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Meet the Experts - EDI: A Competitive Advantage for Manufacturers

Frank Petrasio 0 84 Article rating: 5.0

Discover how Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) can elevate your manufacturing operations and give you a competitive edge. Join Sarah Butler, UniLink's Director of Professional Services, and a panel of ERP and EDI experts as they demystify EDI for Infor XA, LN, and LX users and share actionable strategies for successful implementation. You’ll learn how EDI simplifies document exchange to boost efficiency and eliminate errors while adapting to diverse customer requirements for seamless adoption. Discover best practices for onboarding trading partners, mapping, testing, and maintaining EDI integrations to ensure compliance with major distributors and retailers. By the end of the discussion, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to streamline your operations, improve communication, foster stronger trading partnerships, and position your business for long-term success. Panel will include:

  • Randy Kenney, Product Manager | Guide Technologies
  • Frank Petrasio, Director, IBMi Group | Crossroads RMC
  • Phil Harley, CTO and General Manager | UniLink
  • Mitch Copman, Director of Sales & Marketing | UniLink
  • Sarah Butler, Director of Professional Services | UniLink


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WEBINAR: Partnering for Success – ERPLX Utilization Review

Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm (US/Eastern)

George Moroses 0 112 Article rating: 5.0

Your ERP system needs to be well-understood to be an effective business tool, and your first step is to look at how the backbone of your company's operation is being utilized. 

Partner with Crossroads RMC for Success

Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm (US/Eastern)

Join Frank Petrasio and George Moroses to learn how Crossroads RMC partners with Infor clients to:

  • Maximize ERP Utilization
  • Enhance Productivity
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Optimize ERP Investment
  • Drive Business


Partnering with Crossroads RMC is critical to success.

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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Creating a Purchase Order with Subcontracting

Kathy Barthelt 0 15235 Article rating: 5.0

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.
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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Cash Flow Statements (tfgld 0123m100)

Kathy Barthelt 0 16428 Article rating: 5.0

Use this session to define or maintain cash flow statements and hierarchical structures of cash flow reasons for cash flow statement reports. 

On the Cash Flow Reasons by Statement tab, you can select cash flow reason groups and cash flow reasons to build a hierarchical structure of cash flow reasons for the cash flow statement report.

To link a child cash flow reason group to a parent cash flow reason group:

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Data Sharing Methods (Advantages and Disadvantages)

Kathy Barthelt 0 8266 Article rating: 5.0

Depending on the multicompany scenario you choose, an implementation team must decide whether or not tables must be logically linked or if data must be synchronized in another way to achieve availability of data across various companies. 

There are 3 ways in which data may be shared among companies. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of each:

  1. Logical Table Linking -

  2. Data Replication -

  3. Manual Syncronization -

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

This is a simple way to go from the customer order to making the order and shipping the order. It involves a few simple steps:

  1. Receive and enter the customer order
  2. Automatic credit review
  3. Automatic release of the shop order tied to the customer order
  4. Issue material, report labor to the production order receipt
  5. Pick the order, ship the order, invoice the customer

With lean, you can skip processing the demand through MRP. You can go directly from the customer order to the shop order creation.

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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Rework of Serialized Items

There are two options for rework of serialized items. One is to define the serial numbers upfront by defining the as-built serial header before releasing the rework order. The second option is to not define serials in the as-built header and instead, the serials are defined through issuing the material to the rework order. Manually entering the serial number after release of the rework order is not supported.

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