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Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: Expanded Amount Fields on the Period End Calculation Reports – LX 8.4

The Print/Calculate FIFO/LIFO/Average Program (VAL250B) has been changed to use five decimals in calculating amount fields. This has been done to improve the precision of the Period End Calculation Reports. The fields, reports, or areas impacted include: Report and Generate FIFO Values, VAL200D Working Value FIFO Calculation Report, VAL250O1 Report and Generate Average Values, VAL… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: Order Entry Line Copy Feature – LX 8.4

This enhancement provides the ability to copy order lines, quote lines, and RMA lines. During Order Entry, action 3=Copy is available to copy regular lines and special lines. The new line displays in the next available line number. This enhancement reduces manual key entry and speeds up Order Entry. The programs or areas impacted include… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: Order processing enhancement – LX 8.4

Restrict Over-shipments to Customers System parameter option controls when over shipments are allowed Options to: Continue current process with warning message Give error message Automatically correct to quantity available for shipment Option to revise the order quantity so that pricing, promotions, credit checking load planning and other processes reflect the actual quantity Allows better control… […]

About 65% of the world’s population are visual learners. This extends into the ERP software realm, too.

Graphical representation makes complex concepts—like the intricacies of an ERP system—more universal, relatable and easy to understand. ERP dashboards gather and visualize critical metrics from across the organization, offering insight into the performance, outlook and interconnectivity of business processes. By setting up ERP dashboards that illustrate key metrics and compellingly communicate operational performance, key stakeholders… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: MPS vs. MRP

What items should be MPS planned, and what items should be MRP planned… Master Scheduled Items are those items that are finished goods, or service items, that receive their requirements either specifically from Independent demand, or both Dependent and Independent demand. Independent Demand is demand that cannot be calculated from higher level demand in the… […]

Crossroads RMC Tip of the Week: How to Prevent Your Company From Being a Victim of Ransomware

This is unfortunately becoming a common occurrence in today’s digital society and we are hearing about these sort of attacks quite frequently. There are a few dos and don’ts when it comes to ransomware as recommended by Norton 360: Do not pay the ransom. It only encourages and funds these attackers. Even if the ransom… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: What is EGLi?

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… […]

Infor LX / BPCS Tip of the Week: Control Date Lead Times in LX

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),… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: Control Number, POCNO, added to CEA502B1

This enhancement makes the control number field in the purchase order file available for macros. Previously, the POCNO field (control number) in the purchase order was not available for macros. This enhancement allows the user to create macros that use this field. This enhancement provides the user with the ability to keep track of control… […]

Consulting News: What fields are expanded in Infor LX 8.4?

Field expansion can impact programs, integrations, reports, forms and more! Take a look at the chart below to see what fields are expanded in LX 8.4. To discuss your upgrade to the latest version of Infor LX, contact Frank Petrasio . 77200 Rate this article: 5.0 […]