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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: How’s Your MOM?

I realize it was just Mother’s Day, but I don’t mean your mother. I mean… MOM- Manufacturing Operations Management , a suite of manufacturing applications designed to improve efficiencies, without the investment in a costly system. MOM provides manufacturers with the ability to extend their ERP system by offering specific applications that will streamline their… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Receiving to Inspection

If the item being received needs to be inspected prior to being available for use, there are two schools of thought. The first is to receive the item to a QC hold location. The downside is the item will show up in on hand inventory. A better method would be to do a PO receipt… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Grow Employees to Grow Your Business

Earlier this year I wrote a blog about motivating employees to do more… to be more. Doing this helps your business grow. Here is a link to my article> https://www.crossroadsrmc.com/Resources/Infor-ERP-Tips-News/its-not-all-about-the-money-money-money-motivating-employees-in-the-new-year-2 And I would like to share a link to a recent article from Industry Week giving a different take on the same idea. https://www.industryweek.com/recruiting-retention/grow-employees-grow-your-business 54764… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 6 powerful steps to win with automation

1. Eliminate paper shop packet and distribution of the paperwork to the shop floor. 2. Eliminate manual (paper-based) recording activities and the need to key in the transactions. 3. Easy electronic scheduling by sequence and changing job priorities. 4. E valuate differences using actual times compared to standards. 5. Improve data accuracy and eliminate the… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Receiving to Inspection

If the item being received needs to be inspected prior to being available for use, there are two schools of thought.The first is to receive the item to a QC hold location. The downside is the item will show up in on hand inventory. A better method would be to do a PO receipt to… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Control

In Infor LX you need to determine how inventory will be moved in and out of warehouse storage locations, and which of the following transactions to use for inventory control: A transfer transaction can be used to move inventory from one warehouse location to another warehouse location. A production receipt transaction is used to add… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Operational Inefficiencies

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. Are… […]

Tip of the Week: Tips to Attain Greater Inventory Accuracy

Record data regarding your inventory as soon as the items arrive at your door/receiving dock. With information, you can make decisions. Without it, you waste money, time and effort. Leverage data collection, label generation and RFID solutions to make your life easier. Set inventory accuracy goals for the business and for employees. Train your employees… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Changing the Master Schedule

You can change your master schedule by specifying the type of master schedule update to perform. You can run a Net Change or Regenerative Schedule. You also have the ability to clear the lower level requirements out of the Planned and Firm-Planned Order file. 55086 Rate this article: No rating […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Actual Costs for Manufactured Items

In LX, the actual costs that can be set up fall into three categories: Material, Labor, and Overhead. If your LX database is set up properly with the LX cost accounting, you should be able to identify: How much the item should cost How to track the cost of work underway How much the item… […]