In the master schedule creation, you have the flexibility to enter a planning start date, or default to the facility planning start date. Infor LX uses the planning date to plan both orders with forecasts and customer orders as demand.You can create your master schedule from the Master Production Scheduling module (MPS).

These programs are used to capture and post shop floor information. Labor reporting, machine time, etc. can be captured by either program. The key difference is that one will also capture the production receipt and backflush components. Based on your company information / transaction process, one of these programs will most likely be used daily to capture current shop floor data. You can use the shop packet labor ticket for the manual recording, and the keying of the data. Alternatively, you can incorporate an automated method like an MES solution to capture the data and streamline the process.

FINANCE TIP: Cash Forecast Reports and Inquiries

OPERATIONS TIP: Deleting Purchase Orders:

​TECHNOLOGY TIP: Application Personalization

To create a purchase order (with subcontracting) third party outsourcing from purchase order, execute these steps:

1. Create a purchase order using the same data set defined in the Subcontracting Models (tisub1100m000) session.
2. In the Purchase Order Intake Workbench (tdpur4601m200) session, click New. The Purchase Order (tdpur4100m900) session is displayed.
3. ...