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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Aborted Finalization Run

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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

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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.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Downtime Reasons

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Using SFC600 to enter downtime.

You are tracking downtime and using SFC600 to enter the downtime, but you don’t know where to go to setup downtime reasons. You can set up the downtime reason codes in the INV application by selecting the reason code maintenance program INV140D1.

Once you are in the reason code maintenance program, position to the transaction effect code “D”. Using the transaction effect code “D” you can now setup as many downtime reason codes as needed. The reason code field is alpha numeric, so be creative with your reason code assignments.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Restricted User Access

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Administrators are able to restrict access in Baan in several ways – including Companies, Packages, Modules, Sessions, and Tables – using the Authorization capabilities of the system.

In Baan IV, access can be given or denied on a user by user basis.

In Baan V and LN, the Authorization Management System can provide or deny access based upon roles to which users are assigned.

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

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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.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Closed, Final Closed, Provisional Close – What’s The Difference?

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Fiscal, Reporting and Tax Periods can have status Open, Closed or Final Closed. If a period is Closed or Final Closed, you cannot post entries to those periods. If a period is Closed, you can re-set it to Open and post entries. If a period is Final Closed, you cannot post and you cannot set it back to Closed or Open.

A Provisional Close is run at year-end to bring the balances forward for the new year without having to close the previous year. A Provisional Close can be run as many times as you like. After a Final Close, a Provisional Close cannot be run.

The Provisional Close allows you to continue into the new year with all financial reporting and not have to rush with the Final Close until all adjusting entries are made and any final signoffs have been completed.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Product Families

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In Baan IVC, plan items on the lowest plan level were automatically actual items (not product families). All plan items on higher plan levels were product families.

The relationship between a product family and items on lower plan levels was defined in a planning bill of material.

In Infor LN, every family item must be defined in the Item Base Data module. A family item can exist on any plan level. The relationship between a family item and items on lower plan levels is defined in aggregation relationships.

Aggregation relationships in Infor LN are much more flexible than the planning bills of material in Baan IV. For example, users can define aggregation relationships between items on the same plan level.

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Create the Master Schedule

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In the master schedule creation, you have the flexibility to enter a planning start date, or default to the facility planning start date. Infor LX uses the planning date to plan both orders with forecasts and customer orders as demand.You can create your master schedule from the Master Production Scheduling module (MPS).

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The Best Baan IV | Baan V | Infor LN Financial Reports to Analyze Company Performance

You know what data you need to analyze your company’s financial health, but sometimes it is a struggle to get that data in a format that is meaningful. Here are some reports in Baan IV, Baan V, and Infor LN which you may find useful.

As is the case with most ERP reports, with each version progression from Baan IV, to Baan V, to LN, there are improvements in selection criteria and report content. Some may require some setup and others may require some formatting if you would like to export them to Excel.  Contact me if you have questions or need assistance.

BAAN & LN FINANCE:

Baan IV –

Customer Statistics Module

  • Print Customer Statistics by Customer/Credit Analyst (tfcmg3400m000)
    • Prints Average Days Payment, Amount Paid, Average Days Outstanding, Amount Open, Discounts Allowed and Discounts Taken.  
       
  • Print Average Days Outstanding (tfcmg3401m000)
    • Prints Open Amount and Average Days Outstanding.
  • Print Average Receipt Days (tfcmg3402m000)
    • Prints Amount Paid and Average Number of Days for a Payment.


Cash Forecasting Module

  • Print Cash Forecast Summary by Period/Currency (tfcmg3410m000)
    • Prints Total Cash coming in from Sales Invoices, Sales Orders, Sales Quotes, Project Orders, and Budgets. Prints Total Cash going out from Purchase Invoices, Purchase Orders, Standing Orders, and Budgets.
       
  • Print Cash Forecast Summary by Date/Currency (tfcmg3411m000)
    • Prints the same as above but by a specific date.
       
  • Print Cash Forecast Details by Period/Currency (tfcmg3412m000)
    • Prints the same as above but by each period across in columns.
       
  • Prints Detailed Cash Forecast in Home Currency (tfcmg3413m000)
    • Prints each item, purchase order, sales order, etc, with forecast in home currency.


Baan V –

  • Print Finalized Transactions Ledger Account – tfgld1406m000
    • Output can be run to show transactions (debit/credit) by ledger account, transaction type, and time periods. This can be run by range of ledger account and/or range of periods.
  • Print Integration Transactions -tfgld4410m000
    • This has 3 options: a short version of the report, a standard version, and a version by company/ledger account.

Infor LN -

  • Print Finalized Transactions Ledger Account – tfgld1406m000
    • Output can be run to show transactions (debit/credit) by ledger account, transaction type, and time periods. This can be run by range of ledger account and/or range of periods.
  • Print Integration Transactions by Business Flow – tfgld4482m100
    • Output can be run to show all transactions (debit/credit) by business object (production/purchasing/sales)

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