The AI advantage: Preparing for Infor’s October 2025 releases
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It’s that time of year when teams need to gear up for the next release cycle and understand what to expect. As discussed in our previous blogs, Infor’s CloudSuite multi-tenant environment is designed to deliver continuous value through regular updates. Major planned software updates, known as Feature Releases, occur semi-annually in April and October, bringing new functionalities, technical innovations, and enhancements ready for customer adoption.
The upcoming October 2025 release brings 488 enhancements across all modules, with over 100 driven by customer enhancement requests.
In this blog, we will walk you through what to expect in the October release, highlight key updates in AI, user experience, and compliance, and show how Fortude’s Fortest, automated regression testing, and AI tools can help your teams adopt new features efficiently.
Releases to keep an eye on: AI, experience and enhanced functionality
The most significant updates focus strategically on integrating Generative AI (GenAI), overhauling user experience through new workspaces, and implementing mandatory financial compliance changes.
The Generative AI and Intelligent Automation advantage
This release marks a major acceleration in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), providing tools for both end-users and developers.
The GenAI Assistant acts as a conversational chatbot, designed to retrieve industrial data from various CloudSuites using natural language. Extending this capability are the 10 M3-specific Agents for GenAI Assistant, which provide AI-powered, real-time summaries and recommendations for core operational data, such as different types of orders and accounts receivable. Intelligence is also embedded directly into system analysis through GenAI Insights, enabling anomaly detection and summarizations directly on dashboards.
For finance users, GenAI summaries for financial reporting and consolidation speed up analysis and ensure consistent interpretations of statements like balance sheets and income statements. Furthermore, the system includes significant process automation additions via the Value+ solutions, such as the RPA-driven automation of unallocated receipts on demand, and duplicate supplier detection (batch), which uses Infor AI to review master data. Critical platform security is enhanced by the Native Virus Scanning Capability for Documents in IDM, decreasing the risk of vulnerabilities.
Enhanced user experience and strategic workspaces
The core focus of the October release is improving user productivity through enhanced interfaces and configurable workspaces. Infor is delivering 14 new Experience Designer Applications in the core, providing fully configurable, streamlined, role-specific solutions.
Notable examples include the Supplier Overview, Purchase Order Hub, and Warehouse Management Desk. For executive decision-makers, new C-Suite Workspaces are being delivered for roles such as the VP Sales Workspace, VP Production Workspace, and VP Supply Chain Workspace, which are powered by M3 Analytics KPIs.
These new workspaces make critical performance indicators visible and accessible, bridging the gap between data and action. Usability improvements also include the Six Column Workspace Layout in the OS Portal, which maximizes available screen space on large monitors, and the new quarter-sized M3 KPI Widget, adding flexibility to dashboard customization.
Another key takeaway from this is that Infor will focus on the Experience Designer Tool as a means of custom user interface and widget development while phasing out tools such as the App Designer.
Mandatory financial compliance and localization updates
The release includes several critical, often mandatory, updates necessary for regulatory compliance across global operations. The long-term Brazil Tax Reform transition project starts implementation with the introduction of Dual VAT (IBS and CBS), which M3 will handle in parallel to existing taxes during the transition phase (2026 to 2032). Other major localization efforts include mandatory B2B e-invoices for Belgium, required from January 2026 via the Peppol network, and the Israel Electronic Invoice Reform, which mandates receiving an “Assignment Number” from the authority for sales invoices above 5,000 ILS. Beyond localization, core financial management sees improvements, such as e-reporting of Supplier Invoices to manage and track invoices submitted to government authorities, which automates self-reporting requirements and reduces manual work.
Strategic application integrations and core development support
Infor is also enhancing integrations and the development ecosystem. The Infor Trade Promotion Management (TPM) Integration connects M3 with Infor TPM to streamline planning, management, and financial control of customer investments, critical for food and beverage and Consumer Packed Goods (CPG) companies. For supply chain execution, M3 now integrates with Shipwell TMS, enhancing operational efficiency and visibility. Developers gain improved tools through the GenAI Integration in BaaS SDK, offering AI-powered chat support and log summarization directly within VS Code, speeding up troubleshooting and providing coding assistance.
Harnessing automation: Fortest and AI in release management
To manage the complexity and pace of these bi-annual feature releases, automated regression testing is a vital move for ensuring a smooth transition.
How Fortest supports during releases
Fortest is Fortude’s purpose-built automated regression testing tool, which is critical during release cycles for several reasons:
• Time savings: Manual regression testing can consume weeks, delaying updates. Automation with tools like Fortest can accelerate validation by up to 90%, freeing internal teams to focus on strategic priorities.
• System stability: Automated testing safeguards ERP workflows and integrated systems, minimizing disruptions throughout the release season.
• Accuracy and consistency: As M3 configurations, customizations, and integrations grow in complexity, manual testing becomes inefficient. Test automation scales effortlessly, ensuring comprehensive coverage and reduced risk of failure across critical business processes.
• Tailored solution: Fortest includes pre-built test libraries for common M3 processes (such as order-to-cash and inventory) and connects smoothly with ERP workflows. It also requires minimal maintenance.
Can we add Charlie for release impact analysis?
Fortude offers managed services that integrate release management to handle technical complexities, allowing businesses to focus on growth. Automation, including AI, is leveraged to enhance efficiency and deliver better outcomes.
Charlie is listed as an AI Assistant within Fortude’s suite of automation products.
In the context of Fortude’s comprehensive release management services, Charlie (as an AI Assistant) leverages its capabilities to analyze complex release reports and system changes. It is designed as an accelerator for ERP consultants and release managers who support Infor M3 clients across multiple versions and geographies.
Charlie automates release impact analysis by:
- Parsing M3 release reports using its Release Report Analyzer Agent
- Checking client configurations, customizations, and source code
- Comparing changes with client-specific setups
- Auto-generating Jira tickets with full impact details
- Assigning tickets to the right consultants automatically
Key benefits include:
- Saving 80–90% of time spent manually reading release reports
- Preventing missed compliance-critical changes
- Creating audit-ready, standardized Jira tickets
- Helping consultants act faster and proactively on every release
- Building client trust through consistent foresight
Next steps for seamless adoption
Preparing for the October 2025 release is considered a mini project with a regular timeline. We highly recommend starting early, reviewing the release report for auto-enabled features and completing the suggested activities, such as:
1. Subscribing to critical communications to ensure you receive mandatory task notifications
2. Reviewing release documentation and completing release training courses (available on Infor U Campus). The Release documentation was made available during the beginning of September. A key point to remember here is that it is generally required to go through multiple documents covering the M3 functions, OS Components and Industry add-ons (e.g. Factory Track, PLM) used in the customers solution to assess the potential impact of the overall release.
3. Testing features: Utilize feature toggles where available to test new functionalities in non-production tenants before they are automatically applied to production.
If your team needs assistance managing these critical updates, Fortude offers specialized Managed Services to help streamline your release cycles, leveraging tools like Fortest and other automation capabilities. Services like Release Impact Management are specifically available to evaluate updated content and minimize disruptions during releases.
Learn more about how we can support you during Infor’s October 2025 release
FAQs
Infor’s bi-annual releases in April and October deliver new features, technical enhancements, and compliance updates across CloudSuite applications. These updates help businesses adopt innovations like AI, automation, and user experience improvements without waiting for long upgrade cycles. They ensure systems remain secure, compliant, and future-ready, while continuously adding customer-driven enhancements that streamline processes and drive value.
The October 2025 release includes 488 enhancements, with over 100 based on customer requests. Key highlights are AI-driven tools like GenAI Assistants and Insights, 14 new configurable workspaces, mandatory financial compliance updates , and new integrations such as Shipwell TMS and Trade Promotion Management. These updates focus on intelligence, user productivity, compliance, and stronger development support. faster time to value and better data-driven decision-making.
Fortest, Fortude’s automated regression testing tool, accelerates validation by up to 90%, reducing the weeks of effort typically spent on manual testing. It safeguards ERP workflows, ensures consistency across complex M3 environments, and includes pre-built test libraries for common processes. By minimizing disruption and risk, Fortest enables businesses to adopt new features quickly while keeping operations stable and reliable during release cycles. These services ensure data quality, consistency, and governance, which are essential for training accurate AI models.
Release management ensures businesses can adopt Infor’s bi-annual updates smoothly while minimizing risks and disruptions. With hundreds of changes introduced in each release, a structured approach, supported by automation and AI—helps assess impacts, prioritize testing, and plan adoption. Effective release management saves time, reduces compliance risks, and allows teams to focus on strategic goals rather than firefighting technical issues.
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