Anthony Etzel / Tuesday, March 3, 2015 / Categories: Infor LX & BPCS Tips BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Product Routing Defining the Product Routing first requires the items to be setup in the Item Master file. Other master files also need to be defined prior to creating the routing. These include: The Facility defined with a SYS program The Warehouses defined with an INV program Locations defined with an INV program The Machines (required if using capacity planning or an MES interface) defined with an MDM program After the above data is set up, the Department file and Work Center files can be setup in MDM. Now you are ready to define a product route. Previous Article Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Month End – Miscellaneous To-Do’s Next Article Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Optionally Include Tax Amounts In Order Balance Print 68614 Rate this article: No rating Anthony EtzelAnthony Etzel Other posts by Anthony Etzel Contact author Facebook page Twitter Linked In YouTube Website
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