Key Performance Indicators measure how effectively your performance objectives are being achieved. Have you defined KPIs for your company? Are you measuring them effectively? Is everyone in your company aware of what the KPIs are? If you haven’t already done so, consider tying personal performance objectives directly to the company’s performance objectives. Doing so can… […]
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Such lofty goals you had when you implemented your ERP system. It was going to be like pressing the “Easy Button”… then it wasn’t. What happened? In some cases, decisions were made to implement the system “just like we used to run our old system”. Great idea? Not so much. Your business changes, and your… […]
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You can define internal trade relationships between enterprise units or individual warehouses of the same logistic company for the transfer of material, labor, or other costs between warehouses, and to generate invoices for these without using sales orders and purchase orders. For example, you can use this to transfer goods between warehouses in different countries.… […]
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Two big sources of inefficiencies in manufacturing are paper and spreadsheets. I know that you love ‘em, but they are the cause of more problems than you probably realize. Think of how long it takes you to get paper based data into the hands of those who can do something valuable with the data. Is… […]
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Administrators are able to restrict access in Baan in several ways – including Companies, Packages, Modules, Sessions, and Tables – using the Authorization capabilities of the system. In Baan IV, access can be given or denied on a user by user basis. In Baan V and LN, the Authorization Management System can provide or deny… […]
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Here are some issues that you might run into if you stay on an old porting set too long: Incompatibility because of operating system patches Printing issues because of out-of-date libraries Potential performance issues if binaries are not updated Updating third party products may not be possible because of dependencies Limited support from Infor Issues… […]
One common GRINYA issue would be incorrectly entered Integration Setups. Check the Baan/LN manual for recommended Integration setups. If such a mistake were to occur, it is important to know for what period of time the Integration was in error. It is recommended that the Integrations Setup tables be audited either through Baan or Database… […]
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Project templates are useful because you can specify all of the information that you would normally want to include when creating a new project such as project structure, budget and so on. In Baan IV/V , project templates do not exist, but you can set up a project template by creating a regular project, and… […]
In general, you can enter a different series in the order field if you have an available series. To add a new series, find the appropriate group in the First Free Number session, and add a new series and first free number (usually 1). In Baan IV , go to the Maintain First Free Numbers… […]
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A serialized item is not the same as a unit effective item. A serialized item has a serial number that is used to identify and track individual items, whereas a unit effectivity item has an effectivity unit that provides some information about the item’s configuration. However, an item can be both serialized and unit effective.… […]