access
• OEE tracking (operator, machine, and team level)
• Supervisor tools and team management
• Open machine integration + biometric support

👥 Time & Attendance

Time and attendance capabilities within Factory Track help manage labor policies and compliance:

• Clock-in/out with audit controls
• Shift and holiday calendar
• Attendance rules and overtime tracking
• Time off requests and absence management
• Timesheet approval workflows
• Payroll data extraction and reporting

🔄 The Connected Shop Floor

Infor Factory Track connects shop floor activities directly to the ERP, offering greater visibility, improved traceability, and higher accuracy across production and warehouse operations. It’s ideal for manufacturers looking to standardize and digitize execution while staying agile and compliant.

Stay tuned—next week we’ll explore Service Management and how it supports end-to-end field service and depot repair.

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