A family of ERP applications from Lawson Software. It integrates with non-Lawson MRP (manufacturing) systems and provides the back-end processing for industries such as health care, retail, public sector and professional and financial services. It supports Windows, Unix, Notes and browser clients as well as NT/2000, Unix, AS/400, Domino and Alpha servers. Lawson Insight provides modules that can be used intact or be highly customized with various Lawson-supplied tools and standard programming languages. A set of published interfaces (APIs) allows for integration with other applications.
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