中国日报｜Infor 在中国数字化进程中发挥更大作用
本文转载自：中国日报，记者：程钰
原文为英文，中文译文如下：
从制造业角度看，世界上没有任何市场比中国更大、更重要，一位企业高层表示，中国市场对数字化的需求不断增长，正吸引外资企业在这里寻求增长的机会。
美国商业云软件公司 Infor 首席执行官凯文·萨缪尔森 (Kevin Samuelson) 表示，由于中国经济发展速度快、规模大、增长率极高、发展能力强，越来越多的欧美公司正将制造基地迁往中国，中国制造业在双向循环中发展得更快。
Infor 首席执行官
凯文·萨缪尔森 (Kevin Samuelson)
萨缪尔森说：“另一方面，中国本身迫切需要对制造业和其他行业进行技术转型，通过技术促进其快速创新和效率提升。”
数字化已成为中国十四五计划（2021至2025年）的一个重点，在此期间，中国计划推进一系列深入行业的数字化，包括制造业、航空航天和医疗健康。最近，Infor 与中国制造业巨头徐州工程机械集团有限公司和物流公司德邦快递（Deppon Express）等公司实现了战略合作，萨缪尔森表示，Infor 看到了中国市场的“巨大潜力”，并将继续在中国寻求增长机会。
Infor 成立于 2002 年，是一家专注于行业的商业解决方案供应商，产品包括 ERP（企业资源规划），供应链管理等，主要专注于制造业。凭借其基于云的 ERP 解决方案，该公司迅速将其业务扩展到消费品、医疗健康和一系列其他主要行业。市场咨询公司 Gartner 今年连续第四年将 Infor 定位为仓库管理系统的领导者。该公司年营收超 30 亿美元，自去年以来一直稳步增长。
2019 年以来新冠疫情持续对经济产生重大影响，对企业来说尤其艰难，越来越多的企业迫切需要数字化来快速应对业务中断。工业和信息化部的数据显示，2021 年初，中国只有 25% 的企业进行了数字化改造。
萨缪尔森说：“我们（Infor）能够利用 ERP 解决方案以更快、更高效的方式（帮助企业）部署和应用数字化软件和解决方案。”
他说：“我们是唯一一家实现多租户云部署的企业资源规划系统供应商，这些企业资源规划是行业特定的，有专门用于汽车和工业制造的，有专注于食品饮料、分销和时尚业的，也有用于医疗健康行业的。这是 Infor 区别于其他竞争对手的地方。”
萨缪尔森说：“我对 Infor 在中国市场的增长充满信心，并期望中国在未来几年内成为 Infor 全球最大的市场之一。工业巨头科氏工业集团两年前收购 Infor 也为 Infor 的未来发展，包括在中国的未来增长增添了强大的活力。”
“有了科氏在背后的强大支持，我们可以专注于一个长期的，十年甚至更长时间段的发展计划，让 Infor 在世界各地帮助各行各业实现其数字化转型。”萨缪尔森补充道。
- 以下为报道原文 -
Infor eyes bigger role in China's digitalization
By CHENG YU | China Daily
No other market in the world is bigger and more important than China in terms of manufacturing, and the rising demand for digitalization from the Chinese market is attracting foreign companies to seek growth opportunities here, according to a senior company official.
Kevin Samuelson, CEO of Infor, a United States-based company engaged in business cloud software, said that China's manufacturing industry develops faster in a two-way circulation, as more US and European companies are moving their manufacturing bases to China because of the fast pace, large scale, extremely-high growth rate and development capabilities of its economic development.
"On the other hand, China itself has an urgent need for technological transformation in manufacturing and other sectors and hopes to promote their rapid innovation and efficiency with technologies," Samuelson said.
Digitalization has become a key focus of the country's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), during which, China aims to push forward the digitalization of a raft of industries, including manufacturing, aerospace and healthcare.
With the recent win of strategic deals with companies such as Chinese manufacturing giant Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd and logistics firm Deppon Express, Samuelson said that the company sees "huge potential" in the China market and will continue to seek growth opportunities here.
Infor, founded in 2002 as an ERP(enterprise resource planning) company, primarily focused on manufacturing. With its cloud-based ERP solutions, the company quickly expanded its business into consumer goods, healthcare and a slew of other major industries.
Market consultancy Gartner positioned Infor as a leader for warehouse management systems this year, for the fourth consecutive year. With a revenue of more than $3 billion, the company has seen steady growth since last year.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is still rampant, an increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises are in urgent need of digitalization to quickly respond to business disruptions.
"It is indeed quite difficult for SMEs to turn to digitalization due to technological barriers and limited budgets," Samuelson said. "But we are able to leverage ERP solutions in deploying and applying digitalization software and solutions in a faster and more efficient way."
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that only 25 percent of enterprises in China had carried out digital transformation at the very beginning of 2021 while the proportion of SMEs is even smaller.
"We are the only company with multi-tenant cloud ERPs that are industry specific, with one being specific for auto and industrial manufacturing, another one for food and beverage, distribution and fashion and the third for healthcare," he said, adding that it is what sets Infor apart from other competitors.
"I am confident about the company's growth in the China market and expect it to become one of the largest markets for Infor within the coming years," Samuelson said.
He added that industrial giant Koch's acquisition of Infor two years ago also added strong vitality to Infor's future development, including the future growth in China.
"With Koch in back, we can afford to focus on a long-term, or a decade, plan for companies around the world to help with their digital transformation," he added.