1Nov2016 BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Create a Culture of Engaged Problem Solvers Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Read more When there is a problem, making a decision in a vacuum is the worst thing you can do. Get input from others within your organization. If possible, consult those at various levels. By being open with others as to the nature of the problem, and enlisting their help in determining the right solution, resistance to the recommended solution is quite often greatly reduced. Optimize Your Manufacturing Today! Read more
11Oct2016 BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 4 Reasons You Need Timely & Accurate Data Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Read more Seems obvious – you want real time data and you want it to be accurate. Do you have the systems in place to allow for this? Here are 4 reasons you need a data collection system: See the differences between actuals and standards Determine the source of project overruns Prevent mis-shipments to customers Avoid unnecessary reordering of parts An automated data collection system will analyze your current data, allowing you to efficiently optimize your manufacturing and the benefits will be huge and far reaching. Optimize Your Manufacturing Today! Read more
17Jul2025 Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Moving calendar periods Thursday, July 17, 2025 Read more You can move monthly periods to a different parent period. For example, if you have a monthly calendar, you can create quarter periods and move months to the quarters. Select Financials > Global Ledger > Setup > Finance Enterprise Group > Maintenance. Open the finance enterprise group. Click the Calendar tab. Open the calendar for which you want to move periods. Click the Hierarchy tab. Select the periods to move. Select Actions > Move. Select the new parent period under which you want to move the periods. Click OK. Read more
17Jul2025 Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Revisions and approval Thursday, July 17, 2025 Read more Note that the Bill of Material and Routing are revision controlled. When a structure is generated for the first time, a first revision is made with status New. If the Approve Structures Automatically check box is selected in the Job Shop Master Data Parameter (tirou0500m000) session, the revision is created with status Approved. If the structure is regenerated, the current revision status determines the result: If the status is New, this revision is overwritten If the status is Approved, a new revision is created Read more