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Kathy Barthelt
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Does your Baan or Infor LN system still lack integration with UPS and FedEx?

Efficiency is a recurring topic within the manufacturing sector, often highlighted in articles and discussions with manufacturers. According to a recent comprehensive report by The Manufacturer and IBM, a substantial 92% of manufacturers prioritize enhancing efficiency as their primary business imperative. By bolstering efficiency, manufacturers can effectively curtail costs, augment throughput, and thereby enhance their competitive edge.

A notable approach to enhance efficiency involves the elimination of redundant processes, particularly the manual input of data from systems like Baan and Infor LN to third-party logistics systems such as UPS or FedEx. These third-party systems necessitate comprehensive details regarding the shipment, encompassing shipment particulars, transportation mode, weight, quantity, and more. Subsequently, once the shipment is prepared, the tracking number, freight expenses, and other pertinent information must be painstakingly entered back into Baan and Infor LN. This is a pivotal step in facilitating the processing of sales orders and, ultimately, the invoicing of customers. Regrettably, this process consumes a significant amount of time, is prone to errors, and contributes to delays in both the shipping and invoicing processes.

Why invest unnecessary time and effort when the entire workflow can be streamlined through automation, whether on-premise or in the cloud, with RMCship?

RMCship offers a comprehensive and seamless communication link between Baan IV, Baan V, and Infor LN, connecting them with UPS Worldship and FedEx Ship Manager.

To UPS & FedEx:

  • RMCship facilitates the creation of cartons and pallets directly within Baan IV, Baan V, and Infor LN (ERP LN).
  • It supports shipments encompassing single orders, partial orders, or multiple orders per carton/pallet.
  • It seamlessly transmits customer data, order data, and shipping details from Baan and LN to UPS and FedEx.
  • The system generates carton labels for efficient shipping.

From UPS & FedEx:

  • RMCship efficiently retrieves all tracking data, freight costs, freight classifications, quantities, and more, and integrates them back into Baan and Infor LN.
  • It automates the addition of freight details to sales orders.
  • The solution includes and prints shipping particulars on invoices.
  • It verifies shipments and maintains delivery processes.
  • The system ensures easy access to shipping information for Customer Service staff.


ELEVATE EFFICIENCY with RMCship

★RESCUE 1.5 – 2.5 hours per day by eliminating duplicative processes, equating to 30-50 saved hours each month!

★Eradicate Shipping Delays, paving the way for swifter invoicing, earlier dispatch, and expedited payments!

★Foster Enhanced Customer Satisfaction as your Customer Service team gains unfettered access to comprehensive shipping information!

★Amplify Customer Contentment by furnishing instant access to shipping details directly on their invoices!

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

Ok… so you want to know the status of a specific shop order that was released two days ago.

What do you do?

It’s a sure bet that you have a manager, supervisor, or planner who can walk the floor and find the order at whatever work center it happens to be at. He/she can then answer “what operations have been completed and how many were completed?” All this requires leg work, and of course, a fair amount of time.

Now, if you have setup your BPCS master files properly, and you report transaction activity, you should be able to get those shop order statuses much faster using the SFC300 Shop Order Inquiry Screen.

At your fingertips you can see:

  • Release date & due date
  • How many hours remain in total and at each operation
  • The quantity required, what was finished and the remaining quantity
  • What components (materials) have been issued

Pretty basic information, right? Are you getting what you need to know? If not, then you may want to reexamine how your BPCS files are setup and what transactions along with their frequency are captured.

In Infor LX, there are two ways to enter indirect labor. You can use either SFC600 or SFC650.
 

  1. If you use SFC600 and enter a reason code for the indirect labor, the reason you entered is written to the Labor Ticket file.
  2. If you use SFC650 and enter a reason code for the indirect, the reason code is not written to the labor Ticket file.

 

In either case, the reason code is not validated from the transaction file because there is no indirect transaction code. The indirect code that can be setup is machine downtime. If you need to validate and track indirect by reason and validate the reason code, then you may want to explore an MES solution that works with Infor LX.

 

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Tips: LN | Baan

All actions required for converting, validating, matching, and posting electronically received bank statements can be performed within a single session:

  • Bank Statement Workbench (tfcmg5610m100)
  • Bank Statement (tfcmg5610m000)

Alternatively, you can use the sequence of electronic bank statement sessions outlined below.

Steps to Process Electronic Bank Statements:

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