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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Shop Order Status

You can see the status of the Shop Order when using SFC300 Shop Order Inquiry. You want to be sure that your shop orders are at the correct status in order to report against them. The following are the shop order status codes: 04 = The Shop order has been entered. 05 = The Shop… […]

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: What could go wrong with GRINYA?

One common GRINYA issue would be incorrectly entered Integration Setups. Check the Baan/LN manual for recommended Integration setups. If such a mistake were to occur, it is important to know for what period of time the Integration was in error. It is recommended that the Integrations Setup tables be audited either through Baan or Database… […]

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… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Differentiating An Item By Supplier – LN

In LN, you can differentiate between items at various suppliers: Locations (warehouses), Purpose (planning, purchase) Origin (supplier, warehouse) Example An item is supplied by two different suppliers. Supplier A ships in lots of 100 pieces due to how the item is packed. Supplier B ships the goods in units of 60 pieces. You can define… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Control

In Infor LX you need to determine how inventory will be moved in and out of warehouse storage locations, and which of the following transactions to use for inventory control: A transfer transaction can be used to move inventory from one warehouse location to another warehouse location. A production receipt transaction is used to add… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Work Center – Cells

The LMP module (Lean Manufacturing Process) uses work centers but refers to them as production cells. A cell is one or more work centers that produces an end item. So when a company decides to adopt the lean manufacturing philosophy, the concept of work centers takes on a new meaning. In lean terms, the work… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Project Templates

Project templates are useful because you can specify all of the information that you would normally want to include when creating a new project such as project structure, budget, and so on. In Baan IV/V, project templates do not exist, but you can set up a project template by creating a regular project, and setting… […]

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Business Partner Structures

In ERP LN, users can define a distributed business partner organization by defining parent business partners to link the business partners with different roles. In Baan IV, users can define a distributed business partner organization in the Maintain Concern Structure of Trade Relations (tccom3101m000) session. 108812 Rate this article: No rating Kathy Barthelt Kathy Barthelt… […]

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: The Machine Master Part 2

Understanding: The Machine Master File Do your machines have a fixed asset tag? The machine master file has a field called Fixed Asset. BPCS does not use this field, so you can use this field for anything. You can record your fixed asset tag in this field and use the effective date. You can create… […]