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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Order Quantity Dependent Routings vs Default Routings

Order quantity-dependent routings An automatically selected routing tailored to a specific production order quantity is useful. An example would be if the production order quantity is large, a routing with high production rates is used; If the order quantity is small, another routing is selected. You can set up these quantity-dependent routings: Select the Quantity-dependent… […]

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for EXECUTIVES

FINANCE: Can accounts receivable invoices be uploaded into LN using Excel? Yes, this is possible, by following the steps below: 1. Maintain a batch 2. Maintain an invoice header , export it, add an additional invoice header to the Excel file, and import it 3. Maintain an invoice line for the first invoice, export it,… […]

Infor LX / BPCS Tips & Tricks for EXECUTIVES

FINANCE: Prevent Voiding of Selected Invoices This enhancement prevents users from voiding invoices after they have been selected for payment. If a user selects an invoice for payment and another user voids the invoice during the payment process, it can produce erroneous and duplicate records. The ACP500 programs were modified to check the status of… […]

Infor LN & Baan OPERATIONS Tip: MPS Planned vs. MRP Planned

When deciding what items should be MPS (Master Production Schedule) planned and what items should be MRP (Material Requirements Planning) planned, it’s crucial to understand the nature of the items and their demand sources. Here’s a breakdown: Master Scheduled Items: Master Scheduled Items are typically finished goods or service items. These items receive their requirements… […]

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Copy Shop Order

In the Shop Order Selection program, action 3=Copy is available. This action allows copying any shop order except for flow orders or campaign orders. Instead of copying from the parent item’s bill of material and routing, the new shop order’s materials and operations will be copied from the selected shop order. Note that if the… […]

Infor LN / Baan Tips & Tricks for EXECUTIVES

Finance: Propagating Unused Sub-Accounts You can use this procedure to find accounts that have a valid sub-accounts group but no corresponding general ledger chart account records. This action creates the general ledger chart account record for the account and sub-account combination. This action does not add the accounts to charts. Select Financials > Global Ledger… […]

Infor LN & Baan Tip & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Best Practices for Purchase Order Archiving / Deleting

Here are some best practices to follow if you are considering archiving or deleting purchase order data: If Financials is implemented, we recommend that you do not delete order data in a fiscal year that has not yet been fully closed. This is because the GRINYA process uses information that would be deleted by this… […]

Infor LX / BPCS Tips & Tricks for Executives

Finance: Cost Rollup by Effective Date Allow the load standard cost from routing and cost rollup programs to process as of a specified effective date. With the addition of an optional effective date parameter to prompt screens for cost rollup CST500 and load standards from routing CST600. If entered, only consider bill of material components… […]

Infor LX / BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Outside Operation Purchase Order Include Vendor Item Number

Operations: Outside Operation Purchase Order Include Vendor Item Number Copy the vendor item number from the vendor quote to purchase orders created automatically from outside operations of shop orders. During the process of automatically creating purchase orders from outside operations of shop orders, copy the vendor item number from the vendor quote to the purchase… […]

Infor LX & BPCS Materials Tip: Did you know you can do all these things in Order Management?

Did you know you can do all these things in Order Management? Specify and maintain various order types from a single order entry and maintenance application. Define required order processing events for each order. Automatically generate various business documents at each order processing event. Backorder automatically. Establish customer and supplier item number cross references. Optionally… […]