Inforum 19 – Our review of the conference

In September, Cashbook descended on New Orleans, Louisiana for the Inforum 19 conference. This event attracts 5,000 attendees from over 60 countries over four days. Inforum is our most significant event of the year and Cashbook have been an Infor partner since 2010. This was our ninth successive Inforum conference, so we are seasoned veterans at this stage. A lot of Cashbook customers are running Infor ERPs such as: BPCS/LX, XA/MAPICS, Lawson S3, Lawson M3, and S21. These ERPs are a great fit for our Cash Application automation solutions, and we have a long history of implementations with them over the past number of years.

Cashbook get to meet a lot of our customers at Inforum in such a fantastic location and environment. There were great networking events and entertainment scheduled each evening, and both Christina Aguilera and Salt-N-Pepa were playing at Inforum 19. Inforum is always a very insightful event as we discover the direction Infor are taking on their journey. We also learn of the technical advancements Infor are making with both new and existing products.

The overall theme for Inforum 19 was – “Productivity Delivered”. The new Infor CEO Kevin Samuelson told attendees the key focus is on ‘better business outcomes, superior customer experience and faster time to value’. He discussed the newly available ‘Infor Coleman AI Platform’ that will make Cloudsuites more intelligent. Infor also announced ‘Connected Analytics’ to provide healthcare companies with all-inclusive information to improve efficiency and service lines. There was also a joint announcement made by General Managers of Infor, Cormac Watters (International) and Rod Johnson (The Americas). They announced a new implementation and service model called ‘Infor Agility’ – this is designed with faster time to value and minimal disruption in mind.

Cashbook met great people from companies in various industries over the four days. There was great interest at our booth for our cash automation solutions: Cash Application, Accounts Payable and Bank Reconciliation automation. We met with many of our customers and partners. Such as our partner VersaPay, who were attending their very first Inforum. We also met Cendien who interviewed Cashbook CEO, Greg Coulter, on the ‘Higher Expertise’ podcast with Cendien CEO, Israel Denis. Cashbook sponsored the Mid-west Lawson User Group (MWLUG) Inforum members reception on Monday at Pat O’s on the river. This was a great networking event for all attendees, which included entertainment with the famous duelling pianos in such a fantastic location.

Overall, it was a very busy week for Cashbook at Inforum 19. As ever, it was a fantastic event and New Orleans is such a beautiful and friendly city with great culture, food and music. Infor recently announced that Inforum 2020 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 14-16^th. Cashbook are looking forward to attending this, in what will be our 10^th consecutive Inforum. We can’t think of a better location to celebrate our 10^th anniversary. We hope to see you all in Las Vegas next year!