ERP migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Maximum Software and Infor CloudSuite Corporate. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Maximum Software
Source
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Maximum Software and Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Complexity
CModerate
Timeline
8-14 weeks
Overview
Moving from Maximum Software to Infor CloudSuite is a migration from a legacy on-premise ERP platform to an AWS-hosted, industry-specific cloud suite. Maximum Software covers standard ERP objects—Customers, Vendors, Items, GL Accounts, Open Invoices, and Users—but its data model is not documented in public API form. We begin every Maximum Software migration with a discovery export to map the actual table structure, then design the Infor CloudSuite schema using the platform's Migration Utility with dependency-ordered sequences. Infor CloudSuite's industry editions (Industrial, Distribution, Automotive, Food & Beverage) impose schema conventions that must be respected: Items require a Unit of Measure, Customers require a Payment Terms assignment, and any effective-dated records need a validity window defined before import. We do not migrate workflows, custom scripts, or on-premise integrations; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's implementation team to address post-migration. Historical closed transactions are migrated selectively based on the customer's reporting and audit requirements, not by default.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Source platform
Maximum Software platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Maximum Software.
Destination platform
Infor CloudSuite Corporate platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Data migration guide
The complete Infor CloudSuite migration guide
Data model, import mechanisms, field mapping strategy, pitfalls, and cutover — by the engineers running it.
Destination checklist
Infor CloudSuite migration checklist
Pre- and post-cutover tasks for moving onto Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Maximum Software object lands in Infor CloudSuite Corporate, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Maximum Software
Customer
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Customer
1:1Maximum Software Customer records map to Infor CloudSuite Customer (or Business Partner depending on the specific CloudSuite edition). The customer name, address, phone, and email fields transfer directly. We require a Payment Terms code assignment on the Infor side, which we either map from a Maximum Software payment terms field or flag for manual assignment before migration completes. Customer credit limits and tax exemption flags map to Infor Customer credit and tax fields respectively.
Maximum Software
Vendor
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Supplier
1:1Maximum Software Vendor records map to Infor CloudSuite Supplier. Address, contact, and banking details transfer directly. Like Customer, Supplier requires a Payment Terms assignment in Infor. We also flag any Vendor records that share an address or contact person with a Customer record, as Infor's Business Partner model may represent the same entity in both roles.
Maximum Software
Chart of Accounts
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
GL Account
1:1Maximum Software Chart of Accounts records map to Infor CloudSuite GL Account. The account code, description, account type (asset, liability, expense, revenue), and posting level transfer. We flag any inactive accounts that should be archived rather than imported as active. Multi-segment account structures (division-department-expense code) in Maximum Software map to Infor's account segment configuration.
Maximum Software
Item
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Item
1:1Maximum Software Item records map to Infor CloudSuite Item with Unit of Measure as a required Infor field. If Maximum Software stores items without a defined UOM, we flag the records and assign the customer's default UOM from Infor during import. Cost fields (standard cost, average cost, last cost) map to Infor's item cost schema. Serial number and lot tracking flags transfer if Infor's warehouse module is in scope.
Maximum Software
Open Invoice (AR)
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
AR Invoice
1:1Maximum Software Open Invoices (Accounts Receivable) map to Infor CloudSuite AR Invoice records. Invoice number, customer reference, invoice date, due date, and open amount transfer. We verify that the customer lookup is resolved in Infor before inserting invoice records, as Infor enforces referential integrity on Customer. Paid invoices are not migrated by default; we migrate open invoices only and flag the customer's preference on historical invoice reporting.
Maximum Software
Open Invoice (AP)
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
AP Invoice
1:1Maximum Software Open AP Invoices map to Infor CloudSuite AP Invoice records. Vendor reference, invoice date, due date, and open amount transfer. Vendor lookup must be resolved in Infor before AP invoice insertion. Prepayments and credit memos in the AP file migrate as separate document types in Infor.
Maximum Software
User
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
User
1:1Maximum Software User records map to Infor CloudSuite User accounts. We resolve users by email address match against the Infor destination tenant. Any Maximum Software user without an Infor counterpart is held in a provisioning queue for the customer's admin to create before the migration continues. Role and permission mapping is out of scope for the data migration; we deliver a written role mapping inventory for the customer's implementation team.
Maximum Software
Location / Site
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Warehouse
lossyMaximum Software location or site records map to Infor CloudSuite Warehouse. We flag any location with active inventory or open orders as a required warehouse in Infor. Locations without active data migrate as inactive sites. Multi-warehouse configurations require warehouse codes in Infor that match the source location identifiers for downstream inventory and order processing.
Maximum Software
Open Sales Order
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Sales Order
1:1Maximum Software Open Sales Orders map to Infor CloudSuite Sales Order. We require Customer, Ship-to address, and Payment Terms to be resolved in Infor before order import. Line items require Item and UOM resolved. Order dates, quantities, and pricing transfer. Orders in Maximum Software with a status of Confirmed or Planned map to the equivalent Infor order status. Historical closed orders migrate selectively based on reporting needs, not by default.
Maximum Software
Open Purchase Order
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Purchase Order
1:1Maximum Software Open Purchase Orders map to Infor CloudSuite Purchase Order. Supplier, ship-to location, and Payment Terms must be resolved in Infor before PO import. Line items require Item and UOM resolved. Expected receipt dates and quantities transfer. Purchase orders with expected receipts already posted in Maximum Software are flagged for partial receipt handling in Infor.
Maximum Software
Bill of Materials
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
BOM
1:1Maximum Software Bill of Materials records map to Infor CloudSuite BOM (or Recipe depending on the CloudSuite edition). Parent item, component items, quantities per, and BOM effective dates transfer. We flag BOMs with inactive component items for the customer's engineering team to clean up before import. BOMs with multiple routing versions map to Infor's BOM revision structure.
Maximum Software
Custom Fields
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Custom Fields
lossyMaximum Software custom fields are inferred from the discovered table schema during the discovery phase. We map alphanumeric Maximum Software custom fields to Infor Custom Fields defined via CMS470 (Custom Field. Open) with field type A, numeric fields to type N, and date fields to type D. Custom Field Groups are created in CMS471 and linked via CMS472 to the relevant Infor objects. Maximum field lengths in Infor are 40 characters for alphanumeric and 15 for numeric; longer Maximum Software fields are truncated with a warning flag.
| Maximum Software | Infor CloudSuite Corporate | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer | Customer1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Vendor | Supplier1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Chart of Accounts | GL Account1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Item | Item1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Open Invoice (AR) | AR Invoice1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Open Invoice (AP) | AP Invoice1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Location / Site | Warehouselossy | Fully supported | |
| Open Sales Order | Sales Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Open Purchase Order | Purchase Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Bill of Materials | BOM1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fieldslossy | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Maximum Software gotchas
Vendor identification ambiguity
Lot and serial traceability data must transfer with full lineage
Bilingual French-English data fields require careful handling
EDI-generated transactions need linkage preservation
Infor CloudSuite Corporate gotchas
Infor OS tier-based usage limits gate API and BaaS capabilities
Custom Fields use inconsistent naming across Infor editions
SQL migration utility requires source database access
Multi-site and multi-currency data require separate period closure sequencing
REST API payload and timeout limits restrict bulk migration throughput
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and database access
We connect to the Maximum Software database with read-only credentials provided by the customer, or we work with a database backup if direct connectivity is not available. We inventory all tables, identify the core ERP objects (Customers, Vendors, GL Accounts, Items, Open Invoices, Users, Locations, open Orders, open POs, BOMs), estimate record counts per table, and identify any custom field columns. The discovery output is a written schema map and a recommended import sequence for the Infor Migration Utility.
Target schema design and custom field setup
We work with the customer's Infor implementation team to configure the Infor CloudSuite target environment. This includes creating the Custom Field Groups in CMS471, linking custom fields via CMS472 to relevant objects, confirming GL Account structure, verifying Payment Terms and UOM definitions, and setting up Warehouse codes for each Maximum Software location. This phase requires Infor admin access and runs parallel to the source data extraction.
Data extraction and staging
We extract data from the Maximum Software database in dependency order: GL Accounts first (no dependencies), then Customers and Vendors, then Items, then Users, then open transactions. Each extract is staged as a CSV file with a manifest listing record count, column list, and data type summary. We flag records with missing required fields (Customer without Payment Terms, Item without UOM) for customer resolution before the Infor import phase begins.
Infor Migration Utility import and validation
We use the Infor CloudSuite Migration Utility (Import Source Tables, Import Target Tables, Import Steps, Import Data Transfer) to map and load staged data. We run a Preliminary Data Transfer with Generate Data Assessment Report for each object before final import to catch format mismatches, invalid foreign keys, and data type conflicts. Records that fail validation are corrected in the staging CSV and reimported until the assessment report shows zero blocking errors.
Reconciliation and sign-off
We produce a row-count reconciliation report comparing Maximum Software source record counts against Infor destination record counts for each object. We spot-check 25-50 records per object for field-level accuracy (name spelling, address components, GL account code, open amount). The customer's finance and operations leads sign off the reconciliation before we close the migration scope. Any gaps are investigated and corrected.
Cutover and workflow inventory handoff
We freeze Maximum Software for the cutover window, extract a final delta of any records modified since the last extraction, load the delta into Infor, and run a final reconciliation. We enable Infor as the system of record for the agreed scope. We deliver the workflow and automation inventory document to the customer's Infor implementation team, covering any Maximum Software custom scripts, scheduled jobs, or EDI integrations that require rebuild in Infor OS or ION.
Platform deep dives
Maximum Software
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Moderate ERP migration. 8 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Moderate migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Maximum Software and Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Object compatibility
8 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Maximum Software: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Maximum Software doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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