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CST Industries Goes Live With LN Ecommerce Site for Dealers

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Crossroads RMC has partnered with Xenitel Managed Service Solutions and CST Industries to create an online parts ordering site for CST’s dealers. The site is live as of June, 2015. This site was developed largely to simplify the ordering process for CST’s dealers, providing information on available inventory, flexible ordering, fast shipments, and improved dealer support.

 

CST is a global leader in the manufacture and construction of factory coated metal storage tanks, aluminum domes and specialty covers.

Baan/LN Tip of the Day: First Free Numbers

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In Baan IV, users define series and numbers in the Maintain First Free Numbers (tcmcs0147m000) session. In the Type of Number field, users must select the type of documents for which the series will be used. The generated document numbers are always numeric and can consist of up to six characters.

 

In LN, users must define number groups in the Number Groups (tcmcs0151m000) session and then in the First Free Numbers (tcmcs0150m000) session, define the series and numbers of each number group. Users assign the number groups to various purposes in the corresponding sessions. For example, in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session, users can select the number group for sales orders and sales schedules. In the Sales Offices (tdsls0512m000) session, users can then select a series of that number group for the sales orders generated by a specific sales office. As the series codes can be alphanumeric, the generated document numbers can be alphanumeric and they can consist of up to nine characters.

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

Role-Based Security introduces Role type profiles and allows combining the use of Role profiles with the traditional LX User type security profile functionality. The new Role type profile can be defined to allow or deny access to All Products, Attention Key, Products, Programs, and Transaction Effects. Facility, Warehouse, and Company securities are still defined solely by the User profile settings and are not affected by the assignment of a Role. Where applicable, the Role authority is displayed alongside the User authority on the security profile maintenance screens making it easy to see where there are differences in authority between the User and the assigned Roles. 

When Users are assigned to Roles, security access in LX becomes a combination of authorities granted or denied by the Role, plus any User Exceptions. User Exceptions override authorities set by the Roles. A User can also be assigned to more than one Role.

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The Best Baan | Infor LN Manufacturing Reports to Analyze Company Performance

You know what ERP data you need to analyze your company’s production health, but sometimes it is a struggle to get that data in a format that is meaningful. Here are some reports in Baan & Infor LN which you may find useful.

As is the case with most ERP reports, with each version progression from the earliest versions of Baan to the latest version of Infor LN, there are improvements in selection criteria and report content. Some may require some setup and others may require some formatting if you would like to export them to Excel. Contact me if you have questions or need assistance.

BAAN & LN MANUFACTURING:

Baan IV

  • Print Actual Cost by Production Order ticst0401m000
    • This report can be run at any time in the production order’s life to show how hours-spent and material-used compare between estimated and actual usage.
       
  • Print Work Center Utilization By Week tiscf1402m000
    • This report shows capacity issues at work centers/machines which help identify production bottlenecks.


Baan V

  • Print Estimated vs Actual Material Costs ticst0401m000
    • This report can be run at any time in the production order’s life to show how actual material-used compares to estimated usage.
       
  • Print Estimated vs Actual Hour Costs ticst0402m000
    • This report can be run at any time in the production order’s life to show how actual hours-spent compares estimated hours.
       
  • Print Work Center Utilization By Week tiscf1402m000
    • This report shows capacity issues at work centers/machines which help identify production bottlenecks.


Infor LN

  • Print Estimated vs Actual Material Costs ticst0401m000
    • This report can be run at any time in the production order’s life to show how actual material-used compares to estimated usage.
       
  • Print Estimated vs Actual Hour Costs ticst0402m000
    • This report can be run at any time in the production order’s life to show how actual hours-spent compares estimated hours.
       
  • Utilization report from– Print Resource Order Plan cprrp0430m000
    • This report from Enterprise Planning will show all orders from planning and production. By incorporating both order types, capacity issues can be seen short range where planning has determined that new orders are needed, as well as long range where planners may find opportunities to shift work or even to plan machine maintenance.

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