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BPCS/LX Tip of the Day: LX Inventory Pallet Status Flow

Four fields in the Item/Warehouse record (IIW file) affect the disposition of the pallet status. 1. Goods Receiving Code: You define these codes in Goods Receiving Maintenance (WHM130). The codes control whether or not the stock passes through inspection, what percentage, or quantity of a delivery to inspect, and the number of quarantine days, if… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 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 number, or a lot… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Batch Allocation

Thinking of moving from your old BPCS Version to LX? There are numerous reasons to consider moving to Infor LX. It is a proven migration and it is easy to get there. An area of interest may be allocations. Allocations can be difficult to manage, but with Infor LX, there is a new selection of… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: How does ERP LX establish costing for purchased items?

In LX, you will establish a standard cost (you define the standard) that LX will use for the purchase items. You also need to establish in LX the Cost Type, the Cost Bucket, and the Cost Set needed for cost accounting. 96265 Rate this article: No rating […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Product Routing

Defining the Product Routing first requires the items to be setup in the Item Master file. Other master files also need to be defined prior to creating the routing. These include: The Facility defined with a SYS program The Warehouses defined with an INV program Locations defined with an INV program The Machines (required if… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: What is Lean Make to Order?

This is a simple way to go from the customer order to making the order and shipping the order. It involves a few simple steps: Receive and enter the customer order Automatic credit review Automatic release of the shop order tied to the customer order Issue material, report labor to the production order receipt Pick… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Top Down Shop Order Schedule

In ERP LX, this function is called Backward Scheduling. This is a simple, easy way to create and release shop orders associated with the end item. The result is a shop calendar with the associated order start dates. Setting up ERP LX properly with correct Queue Times, Setup and Run Times, along with Move Times,… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Day: Inventory Management

Establishing the Quantity On-Hand and the Quantity Available. LX maintains buckets for information associated with the following inventory transactions for each item: Opening Balance Issues Receipts Adjustments Allocations for the Customer Allocations for Manufacturing The on hand quantity does not include any allocations. To arrive at the on hand quantity, start with the opening balance,… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Day: Cycle Counting Part 2

Understanding: The Cycle Count Alternative The best way to cycle count is to count the same number of items each day and at the same time each day. The goal is to count your “A” items 4 times a year. The “A” items should be those item that are about 80% of the total inventory… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Cycle Counting Part 1

Understanding: The Cycle Count Transaction If you rely on BPCS to provide you with a cycle count list, the number of items could vary from day to day from a few items to count, to several. So the person doing the cycle counting may spend a few minutes to a few hours counting items. After… […]