Infor said in a 12 November announcement from Chicago that it had partnered with Anthropic to connect Claude to Infor’s manufacturing applications. The Koch-owned software company said the integration lets users ask questions about Infor data and carry out approved work from a Claude conversation.
Infor Industry AI for Claude is designed for production planners, buyers and customer service representatives, according to Infor. The company said a user could approve the creation of a purchase order, the reallocation of stock to an urgent order or a change to production lines after unplanned downtime. Its connector uses Model Context Protocol, an open standard for linking AI models to external tools and data.
Infor said the integration is available to select Infor Velocity Suite customers, who need their own Claude licence and an administrator to activate the connector. Jessica Vincent, Oldcastle APG’s Vice President of Business Solutions, said connecting Claude to Infor could make business data easier for employees to access. Infor said users must approve changes, while existing role-based permissions control access and actions taken through the connector are recorded in Infor.
