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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Did you know that you can set up one-time vendors in LX? One Time Vendor (1,A): Specify Y to indicate that this vendor is a one-time vendor. Otherwise, could you specify N. The system removes a one-time vendor's information from the Vendor Master file after all transactions are reconciled. If this vendor already exists as a one-time vendor, you can specify N to change the vendor to a regular vendor.

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