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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Negative Inventory

If Location Control is turned on in Baan IV, then inventory should never be negative. If Location Control is not turned on in Baan IV, and the parameter “Negative Inventory Allowed” in INV Parameters is set to “NO”, then inventory should never be negative. In Baan V and LN, the parameters in Inventory Handling Parameters… […]

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… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Old Porting Set

Here are some issues that you might run into if you stay on an old porting set too long: Incompatibility because of operating system patches Printing issues because of out-of-date libraries Potential performance issues if binaries are not updated Updating third-party products may not be possible because of dependencies Limited support from Infor Issues with… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Plan Codes

In Baan IV, plan items exist within the context of a plan code. A plan code includes only items of the MPS Item item type. Planned orders are independent of a plan code. Users can compare plan codes by means of the Plan Code Performance Comparison (cprmp4504m000) session. The scenario concept in Infor LN replaces… […]

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… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Purchase Inquiry

In Baan IV Purchase Control, the purchase inquiry procedure enables the user to: Request a specific supplier to submit a quotation on the purchase inquiry for the delivery of an item. Compare the prices and discounts of the quotations that are submitted by different suppliers. Copy the inquiry data to a purchase order. In LN,… […]

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… […]