Infor LN Consultants

Infor LN is the direct descendant of Baan ERP, which Infor acquired in 2006. The product line runs Baan IV and Baan V through Infor LN 6.1 and later to today's CloudSuite LN. Many long-standing LN partners have supported customers across that whole path, which is why you will still see Baan referenced in partner profiles.

LN is aimed at discrete and project-based manufacturers — industrial machinery and equipment, automotive supply, aerospace and defence, high-tech and electronics. It handles engineer-to-order and make-to-order work, complex multi-level bills of material, and project accounting, which is where it differs most from Infor M3.

Ask which LN versions they actively deliver and support, and how recently. The gap between firms maintaining older Baan/LN estates and those delivering current CloudSuite LN is wide and rarely visible from marketing material. Then ask for references from manufacturers with a comparable production mode — engineer-to-order experience does not transfer cleanly from repetitive manufacturing.