
But neither the EAM nor the APM aspects should be seen as isolated phenomena. Ola Rollén saw a path towards expanding EAM, on the journey towards Asset Performance Management (APM). In short, the goal is a platform for intelligent product development, and the "last mile" of such a solution is contained in the pieces that Infor EAM would add: maintenance management, performance control, and factory and machine economy.


This integration of these tools would include everything from plant and factory design solutions, to a seamlessly connected chain of product development, manufacturing, factory maintenance and operational performance software and hardware. There is something bigger in the tall grass: specifically, that the $2.7 billion he invested was to gain a component for a broader industrial system which could eventually contribute to his vision of integrated tools.

But Rollén did not buy Infor’s EAM software simply to acquire a solution for maintenance management of industrial facilities, or for a larger customer base. Last year, Hexagon’s CEO Ola Rollén made the decision to acquire ERP developer Infor's Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution.
