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Infor LX & BPCS: BIG DATA - Keeping Track of Key Metrics

George Moroses 0 24450 Article rating: 5.0

In order to communicate effectively as a team, everyone needs to speak the same language and operate off the same playbook. If decisions are made based on the data or the view of data that individuals are maintaining through their own spreadsheets or other data silos, then communication is negatively impacted.

Manufacturers need to review large amounts of data every day, making it difficult to keep track of key metrics within your department.

That’s where Crossroads RMC’s Analytics Dashboard solution comes in. Our Analytics Dashboard was developed to make tasks easier by putting all of the key information in one convenient location so you can view all of your crucial data in real-time. 

With powerful dashboards, you can...

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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Transaction History – Did you know?

George Moroses 0 20611 Article rating: 5.0

Did you know that the system stores a record of every inventory transaction and makes them available for inquiries and reports? Transaction history is available for immediate inquiry by item, or by item and location in the Material Status Inquiry program. The inventory transaction record holds data such as the quantity, date, reference number, cost/value, transaction type, scheduled date, and master reference number, lot numbers, and warehouse/location information.

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Infor LN & Baan Tip: How to deal with data growth of your ERP system…

Kathy Barthelt 0 29237 Article rating: 5.0

Spending time on managing ERP data can deliver huge benefits, not just in reducing storage costs, but also in improving the experience of business users. Proactively managing application data also helps accelerate key business processes which has a positive impact on customers, suppliers, and partners. Use these solutions to reduce the data growth and disk storage used on your system:

• Use database compression. See...

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Check-Ups are important… Including Infor LN & Baan ERP Check-Ups!

Kathy Barthelt 0 25011 Article rating: 5.0

What would you say to someone if they never went to a doctor for a check-up, or never took their car in for regular maintenance, like an oil change?

You might say that they were asking for problems, right? The point of those check-ups is to catch a problem early, or better yet before it occurs. Going for check-ups gives you the peace of mind that things are running well and if an issue is identified early enough you can reduce overall risk. Regular check-ups can help reduce out-of-pocket expenses over time.

What about Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Company-wide Check-Ups for your Infor ERP system? What will happen if you NEVER hit pause?

Here are some questions by department to consider.

Finance:...

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Is your Baan or Infor LN system STILL not integrated with UPS and FedEx?

Kathy Barthelt 0 17838 Article rating: 2.5

It's hard to find a manufacturing article, or talk to a manufacturer for that matter without hearing about the importance of efficiency. In fact, 92% of manufacturers reported that their most significant business imperative is improving efficiency, according to a major new report published by The Manufacturer and IBM. Improving efficiency cuts costs, improves throughput, and ultimately improves competitiveness.

One way to improve efficiency is to eliminate the redundant process of manually keying data from Baan and Infor LN to your third-party logistics systems such as UPS or FedEx. Third-party systems need to know what you want shipped, how it is being shipped, the weight, quantity, etc. Once the shipment is ready, the tracking number, freight cost, and other information need to be entered into Baan and Infor LN in order to process your sales orders and ultimately invoice your customer. This process is time-consuming, error-prone, and causes delays in shipping and invoicing.

Why waste time and energy when the entire process can be automated on-premise or cloud with RMCship?

RMCship provides a complete one-way or two-way communication channel between Baan IV, Baan V, and Infor LN to UPS Worldship & FedEx Ship Manager.

TO UPS & FedEx -
RMCship....

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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Rework of Serialized Items

Kathy Barthelt 0 25938 Article rating: 5.0

There are two options for rework of serialized items. One is to define the serial numbers upfront by defining the as-built serial header before releasing the rework order. The second option is to not define serials in the as-built header and instead, the serials are defined through issuing the material to the rework order. Manually entering the serial number after release of the rework order is not supported.

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Check-Ups are important… Including Infor LX & BPCS ERP Check-Ups!

George Moroses 0 20581 Article rating: 5.0

What would you say to someone if they never went to a doctor for a check-up, or never took their car in for regular maintenance, like an oil change?

You might say that they were asking for problems, right? The point of those check-ups is to catch a problem early, or better yet before it occurs. Going for check-ups gives you the peace of mind that things are running well and if an issue is identified early enough you can reduce overall risk. Regular check-ups can help reduce out-of-pocket expenses over time.

What about Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Company-wide Check-Ups for your Infor ERP system? What will happen if you NEVER hit pause?

Here are some questions by department to consider.

Finance:...

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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Return Material Authorization (RMAs)

George Moroses 0 21872 Article rating: 5.0

The Return Material Authorization process, RMA, controls and monitors the return of goods. Infor LX generates an RMA which mirrors the terms and conditions of the return. You can copy the RMA from a processed invoice or create it independently of an existing order. If you copy an invoice to create an RMA, Infor LX copies only regular lines, not special lines. You can manually add special...

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TECHNOLOGY: Facility Security Ranges

Previously, a user could complete the Cost Transfer (CST920) process for any range of facilities regardless of their security settings established in SYS600. This enhancement verifies the user security settings set up in SYS600 before processing cost transfers for a range of facilities in CST920. If the user has authority for a facility range, but there are facilities within that range that are not authorized, the program skips those facilities and completes the cost transfer process.

FINANCE: Expiration Date for Quotes and RMAs

A Cancel-by-Date has been added to the Quote Header and RMA Header panels. This optional field can limit how long a quote or authorization to return items for credit is valid.  

For quotes, this enhancement provides an optional end date for the quote. For RMAs, it provides an optional date by which the customer must return the items to receive the credit listed on the RMA.

The Cancel-By-Date prints on the Order Acknowledgement and RMA Acknowledgement to inform the customer of this important limitation to the quote or return authorization. 

An Order Entry user cannot copy the quote to create a new order if the Cancel By Date has caused the quote to expire.

OPERATIONS: Default Split Salesperson to Customer Orders

Sales commissions are based on combinations of the Primary, Split, and Line-Level salesperson and the commission codes defined for the customer and item. You can now define the Split Salesperson in the same master files as the Primary Salesperson. While the Primary Salesperson is mandatory, the Split Salesperson is optional. It defaults during Order Create using the identical hierarchy as Primary Salesperson. Using Split Salesperson provides more flexibility in the calculation of sales commissions. The ability to define a default Split Salesperson improves the accuracy of sales commission qualification and calculation and reduces maintenance and adjustments necessitated by corrections.

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Previously, a user could complete the Cost Transfer (CST920) process for any range of facilities regardless of their security settings established in SYS600. This enhancement verifies the user security settings set up in SYS600 before processing cost transfers for a range of facilities in CST920. If the user has authority for a facility range, but there are facilities within that range that are not authorized, the program skips those facilities and completes the cost transfer process.

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Kathy Barthelt
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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Latest Porting Set – All Versions of Infor LN & Baan

Are you on the latest porting set for your version of Baan / Infor LN? Check here to be sure:

VERSIONS: Infor LN, Infor Baan ERP 5.0c, Infor Baan IVc4

LAST MODIFIED ON:
13th Jan, 2021: Updated with 9.3i porting set, see KB 2176336 for this version. Available from LN CE release 2021.01
9th Oct, 2020: Updated with 9.3h porting set, see KB 2158949 for this version. Available from LN CE release 2020.10
9th July, 2020: Updated with 9.3g porting set, see KB 2142625 for this version. Available from LN CE release 2020.07
10th April, 2020: Updated with 9.3f porting set, see KB 2125567 for this version. Available from LN CE release 2020.04
13th Jan, 2020: Updated with 9.3e porting set, see KB 2108810 for this version
11th Oct, 2019: Updated with 9.3d porting set, see KB 2093165 for this version
11th July, 2019: Updated with 9.3c porting set, see KB 2075437 for this version
13th March, 2019: Updated with 9.3b porting set, see KB 2051365 for this version
7th Dec, 2018: Updated with 9.3a porting set, see KB 2033165 for this version
6th Sept, 2018: Updated with 9.2b.01 porting set, see KB 2014729 for this version
8th June, 2018: Updated with 9.2b porting set, see KB 1997100 for this version
12th March, 2018: Updated with 9.2a.01 porting set, see KB 1972861 for this version
11th Dec, 2017: Updated with 9.2a porting set, see KB 1954406 for this version
8th Sept, 2017: Updated with 9.1c.01 porting set, see KB 1934704 for this version
10th June, 2017: Updated with 9.1c porting set, see KB 1915968 for this version
20th March, 2017: Updated with 9.1b.01 porting set, see KB 1897691 for this version
9th Dec, 2016: Updated with 9.1b porting set, see KB 1876613 for this version
22nd Sept, 2016: Updated with 9.1a.01 porting set, see KB 1856545 for this version
23rd June, 2016: Updated with 9.1a porting set, see KB 1836486 for this version
14th March, 2016: Updated with 9.0c.01 porting set, see KB 1700568 for this version
11th Dec, 2015: Updated with 9.0c porting set, see KB 1677286 for this version
17th Sept, 2015: Updated with 9.0b.01 porting set, see KB 1654371 for this version
19th June, 2015: Updated with 9.0b porting set, see KB 1630218 for this version
20th March, 2015: Updated with 9.0a.01 porting set, see KB 1605781 for this version
9th Jan, 2015: Updated with 8.9a.06 porting set, see KB 1586121 for this version, this is only 32 bit for windows and linux.
17th Nov, 2014: Updated with 9.0a porting set, see KB 1572748 for this version, 12 Dec 2014, new version for windows released.
26th Sept, 2014: Updated with 8.9a.05 porting set, see KB 1539050 for this version
11th July, 2014: Updated with 8.9a.04 porting set, see KB 1517147 for this version
5th April, 2014: Updated with 8.9a.03 porting set, see KB 1490061 for this version
10th Jan, 2014: Updated with 8.9a.02 porting set, see KB 1465391 for this version
4th Oct, 2013: Updated with 8.9a.01 porting set, see KB 1442188 for this version
19th July, 2013: Updated with 8.9a porting set, see KB 1422389 for this version
1st March, 2013: Updated with 8.8a.03 porting set, see KB 1381629 for this version
30th Nov, 2012: Updated with 8.8a.02 porting set, see KB 1356958 for this version
13th Sept, 2012: Updated with 8.8a.01 porting set, see KB 1181506 for this version
30th May, 2012: Updated with 8.8a porting set, see KB 1154144 for this version
19th Jan, 2012: Updated with 8.7b.01 porting set, see solution 1120445 for this version. This is the first version that can also be used for Infor BaanIV c
7th Oct, 2011: Updated with 8.7a.03 porting set, see solution 1062346 for this version
17th June, 2011: Updated with 8.7a.02 porting set, see solution 1025539 for this version
31st March, 2011: Updated with 8.7a.01 porting set, see solution 1007520 for this version
17th Jan, 2011: Updated with new version of 8.7a porting set
3rd Dec, 2010: Updated with 8.7a porting set, see solution 22945526 for this version
8th Oct, 2010: Updated with 8.6a.03 porting set, see solution 22899106 for this version
17th June, 2010: Updated with 8.6a.02 porting set, see solution 22899105 for this version
1st April, 2010: Updated with 8.6a.01 porting set, see solution 22899104 for this version
11th February, 2010: Updated with the 64-bit 8.6a porting set, see solution 22899103 for this version
1st Dec, 2009: Updated with new 8.6a porting set, see solution 22899103 for this version
1st Oct, 2009: Updated with new 8.5a.03 porting set, see solution 22899102 for this version
18th June, 2009: Updated with new 8.5a.02 porting set, see solution 22899101 for this version
19th March, 2009: Updated with new 8.5a.01 porting set, see solution 22899100 for this version
4th Dec, 2008: Updated with new 8.5a porting set, see solution 22899099 for this version
23th Oct, 2008: Updated with new 8.4c.02 porting set, see solution 22899098 for this version
23th July, 2008: Updated with new 8.4c.01 porting set, see solution 22899097 for this version
2nd July, 2008: Updated with new 8.4c porting set, see solution 22899096 for this version
13th March, 2008: Updated with new 8.4b porting set, see solution 22899095 for this version
24th Jan, 2008: Updated with new 8.4a.02 porting set, see solution 22899094 for this version
21st Dec, 2007: Updated with new 8.4a.01 porting set for Windows, see solution 22899093 for this version
31st Aug, 2007: Updated with new 8.4a.01 porting set, see solution 22899093 for this version
25th June, 2007: Updated with new 8.4a porting set, see solution 22899115 for this version
4th Jan, 2007: Updated with new 8.3a.01 porting set, see solution 22899114 for this version
20th Oct, 2006: Updated with new 8.3a porting set, see solution 22899113 for this version
23th Aug, 2006: Updated with new 8.2b porting set for windows, see solution 22899112 for this version
16th June, 2006: Updated with Porting set 8.2b: see solution 22899112 for this version
28th April, 2006: Updated with Porting set 7.6b_01: see solution 22899111 for this version
9th March, new version of 7.6b Porting set released, see solution below,(22899110)
6th Dec, 2005: Updated with Porting set 7.6b: see solution 22899110 for this version
15th June, 2005: Updated with Porting set 7.6a.02: see solution 22899109 for this version
27th April, 2005: Updated with Porting set 7.6a.01: see solution 22899108 for this version
4th Dec, 2004: Updated with Porting set 7.6a: see solution 22899107 for this version


SITUATION DESCRIPTION:
A porting set is a set of binaries, which are operating system dependent. It is the layer between the operating system and the application software. Infor regularly releases a new porting set. A bugfix number recognizes every modification made in the porting set.

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