BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Work Center - Cells

Anthony Etzel / Wednesday, October 15, 2014 0 85906 Article rating: No rating

The LMP module (Lean Manufacturing Process) uses work centers but refers to them as production cells.

A cell is one or more work centers that produces an end item. So when a company decides to adopt the lean manufacturing philosophy, the concept of work centers takes on a new meaning.

In lean terms, the work center, or group of work centers, becomes a production cell. In other words, a mini-factory producing end items with similar characteristics.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: The Machine Master Part 2

Anthony Etzel / Wednesday, October 8, 2014 0 82843 Article rating: No rating

Understanding:

The Machine Master File

Do your machines have a fixed asset tag? The machine master file has a field called Fixed Asset.

BPCS does not use this field, so you can use this field for anything. You can record your fixed asset tag in this field and use the effective date. You can create a custom fixed asset list by using a DFU or Query program.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Business Partner Structures

Kathy Barthelt / Wednesday, October 8, 2014 0 83339 Article rating: No rating

In ERP LN, users can define a distributed business partner organization by defining parent business partners to link the business partners with different roles.

In Baan IV, users can define a distributed business partner organization in the Maintain Concern Structure of Trade Relations (tccom3101m000) session.

Harsco Rail Goes Live With the RMC3 Data Collection Solution

Crossroads RMC / Saturday, October 4, 2014 0 36153 Article rating: No rating

Harsco Rail, an industry leader in the railway track maintenance, has completed the first phase of their implementation of the Crossroads RMC Data Collection Solution for Baan V. The initial implementation included receiving and putaway. Harsco’s data collection project manager reports, “When I ask them (the users) how it’s going, they smile. I have had nothing but very positive feedback. It’s been very uplifting for me to work on this project and have it so well received.” The next phase of the implementation will include Report Operations Complete, Inventory Transfers, and Stock Inquiry.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Tax Exemption Certificates

Kathy Barthelt / Thursday, October 2, 2014 0 82009 Article rating: No rating

In Baan IV, tax exemption processing is supported only on sales orders for non-tax provider users.

In Infor LN, tax exemption certificate processing is also performed for purchase orders, and for sales orders if users use a tax provider.

Users can define tax-exemption certificates in the following sessions:

Tax Exemptions for Sales (tcmcs1142m000)
Tax Exemptions for Purchasing (tcmcs1560m000)
Register Warehouse for Tax Exemptions (tcmcs1561m000)

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: The Machine Master Part 1

Anthony Etzel / Thursday, October 2, 2014 0 81720 Article rating: No rating

Understanding:

The Machine Master File

Machines are associated with a work center. For example, in the work center you may have multiple machines and each machine can have a unique machine ID. If there are several machines that perform the same function, they may operate at different speeds and efficiencies. Setting up the machine master can be a benefit for planning capacity and shop order throughput.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Aborted Finalization Run

Kathy Barthelt / Wednesday, September 24, 2014 0 75325 Article rating: No rating

When a finalization run is aborted and in the batches selected for this finalization run are transaction types having the update mode finalization, you must use the Restart Finalization Run session. This session can be found in the Transaction Processing menu of the General Ledger Module of the Finance Package.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: SFC600

Anthony Etzel / Wednesday, September 24, 2014 0 79015 Article rating: No rating

In addition to SFC650, this ERPLX program is also used to capture and post shop floor information.

The key difference between the two is that SFC600 only captures Labor (run time) reporting, machine time, downtime and indirect time.

If you use SFC600, then all shop order material receipts and issues would be captured using INV500.

Both Inventory and Shop Floor Transaction entry is keyboard dependent, unless you incorporate an automated method like an MES solution to capture the data.

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10Jun2025

Infor LX/BPCS Tips for EXECUTIVES

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

FINANCE: Override Warning in Invoice Entry PO Costing

OPERATIONS: Auto Calculate Vendor Delivery Date

TECHNOLOGY: User Provisioning

10Jun2025

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Override Warning in Invoice Entry PO Costing

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Improves control over PO costing changes during invoice entry by replacing passive warnings with an intentional override action.

In ACP500D3 (Invoice Entry PO Costing), users previously could unintentionally accept changes by pressing ENTER, even when quantity to cost or amount to cost values had changed.
A new “F14 to Override” warning message replaces the old message:
“Details have changed. Press enter again to accept data.”
This ensures users acknowledge and confirm significant changes explicitly.

New System Parameter:

“Apply GRN Costing Tolerance for PO Costing” (optional):
- Within tolerance: Displays the original message —
  “Details have changed. Press enter again to accept data.”
- Outside tolerance: Triggers the new override requirement —
  “F14 to Override”

Benefits:

Enhances oversight and reduces unintentional cost acceptance.
Enables better control of PO costs when invoice details differ from expectations.

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Kathy Barthelt / Tuesday, June 22, 2021

/ Categories: Infor LN & Baan Tips, Analytics Dashboard, Finance, Manufacturing, Operations, Technology

Infor LN & Baan: BIG DATA - Keeping Track of Key Metrics

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