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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Printing Pick Lists

Be careful with the Planned Delivery Date. Pick lists will not print for orders beyond the date selected. Printing the pick after the Outbound will then print the suggested location on the pick. 209275 Rate this article: No rating […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: The Item Master Requirements Code

In the Item Master File, the requirements code is used to specify the type of demand for the item. Planned order requirements are determined from the type of demand. If the requirements code is left blank, the planning systems treat the item as a sum code (3). Other options for the field are: 1 =… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: How To Capture Re-Work Time (Part 1)

In SFC600, there is no code to capture the time spent on re-work. Re-work is usually at a specific operation, or when the part is finished and QC determines that re-work is required in order to pass inspection. You are faced with deciding on how to report the additional labor time. Do you continue to… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Product Configurator – Part 2

Who gets involved? Most commonly Engineering is involved in writing the rules, creating the bills and routings. Sales or Customer Service determines the questions and the order they are asked in. Sales or Customer Service determines the rules for the pricing. Sales, or Customer Service, and Engineering work together in determining the part number, description… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Product Configurator – Part 1

What is it? The configurator consists of a set of features (questions). The options (answers) to these questions then are used to generate the custom bill of material and routing. These questions may be answered at the time of order entry, prior to order entry (in a project or quote) or after order entry (in… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Configuration Management

Make to Order? No problem if you use the Configuration Management System. This LX product allows you to define and configure a make to order product during Customer Order Entry. Basically, you have the option to create different products under the same common product item. You will get two completely different common end items that… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Uses for LX Bill of Material

In Infor LX, based on how your items are set up and on how you structure the Bill of Material, the following are some usages of a bill of material by functioning area: Engineering & QA – change control, product design and specifications Manufacturing – build instructions , material pick lists Accounting – product costing… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Optionally Include Tax Amounts In Order Balance

In Baan IV, the order balance amount always includes the tax amount. Consequently, the tax amount must be recalculated every time an order line is modified in order to update the balance correctly. If the tax provider is activated, this requires an API call for every re-calculation of tax. In Infor LN, users can select… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Configuring Items in Infor LN

In Infor LN, the configuration of a generic item not always results into a customized item. Configured items can now be customized items as well as standard items. If users configure items without PCS projects, standard items are generated instead of customized items. 130662 Rate this article: No rating […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Indirect Labor Reporting

In the Shop Floor Control Module, you have the ability to key in both direct labor and indirect labor. However you want to establish specific types (reasons) for the indirect labor. The SFC600 labor entry program shows a reason code field, but it is designed for reject quantity and machine downtime reasons, not indirect labor… […]