Infor LX BPCS Tips Archives - Page 32 of 36

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Control

Is Lot Control necessary? Certain industries require lot control, where others may find it an option based on how they want to trace the material used in a product in the event of a defect, or recall. LX provides tight lot controls and flexibility with lot number assignments. Shop orders can have a pre-assigned lot… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Alternate Items

How can I use an alternate item on a shop order? The best way is to have the approved alternate item appear on the Bill of Material just after the standard item with a zero required quantity. Now the alternate item will appear on the Shop Order. So, if the standard item is not available,… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: User Defined Transactions

When to use a user defined inventory transaction ERP LX (BPCS) provides you with the flexibility to create inventory transactions without program modifications. The typical transaction types are defined with effects set on how the transaction will impact inventory balances. Perhaps you want to process a customer return and don’t want to the inventory to… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Shop Order Release Date

The shop order release date is the date that the shop order is scheduled to be released for production. If you want to use the backward schedule method, make sure the release date is blank and the due date is maintained. If you maintain the quantity on the shop order and the due date is… […]

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: Shop Order Release Date

BPCS/LX TIP OF THE DAY: MATERIAL REQUIREMENT DATES AND LEAD TIME OFFSETS IN MRP

The system automatically performs offsets for requirements dates for components in the MPS/MRP calculations. It also performs offsets for calculation of material need dates at the time that shop orders are released. To calculate the offset, the system takes the parent lead time from the Item Master and adjusts it by the bill of materials… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Work Center & Machine Locations

For either file, you must specify a valid location code as defined in the Location Master File. If the machine master locations are blank, then the work center locations are used. There are cases where you may want to do a combination between the two in defining the locations. Let’s say the end item has… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Indirect Time Reporting

In Infor LX, there are two ways to enter indirect labor. You can use either SFC600 or SFC650. If you use SFC600 and enter a reason code for the indirect labor, the reason you entered is written to the Labor Ticket file. If you use SFC650 and enter a reason code for the indirect, the… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Understanding What Goes On – Out on the Factory Floor

Ok… so you want to know the status of a specific shop order that was released two days ago. What do you do? It’s a sure bet that you have a manager, supervisor, or planner who can walk the floor and find the order at whatever work center it happens to be at. He/she can… […]