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Planning for Growth – What you need to do first to be successful

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As your business experiences growth or aims to do more with less, optimizing your resources becomes crucial. To achieve growth, it's essential to leverage your people, processes, and products effectively. You are the experts on your products, and we covered Reskilling and Upskilling Your Staff on June 21, so let's focus on the processes that drive your business forward.

  1. Analyze your ERP system and other software: Begin by understanding your current setup. Identify which modules of the ERP system you are using and how they are being utilized. Also, assess what activities are being performed outside the system and why. This analysis will provide insight into your existing operations.
     
  2. Review and identify pain points: Conduct a thorough operational assessment to review current processes. Identify areas of concern and define business process owners (BPOs) for each assessed area. BPOs should understand how job functions relate to each other, which sessions/modules are used in the ERP system, and where there are gaps between needs and capabilities.
     
  3. Envision the future needs: Visualize your ideal system and its capabilities. Consider how your people would use it and how processes would flow. Think about automation possibilities to streamline operations.
     
  4. Match needs with capabilities: Compare your list of needs, wants, and gaps with the capabilities of your current ERP version or the latest release. This may require the assistance of consultants who understand the software's features and functionality.


Once you've completed these steps, it's time to plan the implementation of the new features in a way that will have the most significant impact on your business. Remember, the implementation process doesn't have to be lengthy, time-consuming, or expensive. Sometimes, even small changes can lead to substantial improvements.

An ERP assessment can be a catalyst for growth. Avoid clinging to the status quo, as the future should not be governed by "the way it has always been." Taking that initial step away from old habits might be challenging, but it will set you on the path to true growth and progress.

Learn more about an ERP utilization review performed by your go-to experts at Crossroads RMC! 

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Contact us to discuss a utilization review that is right for your business. 800.762.2077

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

EGLi provides Infor LX Configurable Enterprise Accounting (CEA) functionality including Advanced Transaction Processing (ATP), a configurable ledger, and batch transaction processing in the IDF architecture.

EGLi is a complete replacement for CEA. Infor LX applications integrate with EGLi, and subsystem transactions generated in Infor LX are used to create journal entries in EGLi. The Infor LX integration system parameters allow you to specify whether CEA or EGLi is your primary financial product.

We recommend that you select CEA while you test the integration. The primary financial product flag and the CEA migration programs are designed to assist existing CEA clients with their implementation of EGLi. Journals are produced in both GL systems so you can verify that the data in both GL systems are the same. This integration includes migration programs that copy your existing CEA files to corresponding EGLi files. After you run the migration programs, EGLi should be configured and ready to use. If you are already running IDF via Ming.le or SiW, before you install EGLi, you will need to see the Ming.le integration guide for instructions on how to export EGLi tasks from IDF to SiW/Ming.le.

Learn More > Infor LX Integration Guide for Enterprise General Ledger

  • Control Date Lead Times – LX provides five separate Control Date Lead Time fields so you can specify additional lead time values for Shop Orders, Purchase Orders and Planned and Firm Planned orders. Each Control Lead Time Date represents additional time (days) required at each step in the process that needs more time (Quarantine, Stabilize), that is to say, when a component is due, and when it can be used. (working with an aerospace  precision bearing manufacturer, I had to account for the QA requirement that no measurements could be taken until the parts had been “soaked” (stored) in an atmospheric controlled environment (72 degrees, and controlled humidity) for 24 hours. This requirement added one full day of lead time between each machining operation) The MPS/MRP Generation program, as well as programs that Shop Order Material Allocation records use the five control date lead times to adjust component required dates to function in the same way as the BOM Offset Lead Time.
     
  • All programs that create MRP Planned Orders, MRP Firm Planned Orders, Shop Orders, and Purchase Orders call the Control Date Calculation program (MRP515B) to establish all five control dates. A Control Lead Time Date is used to adjust the component Required Dates data in the Material Requirements file (KMR), based on planned orders for a parent, and the FMA Required Dates data, based on shop order release dates for a parent.
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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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