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Baan/LN Tip of The Week: Grow Employees to Grow Your Business

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Earlier this year I wrote a blog about motivating employees to do more… to be more. Doing this helps your business grow. Here is a link to my article> https://www.crossroadsrmc.com/Resources/Infor-ERP-Tips-News/its-not-all-about-the-money-money-money-motivating-employees-in-the-new-year-2

And I would like to share a link to a recent article from Industry Week giving a different take on the same idea.

https://www.industryweek.com/recruiting-retention/grow-employees-grow-your-business

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: 6 powerful steps to win with automation

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1. Eliminate paper shop packet and distribution of the paperwork to the shop floor.     

2. Eliminate manual (paper-based) recording activities and the need to key in the transactions.

3. Easy electronic scheduling by sequence and changing job priorities.

4. Evaluate differences using actual times compared to standards.

5. Improve data accuracy and eliminate the need to chase and fix errors.

6. Practice Real-Time data reporting to monitor efficiencies and identify problems as they occur.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: 6 Powerful Steps to Win With Automation

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1. Eliminate paper shop packet and distribution of the paperwork to the shop floor.     

2. Eliminate manual (paper-based) recording activities and the need to key in the transactions.

3. Easy electronic scheduling by sequence and changing job priorities.

4. Evaluate differences using actual times compared to standards.

5. Improve data accuracy and eliminate the need to chase and fix errors.

6. Practice Real-Time data reporting to monitor efficiencies and identify problems as they occur.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Receiving to Inspection

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If the item being received needs to be inspected prior to being available for use, there are two schools of thought.The first is to receive the item to a QC hold location. The downside is the item will show up in on hand inventory.

A better method would be to do a PO receipt to inspection. Both Inv500 and Pur550 support this method. Now you have received the item without showing it in inventory. Only the PO quantity in inspection is updated. This method also allows you to create an Inspection Dispatch Report. After the QC process for the item is complete, then the transaction Receipt from Inspection to Stock is processed. That transaction then updates the PO quantity received field and the Item on hand field in inventory.

 

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Transaction Accounts – Commissions

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In Baan IV, if a link with Financials exists for commissions and rebates, invoices are created directly in the Commission Control System (CMS) module and posted to Financials. As a result, users must specify the ledger accounts that are used for posting commissions and rebates in the Maintain Commission/Rebate Transaction Accounts (tdcms2101m000) session.

In LN, the Maintain Commission/Rebate Transaction Accounts (tdcms2101m000) session is removed from the Commission Control System (CMS) module, because invoices are no longer created directly in the Commission Control System module.

Grindmaster-Cecilware Selects NextTrack Sales For Sales Analysis

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Grindmaster-Cecilware (GMCW), a leading provider of products for the food and beverage industry, has selected NextTrack Sales to satisfy their sales analysis requirements. Integrated with their Baan ERP system, NextTrack Sales provides sophisticated pivot grid and charting functionality, and the ability to generate any number of views of the data, all without customizing their ERP system. Grindmaster’s VP of Sales said it was "the perfect fit for him, and covered all of his reporting needs".

Peerless Instrument Selects Crossroads RMC for Baan Data Collection

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Peerless Instrument, a division of Curtiss Wright, has selected Crossroads RMC for Baan data collection. Peerless is interested in furthering the data collection partnership that Curtiss Wright began with Crossroads RMC 20 years ago. The data collection implementation will include Receiving, Material Issue, Inspection and Report Operations Complete, and is expected to be completed in July of 2016. 

Peerless Instrument provides state-of-the-art electronic components, systems, and software to the US military. Peerless' advanced instrumentation and control systems are not only used in Navy propulsion systems but provide sophisticated monitoring systems for the gas, oil, or petrochemical industries.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Control

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  • In Infor LX you need to determine how inventory will be moved in and out of warehouse storage locations, and which of the following transactions to use for inventory control:
  • A transfer transaction can be used to move inventory from one warehouse location to another warehouse location.
  • A production receipt transaction is used to add inventory to a warehouse location.
  • A material issue or backflush is used to reduce inventory from a warehouse location.
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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

New IDF Inquiries 

Infor LX has a long history of providing IDF inquiries over most critical business areas, but there are still some areas that lack this capability.
The following IDF inquiries are now available in 8.4.2:

  • Customer Quote
  • Customer Quote Line
  • RMA (Return Material Authorization)
  • RMA Line

Benefits

  • Ability to sort, subset, filter, and view information in a modern and intuitive way
  • Point and click navigation to related information – 360 views
    • Exceptional personalization and extensibility capabilities

New IDF Inquiries 

Infor LX has a long history of providing IDF inquiries over most critical business areas, but there are still some areas that lack this capability.
The following IDF inquiries are now available in 8.4.2:

  • Customer Quote
  • Customer Quote Line
  • RMA (Return Material Authorization)
  • RMA Line

Benefits

  • Ability to sort, subset, filter, and view information in a modern and intuitive way
  • Point and click navigation to related information – 360 views
    • Exceptional personalization and extensibility capabilities
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Tips: LN | Baan

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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Impact of Configuration Changes on Audit Trails

Impact of Configuration Changes on Audit Trails

The impact of changes in the audit settings varies depending on the specific circumstances. The issues typically arise when changes made to audit settings are implemented at runtime without requiring all users to exit the system (LN). As a result, some users may continue to generate audit trails using the old configuration, while those who log in after the changes take effect will create audit trails based on the new configuration.

Changes in User Profiles

Below is a summary table that illustrates the effects of these changes for a specific table within a company:

Change Description Impact
Add a table Users that still use the old settings do not audit some transactions.
Remove a table Some transactions that must not be audited with the new settings are still audited by users that use the old settings.
Change the audit type for a table or field Some transactions are audited according to the old settings, and other transactions are audited according to the new settings.
Add or remove a field After you audit transactions in the table with the new settings, users that use the old settings can no longer perform transactions on this table. Therefore, users with the old settings can be forced to restart LN.

Note on Changes in Field-Specific Auditing:
When you toggle field-specific auditing on or off for a table, which alters the number of fields being audited, the effect is analogous to adding or removing a field. However, not every modification to the audit settings impacts the runtime settings. Converting the new settings to runtime might result in no net change for the entire configuration if the overall effect of the adjustments neutralizes each other.

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