28Feb2018 Tip of the Week: 10 Ways to Succeed at an OEE Project Where 90% Fail Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Read more Collect the requirements. Learn from everyone with the intent of developing a phased approach to implementing on your shop floor with OEE being Phase 1. Create your list. Capture all of required functions, taking into account what the “output” of the system will be. What does the plant manager need to see in real-time? What KPI’s does each line need displayed in real-time? What reports are required? Insist Upon Real-time. In the moment data for the right OEE is the right approach. If it’s possible, collect the data automatically. Remember that real-time feedback to line operators results in an automatic increase in OEE. Evaluate your lines. Focus where production counts can be monitored automatically. If the data is in your PLC’s, can you get it out? OPC communication is the right way to go here. If not, the approach is to install a new dedicated PLC with sensors installed on each line. Read more
22Feb2018 BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 5 Ways to Motivate Your Employees Thursday, February 22, 2018 Read more Here are 5 ways you can motivate your employees to give their best every day: 1. Train Your Employees 2. Give Your Employees the Right Tools 3. Automate Processes 4. Give Your Employees Real-Time Feedback 5. Provide Incentives to Do More 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