Many organizations find manual tax processes difficult to manage and scale. Automation can simplify compliance, improve accuracy, and reduce the risk of costly penalties.

When Compliance Gets Complicated

Changes such as the following often create new tax requirements:

• Upgrading or changing ERP systems
• Mergers or acquisitions requiring system integration
• Adding locations or warehouses
• Expanding into e-commerce
• Managing remote employees
• Selling at trade shows across multiple states

Businesses may also struggle with large transaction volumes, exempt products or customers, audit exposure, and tax obligations in complicated states.

Why Avalara & Crossroads RMC

Avalara automates tax registration, calculation, filing, and document management, helping businesses maintain compliance as they grow.

Crossroads RMC integrates Avalara directly with Infor ERP environments, enabling automated tax calculations and reporting within existing ERP workflows.

Avalara supports more than 41,000 businesses and government organizations in over 75 countries, helping organizations manage complex tax requirements while focusing on growth.

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Crossroads RMC has developed integrations that connect Avalara’s automated tax calculation and compliance platform with Infor ERP environments, allowing tax calculations, reporting, and compliance processes to run seamlessly within your existing ERP workflows.

This integration helps eliminate manual tax processing, improve accuracy, and ensure tax compliance as your business grows.

If you’re already using Avalara and want to streamline tax automation within your ERP, Crossroads RMC can help you connect the two.

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-October 24, 2025, 11:00 AM

Gartner ranks Infor highest in ERP for Lower Midsize ($50 Million - $250 Million), Process Manufacturing, and Project/Asset-Intensive Manufacturing Use Cases

October 24, 2025 – For the fifth year running, Infor is a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises. Infor is one of only three vendors to be recognized for five consecutive years.

Read full article:  https://www.infor.com/news/infor-named-leader-fifth-consecutive-year-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-critical-capabilities

Prepare for Digital Product Passport Compliance with Expert Insight from Lora Cecere
Founder, Supply Chain Insights

With the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) set to launch in 2027 for initial industries—batteries, consumer electronics, and textiles (footwear and apparel)—businesses are beginning to confront a rapidly evolving compliance landscape. Yet with many requirements still undefined, confusion is widespread.

Lora Cecere's latest research helps organizations cut through the uncertainty by offering actionable insights and a clear, customer-centric, outside-in approach to DPP readiness.

Key Highlights:

• Start with the Customer in Mind
  Align compliance efforts with market demands to drive growth and gain a competitive advantage.

• Break Down Silos
  Cross-functional collaboration—across sustainability, supply chain, procurement, and policy is essential for success.

• Clarify Compliance
  Understand the core elements that define DPP compliance and the practical steps needed to achieve it.

• Learn from Diverse Approaches
  See how companies are navigating DPP differently, with no one-size-fits-all path to readiness.

• Adopt GS1 Standards
  Address the existing gap in the implementation of critical global standards for traceability and product information.

Build the capabilities your organization needs today to meet the demands of tomorrow—with a forward-looking, customer-first strategy.

[Access the full research here] 

Disconnected data refers to information stored outside your core business systems, like your ERP. While this data has value, a lack of integration causes inefficiencies and misalignment across your organization, often more than you realize.

The Cost of Disconnected Data

In a recent study by SnapLogic and Vanson Bourne, 500 business users and IT decision-makers in large enterprises across the US and UK were surveyed. The findings reveal the true cost and challenges of disconnected data:

• $140 billion is lost annually due to wasted time, duplicated efforts, and missed opportunities.

• 47% say disconnected data negatively affects their ability to innovate and bring new products/services to market.

• 46% report it impairs their ability to engage and support customers effectively.

• 56% believe data silos are creating barriers to achieving business goals.

How Crossroads RMC Can Help

At Crossroads RMC, we specialize in integrating disconnected systems and data into your ERP environment. Our expert consultants, with decades of experience, help you:

• Eliminate redundant data entry

• Enhance operational efficiency

• Enable real-time updates to and from your ERP

• Gain a unified view of your business for better, faster decision-making

Our Integration Services Include:

• Infor LN (ERP LN) Integration & Enhancement

• Baan Integration & Enhancement

• Infor LX (ERP LX) Integration & Enhancement

• BPCS Integration & Enhancement

Let Crossroads RMC help you connect disconnected systems into a unified enterprise.

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According to Deloitte's State of AI in the Enterprise Report:

• 94% of business leaders believe AI is critical to their success strategy in the next 5 years.
• 79% of organizations expect Generative AI to transform their operations within 3 years.
• 56% are already leveraging Generative AI to boost efficiency and productivity.

AI isn’t just the future—it’s happening now. Where is your organization on its AI journey? Whether you're just starting or looking to expand, we’re here to help you take the next step, together.

We’re excited to introduce our latest professional service, Implementing Generative AI Using ChatGPT. This new service is designed to help organizations effectively leverage the power of generative AI in their operations.

Key Benefits of Implementing Generative AI Using ChatGPT by Department

Technology (IT & Development)

• Accelerated Development: Automate code generation, debugging, and documentation.
• Enhanced Cybersecurity: Identify vulnerabilities and generate security recommendations.
• Improved Support: AI-powered chatbots assist with IT tickets and troubleshooting.
• Data-Driven Insights: AI assists in analyzing system performance and optimizing infrastructure.

Operations

• Process Automation: Streamline workflows, reducing manual effort and errors.
• Supply Chain Optimization: Predict demand, improve logistics, and automate inventory management.
• Customer Support Enhancement: AI-powered virtual assistants handle inquiries and FAQs.
• Workforce Productivity: Automate routine tasks, allowing employees to focus on higher-value work.

Finance

• Expense Reduction: Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize financial planning.
• Fraud Detection: Analyze transactions for suspicious activity and prevent financial risks.
• Automated Reporting: Generate real-time financial summaries, forecasts, and risk analysis.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to financial regulations with AI-driven audits.

Executives (Leadership & Strategy)

• Informed Decision-Making: AI provides data-driven insights to guide strategic initiatives.
• Competitive Advantage: Leverage AI to innovate and stay ahead in the market.
• Improved Customer Experience: Personalize interactions and enhance service quality.
• Scalability & Growth: AI supports business expansion with automated intelligence solutions.

Where does your team stand in the AI revolution? Let’s take the next step, together

Contact us to learn how our AI solutions can transform your business.  
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But before you dive headfirst into tackling your to-do list, take a moment.

Pause.

Now is the perfect time to reflect and plan your ERP strategy.

What’s an ERP Strategy?

An ERP strategy is a roadmap for the steps you should take before, during, and after implementing an ERP system. It’s designed to ensure your ERP delivers on its promise of functionality and success—the backbone of running your business effectively.

Think of it like planning a road trip:

• Which cities will you visit?
• Where will you stay?
• What landmarks do you want to explore?

Without a plan, you’re winging it. While spontaneity might work for a vacation, it’s risky when it comes to your ERP system.

A poorly executed road trip might waste time or cause frustration, but a poorly executed ERP strategy? That can hinder your business growth, create inefficiencies, and lead to costly mistakes.

What if:

• You never evaluated whether your ERP aligns with your company’s growth strategy?
• Your employees didn’t fully understand how to use critical features, leading to incomplete or incorrect transactions?
• You missed out on new ERP features or overlooked opportunities to streamline processes, saving time and money?

Whether your next steps include a major ERP upgrade, integrating new tools, or optimizing the system you have today, there’s always room for improvement.

How Crossroads RMC Can Help

At Crossroads RMC, we provide tailored ERP solutions to ensure your success. Our services include:

• Implementing New Functionality: Unlock the full potential of your current ERP version.
• ERP Upgrades: Stay current by upgrading to the latest version.
• Employee Training: Train new employees or retrain your team with best practices.
• Process Automation: Reduce manual, time-consuming tasks.
• System Integration: Connect all your tools into a cohesive system that communicates seamlessly.
• ERP Add-On Solutions: Save significant time and money with innovative add-ons.

Our mission is to optimize your manufacturing operations by reducing costs, improving quality, and increasing efficiency.

Explore:

• Infor LX Services
• BPCS Services
• Infor LX & BPCS Software
   

• Infor LN Services
• Baan Services
• Infor LN & Baan Software

Let’s Make This Your Year

Contact Crossroads RMC today to develop an ERP strategy that positions your business for success in 2025 and beyond.

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IT’S GO TIME!

All Departments End of Year Checklist

_____1. Strategic ERP Review

• Review and Update Reports and Dashboards
  • Evaluate standard reports and dashboards to ensure they align with current business requirements.
  • Adapt them to reflect changing priorities so the information remains relevant and actionable.

_____2. ERP Support and Maintenance

• Address Outstanding Support Issues
  • Reach out to Crossroads RMC for unresolved support concerns or system issues.
  • Collaborate to resolve lingering problems and clear your to-do list before the year ends.

_____3. Training and Consulting Services

• Assess Team Training Needs
  • Conduct a skills gap analysis to identify areas where your team may require additional ERP training.
  • Allocate resources for consulting services to help your team remain efficient and effective with the ERP system.

_____4. Future Investments

• Evaluate New ERP Features or Modules
  • Review potential ERP investments to support business growth.
  • Align new features or modules with the organization’s current and future needs to maximize ROI and operational efficiency.

IT/Technology Checklist

_____1. Data Cleanup

• Perform data deduplication to eliminate redundant entries.
• Validate existing data to ensure accuracy and reliability. This reduces errors and boosts confidence in reporting.

_____2. Archive/Remove Obsolete Data

• Archive or delete outdated data to improve system performance and reduce database clutter.
• Streamlined data management enhances system usability and reduces search inefficiencies.

_____3. Monitor System Performance

• Review system logs and performance metrics to identify bottlenecks.
• Address any recurring lags or slowdowns to improve overall system efficiency.

_____4. Review User Access Controls

• Audit user roles, permissions, and access rights for accuracy.
• Remove or update access for users with altered responsibilities or those no longer with the organization.
• This step mitigates cybersecurity risks and ensures compliance with data governance policies.

_____5. Test Emergency Recovery Procedures

• Perform a test run of backup and recovery protocols to verify their effectiveness.
• Ensure all critical data can be restored in the event of a disaster.

_____6. Prepare for Date-Dependent Processes

• Audit scheduled jobs, scripts, and automation with hard-coded dates.
• Update these dates to reflect the upcoming year to avoid disruptions in processes.

_____7. Bonus IT Tasks

• Communicate planned system downtimes with all stakeholders in advance.
• Document any changes made to the system during this period for future reference.
• Encourage feedback from end-users on potential system improvements.

Operations Checklist

_____1. Critical Data Accuracy

• Ensure critical data, such as inventory levels and customer information, is up-to-date and accurate to support efficient facility operations.
• Remove discontinued items.
• Delete sold purchase receipts.
• Clear lot attributes for sold lots.
• Non-Manufacturing Environments: Update the standard cost field based on current cost.

_____2. Inventory Management

• Conduct a full physical inventory and update quantities before year-end or establish a cycle-counting program to maintain accuracy.
• Prepare users for year-end completion of all inventory adjustments, receipts, and invoicing.
• Determine processes for handling new-year transactions without immediate posting.

_____3. Purchase Orders & Contracts

• Close out all purchase contracts and purchase orders (POs) to prevent further receipts against any contract line items.

_____4. Costing & Manufacturing Tasks

• Decide on new standard costs for the upcoming year (for Manufacturing environments).
• Establish cutoff dates for removing archived BOMs and closed/canceled manufacturing orders.

_____5. LX-Specific Tasks

• Run PRF900 to update performance measurements and purge closed shop orders.

_____6. Fixed Assets & Depreciation

• Review and update the depreciation schedule for fixed assets.
• Verify depreciation expenses for the year have been accurately recorded.
• For any new assets added during the year, ensure they are included in the depreciation schedule.

Finance Checklist

_____1. Period Closing & Reconciliation

• Close financial periods and reconcile accounts to ensure financial data consistency and readiness for audits, tax filings, and other financial processes.
• Set up financial periods for 2025 before the year begins.
• Open the January 2025 period.
• Finalize all outstanding transactions from 2024.

_____2. LN-Specific Tasks:

• Perform a soft-close for any open periods in 2024.

_____3. LX-Specific Tasks:

• Copy the CEA Book for the new year, ensuring all Journal Sources are set up. This ensures all required records are in place.
• Run ACP920 (1099 Report) before ACP910 (Year End Close), as the Close Program clears 1099 Payments History.

_____4. Financial Cleanup

• Address any old sales invoices and ensure they are properly closed.
• Rectify any outstanding financial integration errors.
• Set up and test new integration mappings for 2025 in a test environment.
• Review and update jobs to ensure they are configured correctly for 2025 processing.
• Identify purchase invoices for cash-flow management that won’t be paid until 2025.

_____5. Payroll Review

• Verify employee payroll records and reconcile them with financial statements.
• Ensure all employee information is up-to-date, including unpaid sick leave and vacation time, and carry over or adjust as necessary.

_____6. Accounts Receivable & Payable

• Resolve any outstanding issues or unpaid invoices in customer or vendor accounts.
• Record all payments and receipts to maintain accurate financial data.
• Review outstanding receivables for potential bad debts.
  • Decide whether to carry them over into the new year.
  • Adjust the allowance for bad debts as necessary.

_____7. Bonus Financial Tasks

• Verify that ERP calendars are set up for the new year with holidays correctly indicated.
• Ensure proper mapping and testing of financial processes to avoid disruptions in the new year.

Taking these proactive steps will set your ERP system up for success in the coming year.

Maybe it's time to get more out of your Infor ERP system.

⇒⇒ TIME TO UPGRADE?

Is an upgrade to the latest version of your ERP the goal for 2024/2025? If so, Crossroads RMC brings 40 years of industry experience to the table to ensure that your upgrade achieves the results you’re looking for and does so on time and within budget.

Crossroads RMC's team of expert consultants will:

• Review your custom components to see what can be eliminated
• Provide an analysis of the specific benefits that your company can achieve by upgrading
• Train your users on the latest functionality
• Support your users on the old version while the project team focuses on the upgrade project
• Handle the entire upgrade project from start to finish
• Supplement your existing project team with 1-2 key resources
• Develop the integration to that 3rd party system that is a MUST-HAVE when you upgrade

⇒⇒ NOT UPGRADING?

We know that an upgrade isn’t in the cards for many of you. That shouldn’t stop you from achieving measurable improvements for 2024 with your current ERP version.

Crossroads RMC's team of expert consultants will: 

• Assist with implementing a new module in your Infor ERP
• Train new employees, or retrain existing employees to ensure that best practices are being utilized
• Automate your most time-consuming processes
• Integrate that stand-alone 3rd party system that isn’t currently tied to your Infor ERP
• Perform an assessment or utilization review of one part of your ERP to see if anything can be improved

OFF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE WITH INFOR AND FEEL STUCK?

Not true! Crossroads RMC can facilitate a conversation with an Infor representative that specializes in working with customers that have been off of support & maintenance for a number of years. Together we can put together a plan to economically get your support & maintenance restarted which can give you options for the future.

Our goal is your goal…to help you finish 2024 strong and make 2025 the best year possible. Crossroads RMC consultants are ready to jumpstart your plans to make sure your goals are achieved. Give us a call today! 800.762.2077