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Industry Insights: Simplifying Integration Across LN and LX with Infor ION

Kathy Barthelt 0 17 Article rating: 5.0

Why this matters

Many integration challenges come from systems that don’t communicate effectively. Data is often duplicated, delayed, or manually transferred between applications, creating inefficiencies and limiting visibility.

What this solves

Infor ION provides a structured way to connect applications and enable consistent data flow across your environment, helping reduce manual processes and improve how information is shared.


How it works

Infor ION acts as a central integration layer, allowing systems to communicate using standardized messages.

In Infor LN, ION is natively integrated, enabling streamlined data exchange across applications.
In Infor LX environments, ION can be used as part of an integration strategy to connect ERP with external systems and platforms.

This enables:

Case Study: Driving Real-Time Performance with NextTrack Insights

Kathy Barthelt 0 816 Article rating: 5.0

NextTrack Insights

Where teams struggle:

  • Limited visibility into production performance
  • Delayed or inconsistent reporting
  • Difficulty tracking scrap and efficiency
  • Data spread across systems

Quick insight
When production and scrap data are visible in real time, teams can identify issues earlier and take action before they impact performance.

Real-World Example
Manufacturers using NextTrack Insights are improving visibility, reducing delays, and driving performance across production.

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If improving visibility is a priority, we’d be happy to help.

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Infor ERP Tips & Tricks: Gain Insight into Inventory Variances with Cycle Counting Analytics

Applies to: Infor LN Baan environments

Kathy Barthelt 0 1924 Article rating: 5.0

Why this matters

Inventory discrepancies are often identified, but not fully understood. Without clear visibility into where and why variances occur, teams are left reacting instead of improving processes.

What this solves

The Cycle Counting Variances session (whinh8352m000) provides a visual way to analyze inventory discrepancies, helping teams identify patterns and root causes across warehouses and counting activities.


How it works...

Infor ERP Tips & Tricks: Improve MRP Visibility with WebTop Grid Support

Applies to: Infor LX BPCS environments

George Moroses 0 1566 Article rating: 5.0

Why this matters

In MRP inquiries, limited visibility and paging behavior can make it difficult to review data efficiently—especially when working with larger datasets or modern web interfaces.

What this solves

This enhancement enables full compatibility between MRP320D Master Schedule Detail Inquiry and the WebTop Grid, allowing users to view and work with complete datasets more effectively.


How it works

Manage the Complexity of Tax Compliance

Insights from our partner Avalara

Crossroads RMC 0 1472 Article rating: 5.0

Sales tax compliance becomes more complex as businesses grow. Expanding into new markets, adding locations, selling online, or integrating systems after an acquisition can quickly introduce new tax obligations.

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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Infor ERP Tips & Tricks: Already Have Avalara? Integrate It with Your Infor ERP

Infor LN | Baan | Infor LX | BPCS

Crossroads RMC 0 2658 Article rating: 5.0

If your company already uses Avalara for tax compliance, you can integrate it directly with your Infor ERP system.

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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Infor LN & Baan Manufacturing Tip: All About Routings

The planning data for the method of manufacturing is defined in Routing. A routing consists of operations, with each operation identifying the last to be carried out in a work center and/or on a certain machine defined for a specific site.

Routings can be as follows:

  • Standard Routing - A generic routing that can be attached to multiple items
  • Item specific - A routing that is applied to one item
  • Network routing - A routing containing sequentially ordered operations and parallel operations
  • Order quantity dependent routing - A routing that is defined for a specific quantity of items

You use the Routing module to record routings for manufactured items. You can define the following:

Work centers - A work center is where production activities are performed. Resources, such as people and machines, are linked to a work center. A work center is a group of resource units used as a functional planning unit. The operation rate code, which is linked to the work center, is used to calculate the standard cost of an item or the estimated and actual costs. The capacity load on a work center is used in the planning of production. Work centers can be part of enterprise units used for multi-company modeling purposes.

Machines - Machines are linked to work centers and are used to plan operations. The rate defined for a machine is used to calculate the actual machine costs. The capacity load on a machine is used for production planning.

Reference operations - Classified according to the nature of the work performed, reference operations are used to describe activities that take place in the job shop. Reference operations are linked to operation rate codes, which are used to calculate the standard cost of an item or the estimated and actual costs. Reference operations are used in production planning.

Operations - The operation data for standard and customized manufactured items is maintained with operations. Operation data is stored and maintained for standard items and customized items. A series of operations are performed to manufacture an item. The sequence of operations is defined as a routing in operations. Yield and scrap are defined per operation.

Norm times - The run time and production rate of an operation are determined using norm tables. After a matrix is defined for two physical characteristics, such as length and width you can maintain a set of standard operation times for the X-Y coordinates. When tasks and routings are defined, the run time and production rate can be calculated by using a norm table.

Skills - Certain skills may be mandatory to perform a specific operation. To ensure employees assigned to an operation possess the necessary knowledge, skills are linked to both employees and operations.

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