Transportation Management (TMS) for Infor

How to choose transportation management (TMS) for Infor

1. 1

   Write down your requirements before any demo

   List the specific transportation management (TMS) outcomes you need — volumes, workflows, countries, systems in the loop — and rank them. Vendor demos are optimised to reframe your requirements around their strengths; a written list keeps the evaluation yours.

2. 2

   Verify Infor integration depth, not existence

   Every vendor here “integrates with Infor” — the differences are in depth. Ask each to demo the integration against a realistic Infor configuration: your entity structure, your fields, your transaction volumes, and what happens when a sync fails.

3. 3

   Check certification and marketplace status

   Look for an Infor Marketplace listing (Infor-validated integration) and a current listing on the Infor Marketplace (marketplace.infor.com). Certification doesn't guarantee fit, but it confirms the vendor keeps pace with Infor releases — uncertified integrations are where upgrade breakage concentrates.

4. 4

   Reference-check companies that look like yours

   Ask for two reference customers on Infor at your size and in your industry, and ask them what broke in the first year. Implementation quality varies more than product quality in the transportation management (TMS) category.

5. 5

   Model total cost over three years

   Compare subscription plus implementation plus internal effort — not headline price. Transportation management (TMS) for Infor pricing models differ (per user, per volume, per entity), so normalise every quote to your actual usage before comparing.