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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Configuration Management

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Make to Order? No problem if you use the Configuration Management System. This LX product allows you to define and configure a make to order product during Customer Order Entry. Basically, you have the option to create different products under the same common product item. You will get two completely different common end items that are configured from the same common parent.

The customer orders are planned and turned into shop orders for each end item with all the associated components. With an MES solution in place, the shop order side is easy to schedule and allows you to manage the shop floor.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Product Configurator - Part 1

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What is it?
The configurator consists of a set of features (questions). The options (answers) to these questions then are used to generate the custom bill of material and routing. These questions may be answered at the time of order entry, prior to order entry (in a project or quote) or after order entry (in the project). The order of the questions need not have any relationship to the bill of materials. The configurator may also calculate the selling price, create a unique “smart” item number, custom description and text. Simple rules are used to interpret the answers.

Who uses the configurator?
Companies whose products have options. The configurator eliminates the need for part numbers for all combinations of options. The configurator ensures that the pricing and bills are correct. The configurator also keeps statistics on the frequency the options are selected.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Uses for LX Bill of Material

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In Infor LX, based on how your items are set up and on how you structure the Bill of Material, the following are some usages of a bill of material by functioning area:

  • Engineering & QA – change control, product design and specifications
  • Manufacturing – build instructions , material pick lists
  • Accounting – product costing
  • Materials Inventory – material and inventory planning
  • Sales – customer order processing
  • Production Scheduling – item scheduling (also a component of an MES solution)

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Optionally Include Tax Amounts In Order Balance

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In Baan IV, the order balance amount always includes the tax amount. Consequently, the tax amount must be recalculated every time an order line is modified in order to update the balance correctly. If the tax provider is activated, this requires an API call for every re-calculation of tax.

In Infor LN, users can select or clear the new Include Tax in Order Balance check box in the COM Parameters (tccom0000s000) session to indicate whether users want to include tax amounts in the order balance amount. This parameter has an effect on various sessions in Order Management.

Why Your Operation Doesn’t Stand a Chance in Hell of Going From Good to Great (and What to do About it)

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You dream of building a manufacturing powerhouse.

An operation with loads of throughput, profit, and efficiency in every process to make your products the best quality you can make them.

You want to be as successful as the factories and companies they write about in books like  Good to Great, changing your operation, and even motivating and inspiring your teams to do so too.

But you know you haven’t got a chance in hell of seeing that kind of success unless you can truly change and make significant differences over the long haul.

Of course, the big question is How? 

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Indirect Labor Reporting

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In the Shop Floor Control Module, you have the ability to key in both direct labor and indirect labor. However you want to establish specific types (reasons) for the indirect labor. The SFC600 labor entry program shows a reason code field, but it is designed for reject quantity and machine downtime reasons, not indirect labor reasons.

There is a way around this. With an MES solution you have the ability to setup and report indirect time against a specific reason code.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Configuring Items in Infor LN

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In Infor LN, the configuration of a generic item not always results into a customized item. Configured items can now be customized items as well as standard items. If users configure items without PCS projects, standard items are generated instead of customized items.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Optionally Include Tax Amounts In Order Balance

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In Baan IV, the order balance amount always includes the tax amount. Consequently, the tax amount must be recalculated every time an order line is modified in order to update the balance correctly. If the tax provider is activated, this requires an API call for every re-calculation of tax.

In Infor LN, users can select or clear the new Include Tax in Order Balance check box in the COM Parameters (tccom0000s000) session to indicate whether users want to include tax amounts in the order balance amount. This parameter has an effect on various sessions in Order Management.
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Collaborate IN-PERSON With Infor LN Users

LN North America User Group - Face-to-Face 2022 (lnnaug.org)

Registration is open for the face-to-face LN North America User Group Annual Meeting!

Things are finally turning around and opening up! We're looking forward to the day when the pandemic stays firmly in the rearview mirror.

It's definitely exciting to be buttoning up the details of the agenda for this event. This is our chance to discuss successes and roadblocks with one another.

This is also an opportunity to spend time with the Infor team. We will have members of the Product Management and Product Development team in-house for presentations, discussion, and questions.

Catch this: Marco Hoogenraad & Bram Vijfhuizen are scheduled to join us on-site!

Seats are limited. Registration closes on April 8th or sooner if we hit that limit.

Don't miss out, register today! We are looking forward to seeing everyone again and hope to see YOU there!

Curious about the agenda? Find it here: https://www.lnnaug.org/events-underway/agenda

Catch the details:

When: 2 full days | April 19 & 20, 2022

Sponsored dinners: April 18 & 19

Registration fee: To attend this event, there is NO COST to customers other than arranging and covering their own travel & lodging at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio.

Registration: Registration is open!

Agenda: The agenda will be a mix of learning sessions, customer stories, discussion groups, and networking time. If you have any questions shoot us an email at lnbaan.naug@gmail.com.

Travel Information

Where: Columbus, Ohio | Brookshire: The Venue at 405 Greif Pkwy, Delaware, OH 43015

Airport Code: CMH - a 20-minute drive from this airport to local hotels. 10 minutes from the hotel to the event location.

Hotels
Cambria Hotel Columbus - Polaris | 9100 Lyra Drive, Columbus, OH, 43240, US | Phone (614) 841-9100 Fax (614) 841-9107
Hilton Garden Inn | 8535 Lyra Dr, Columbus, OH 43240 | Phone: (614) 846-8884
Other hotels that are in Polaris, Columbus, OH would work fine as well.

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