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Crossroads RMC is now set up to accept credit card payments!

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Crossroads RMC is now set up to accept credit card payments! We can accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Please note that there will be a 3% transaction fee for domestic payments and a 3.5% transaction fee for international payments. If you are interested in paying for software or consulting services via credit card, please contact our Office Manager, Amy Webber at 630.955.1310, x123. She will work with you to set this up as your preferred method of payment.

Attention Baan IV Customers...

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Attention Baan IV Customers! Crossroads RMC is pleased to announce that we have come to an agreement with Avalara to build an integration between Baan IV and their AvaTax product.

AvaTax provides sales and use tax calculations in real-time including rate determination, returning filing, remittance, and exemption certificate management. 

Want to learn more? Please contact Kathy Barthelt for more details.

Baan / LN Tip: Pro Forma

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Pro Forma invoices can be issued based on order or delivery. If you choose delivery, the pro forma can be linked to the final sales invoice through the sub-session “Related Invoices.”  However, this requires the sales order step “Release to Sales Order/Schedules to Invoicing” to be a manual step. If it is automated, the order will be sent to Invoicing 360 directly and the link to the final invoice will not be made.

Does your existing data collection equipment and barcode label printers need some love and attention?

BPCS & Infor LX

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Crossroads RMC knows that new equipment is not something that everyone can or wants to include in their budget. Sometimes you need to make due with what you have. We are proud to partner with a local company that repairs existing data collection equipment, and sells refurbished devices as well.

Want to bring a little life back into your equipment and extend their use? Contact us today to see if your data collection equipment can be given new life! 

Anthony J Etzel – Solutions Executive
Crossroads RMC
Phone: 1.630.955.1310, x125 | Cell: 1.610.220.5089
aetzel@crossroadsrmc.com

Infor's Support Schedule for LX & BPCS

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Infor recently announced their support schedule for all versions of BPCS/LX. Not sure what your company’s strategy should be moving forward?

Let us help you figure out the best path forward for YOUR company. Our goal is to put you on a path that ensures that you are supported and that your needs are met today and in the future without breaking the bank. Learn More>
 

Conversion of SiM Tasks for WFi Workflows

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This enhancement simplifies access to LX programs that are available through System i Manager (SiM), as well as Workflow for System I (WFi). This provides an easy way to promote common WFi business processes from one LX environment (for example, test or environment) to another LX environment (for example, production). 

LX also provides a set of four-character task codes that can be used within SiM, System i Workspace (SiW), and WFi, for default programs in LX. These predefined LX task codes begin with 0,1,2,3, or 4. Users can specify task codes for their custom programs that are flagged as valid menu options in LX, but these task codes cannot begin with 0,1,2,3, or 4. Users can specify the task codes in Infor LX Object Master Maintenance, SYS625D. This enhancement provides simplified access to LX programs that are flagged as valid menu options in System i Manager and Workflow for System i environments. In SYS625D, The user can also specify task codes in SYS625D for customized programs that are flagged as valid menu options.

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

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.

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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Infor LN & Baan Tip of the Week: Reports to Analyze Company Performance

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

As is the case with most ERP reports, with each version progression from Baan IV, to Baan V, to 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 FINANCE:

Baan IV –

Customer Statistics Module

  • Print Customer Statistics by Customer/Credit Analyst (tfcmg3400m000)
    • Prints Average Days Payment, Amount Paid, Average Days Outstanding, Amount Open, Discounts Allowed and Discounts Taken.  
       
  • Print Average Days Outstanding (tfcmg3401m000)
    • Prints Open Amount and Average Days Outstanding.
  • Print Average Receipt Days (tfcmg3402m000)
    • Prints Amount Paid and Average Number of Days for a Payment.


Cash Forecasting Module

  • Print Cash Forecast Summary by Period/Currency (tfcmg3410m000)
    • Prints Total Cash coming in from Sales Invoices, Sales Orders, Sales Quotes, Project Orders, and Budgets. Prints Total Cash going out from Purchase Invoices, Purchase Orders, Standing Orders, and Budgets.
       
  • Print Cash Forecast Summary by Date/Currency (tfcmg3411m000)
    • Prints the same as above but by a specific date.
       
  • Print Cash Forecast Details by Period/Currency (tfcmg3412m000)
    • Prints the same as above but by each period across in columns.
       
  • Prints Detailed Cash Forecast in Home Currency (tfcmg3413m000)
    • Prints each item, purchase order, sales order, etc, with forecast in home currency.


Baan V –

  • Print Finalized Transactions Ledger Account – tfgld1406m000
    • Output can be run to show transactions (debit/credit) by ledger account, transaction type, and time periods. This can be run by range of ledger account and/or range of periods.
  • Print Integration Transactions -tfgld4410m000
    • This has 3 options: a short version of the report, a standard version, and a version by company/ledger account.

Infor LN -

  • Print Finalized Transactions Ledger Account – tfgld1406m000
    • Output can be run to show transactions (debit/credit) by ledger account, transaction type, and time periods. This can be run by range of ledger account and/or range of periods.
  • Print Integration Transactions by Business Flow – tfgld4482m100
    • Output can be run to show all transactions (debit/credit) by business object (production/purchasing/sales)


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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