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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Mastering the Latest Infor LX Innovations for Manufacturing Excellence

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Are you keeping up with all things LX?

Get updates on product bulletins, alerts, and announcements regarding the Infor LX product line and related products and technologies such as Infor OS, System i Workspace Anywhere, WebTop, IDF, Operating Systems, and Java support as it relates to Infor LX, please follow this knowledge base article: KB 1397381.

This was updated as recently as February 23, 2024!

DON'T MISS - 8 Ways to Modernize your IBM i product– Topic #1: Best practices for improving security

Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 10am EST | 9am CST

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From internal controls to data protection, elevate your company’s security standards by exploring best practices that enhance both data protection and segregation of duty issues. Risk Management, Audit, IT, and Finance Officers are all invited to hear strategies that are used by fellow IBM i (LX, XA, System21) customers for modernizing and strengthening their prior vulnerabilities. 

Hosted by Peg Tuttle from the IBM i podcast, “The Incredible i Show,” join us to hear insights from both Infor leadership and your industry peers on:

  • How version upgrades have tightened internal control loopholes.
  • Structural IBM i advancements designed to safeguard your organization.
  • IBM i ecosystem solutions that strengthen both data and access vulnerabilities.

Don’t miss this first fireside chat, Eight Ways to Modernize your IBM i product – Topic #1 of 8: Best practices for improving security.

Register today!

By 2026, 75% of organizations will base their digital transformation model on the CLOUD!

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Gartner forecasts that by 2026, 75% of organizations will anchor their digital transformation strategies in cloud computing.

Public cloud investment is expected to hit $724 billion by 2024, highlighting the sector's rapid expansion. Yet, selecting the appropriate infrastructure is critical, necessitating carefully evaluating various factors.

A detailed TechTarget article examines the advantages and disadvantages of on-premise and cloud solutions...

Infor LN & Baan Tip: Is it possible to upload accounts receivable invoices into LN using Excel?

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Yes, this is possible, by following the steps below:

1. Maintain a batch

2. Maintain an invoice headerexport it, add an additional invoice header to the Excel file, and import it

3. Maintain an invoice line for the first invoice, export it, add additional invoice lines to the Excel file and import it
 

Below the above steps are described in detail...

6 Ways Disconnected Data is Harming Your Business

Yikes!

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Disconnected data – What is it?

no​ The spreadsheet that your warehouse manager has off to the side to track his inventory levels and expected shipments from your key suppliers.

no The email orders from your dealer portal waiting to be manually keyed into your ERP. 

Disconnected data is a set of information stored separately from the main system that is used to run your business (your ERP system). The data is valuable and lack of visibility to that data creates problems throughout the organization. Far more than you realize.

A 2023 study by enterprise automation provider Snaplogic and Vanson Bourne researchers showed the following:

Avoid Being a Quitter: How Crossroads RMC Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

Unlocking Success Infor LX/BPCS & Infor LN and Baan

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Avoid Being a Quitter

As the calendar flips to January 1st, it marks the beginning of a new year filled with fresh opportunities and resolutions. It's that time when many of us set ambitious goals for ourselves, both personally and professionally. But, how often do these aspirations fizzle out before we even hit the second Friday of the year? It's so common that they even call it "Quitter's Day." However, it's not too late to stay on track and realize your ambitions. In this article, we'll focus on the professional side of goal-setting and how Crossroads RMC can be your ally in achieving manufacturing excellence.

Step 1: Make Your Goals Bite-Sized

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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.

Determining whether to use Master Production Schedule (MPS) planning or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) planning for items in Infor LX and BPCS involves understanding the nature of the items and their demand characteristics.

Master Scheduled Items typically encompass finished goods or service items. These items receive their requirements either from Independent demand, Dependent demand, or a combination of both...

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Baan/LN Tip of the Day: Chart of Accounts

Zero sublevel accounts are posting level accounts. All others are parent accounts. Once the balances have been updated in the child ledger accounts, the parents are automatically updated.

Inquiries and reports can be printed or displayed either by child accounts or by parent accounts. On line drill-down is possible from either child or parent.

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