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Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Optimize PUR500 for WebTop Grid Performance

George Moroses 0 266 Article rating: 5.0

Improve subfile record loading to optimize for WebTop Grid performance.
Improve subfile loading in PUR500-07 to take advantage of WebTop Grid capabilities.

This enhancement allows the WebTop Grids allow users to personalize list-type screens such as PUR500-07 to display as many records as their presentation allows.  With WebTop Grids, the PUR500 user is no longer limited by the number of records that can be displayed in a traditional green screen subfile screen.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Add Item Description to Inbound Delivery Lines Selection

George Moroses 0 351 Article rating: 5.0

Inbound Delivery Line Detail panels have been enhanced. Item Description is added to the Inbound Delivery Lines Selection screen, and the number of lines displayed on the screen has been increased.

The Item Description is displayed in the user’s language, if available, else in base language. In addition, the Item Description shown on the Inbound Delivery Lines PO Detail panel has been enabled for multi-language support, and is also displayed in the user’s language, if available.

This enhancement provides additional detail about the items appearing on an inbound delivery.

Users can now see additional detail about the items on an inbound delivery. The item description is displayed in the user’s language, if defined. The redesign of the Inbound Delivery Lines Selection panel also allows more delivery lines to be displayed to the user.

Strengthen & Streamline Your ERP LX System with INFOR LX Bolt Ons

George Moroses 0 158 Article rating: 5.0

Crossroads RMC recently participated in the INFOR LX Bolt-Ons showcase hosted by WorkOutLoud, where we presented eight powerful bolt-on solutions designed to extend and enhance the capabilities of Infor ERP LX.

Watch the recording to see how each bolt-on integrates seamlessly with your ERP system, delivering improved efficiency, stronger automation, enhanced reporting, and greater overall value across your operations.

Watch Recording> https://youtu.be/uHcR2IdYC2w?si=vrpgcuOZ3Tj0Nby7

Unlocking Potential: Why Connecting Outside Systems to Your Baan or Infor LN System is Crucial for Business Success

Kathy Barthelt 0 1225 Article rating: 5.0

In an era of rapid digital transformation, having a robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) system like Baan or Infor LN is a solid foundation. These systems are powerful data repositories and transaction engines. However, their true power is often limited when they operate in isolation.

Connecting your core ERP system to other, specialized applications—whether a customer relationship management (CRM) platform, an e-commerce site, a warehouse management system (WMS), or even a specialized QMS—is no longer a luxury; it's a strategic necessity. This integration transforms your ERP from a single source of truth into the central nervous system of your entire operation, enabling seamless data flow, improved decision-making, and enhanced efficiency.

Here’s a breakdown of the advantages, potential disadvantages, and what your business stands to gain.

The Major Advantages of System Integration

Connecting disparate systems offers a wealth of benefits that can fundamentally change how you operate:

1. Enhanced Data Accuracy and Real-Time Visibility...

Infor News You Can Use: Infor's Excellence on Display in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant

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Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises and received the highest scores in 3 of 7 Use Cases of 2025 Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises

-October 24, 2025, 11:00 AM

Gartner ranks Infor highest in ERP for Lower Midsize ($50 Million - $250 Million), Process Manufacturing, and Project/Asset-Intensive Manufacturing Use Cases

October 24, 2025 – For the fifth year running, Infor is a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises. Infor is one of only three vendors to be recognized for five consecutive years.

Read full article:  https://www.infor.com/news/infor-named-leader-fifth-consecutive-year-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-critical-capabilities

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Table Sharing with a Multi-Company Setup - Using a Master Data Company

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You can maintain all the master data, such as items, business partners, central purchase contracts, general ledger and related data in one company and share this data with the other companies. This master data company can be one of the operational companies, but you can also assign a separate company only to be used for the master data.

The advantages of having a separate master data company are:

  • Clarity: Having a single company as master data company is clear for all users.
  • Authorization: In general, only a few people in an enterprise can maintain the master data and, particularly for this maintenance, the authorization is important. If one dedicated master data company exists, you can use the company authorization to maintain this authorization very easily.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Generating Manufacturing Item Data by Site

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After selecting the Manufacturing check box and clicking Generate in the Generate Master Data (tccom0231m000) session, LN generates Manufacturing item data by site in the Items - Production by Site (tiipd0151m000) session.

The data is retrieved from:

  • The Items (tcibd0501m000) session
  • The Item - Production (tiipd0101m000) session
  • The Item - Production Defaults (tiipd0102m000) session, if default data have been specified.
  • The value in the Site field is retrieved from the warehouse or the work center listed in these sessions:

    • Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)
    • Generic Bill of Material (tipcf3110m000)
    • Production Orders (tisfc0501m000)
    • Production Schedules (tirpt4101m000)
    • Production Schedule Lines (tirpt4102m000)
    • Routing Operations (tirou1102m000). Sites are not retrieved from subcontracting work centers.
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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Defining “Unavailability” in Infor LN

This topic describes the definition of temporary unavailability for resources in a calendar.

Use one of the following sessions:

  • Recurring unavailability
    For recurring unavailability, such as national holidays, define the recurrence in the Recurrences (tcccp0143m000) session. Add that recurrence to the applicable calendar and availability type in the Calendar Recurrences (tcccp0144m000) session, and clear the Available check box for the unavailable days.
    With calendar recurrences you define recurring exceptions in a calendar, and set a time schedule for daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly unavailable time in one action.
  • Unavailable days for all availability types
    To define occasional unavailability, such as a department trip, use the Calendar Non-Available Days (tcccp0119m000) session. What you define here applies to all availability types.
     
  • Unavailable days for a specific availability type
    To define unavailability for a single day, complete the following steps:
  1. Start the Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0120m000) session.
  2. Find the applicable calendar and availability type, and clear the Available check box for a working hours type on the relevant date.
  • Unavailable during a part of a day
    To indicate that part of a day is unavailable, use the Calendar Recurrences (tcccp0144m000) or the Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0120m000) session to specify the time intervals that are available. All other times are considered unavailable. You cannot directly specify an unavailable time interval.

If you defined unavailable dates in the Calendar Non-Available Days (tcccp0119m000) or the Calendar Recurrences (tcccp0144m000) session, in the Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0120m000) session, click Update Calendar.

Note:

  • Unavailability always applies to entire days. If the Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0120m000) session contains multiple time intervals for a single date, and the Available check box is cleared for some intervals and selected for other intervals on the same day, the entire day is unavailable.
  • A calendar recurrence that makes a day unavailable has no effect on the availability of that day in the parent calendar.


It is not useful to define a special availability type for unavailability, because Infor LN does not maintain and update the working hours and the capacity data of a calendar in the Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0120m000) session based on non-available availability types.

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