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Infor LX/BPCS Growth with Connected eCommerce & Tax Automation

Frank Petrasio 0 983 Article rating: 5.0

Is your current Infor LX or BPCS system holding back your growth? It doesn't have to.

In 2026, staying competitive means moving beyond manual workflows and data silos. Crossroads RMC has partnered with Aleran and Avalara to provide an integrated, end-to-end solution designed specifically for manufacturers and distributors in the Infor LX and BPCS market.

Transform Your Operations from Quote to Cash

This powerful partnership enables you to maximize your existing ERP investment without the need for a total overhaul.

  • Aleran: Modern B2B eCommerce
    • 24/7 Digital Catalog: Provide a fully branded shopping experience that connects directly to your LX/BPCS data.
    • Self-Service Portals: Empower customers and dealers with real-time access to inventory, quotes, and order history.
    • Streamlined CPQ: Simplify complex product configurations and pricing to accelerate sales cycles.
  • Avalara: Automated Tax Compliance

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: User Provisioning

George Moroses 0 1192 Article rating: 5.0

This enhancement: 

  • Provides an ability for LX to integrate with Infor Federation Services (IFS) to automate provisioning of users.
  • Activates LX exit points during maintenance of LX business roles and business units to publish the SyncSecurityRoleMaster BOD which can be received by IFS as LX-specific roles in addition to the three IFS predefined LX-specific roles: LX-SystemAdministrator (corresponding to LX security type S = LX Security Officer); LX-SystemManager (corresponding to LX security type M = LX Security Manager); and LX-User (corresponding to LX security type U = LX User).
  • Enables support for LX receiving an inbound SyncSecurityUserMaster BOD (sent from IFS) and creating or revising the associated LX user (or security manager or security officer). This enhancement also supports creating an IBMi user profile which can then be defined as an LX user (or security manager or security officer).
  • Activates LX exit points during maintenance of LX users (and security managers and security officers) to send the ProcessSecurityUserMaster BOD to IFS requesting creation or revision of a user on behalf of LX.
  • Automates sending revised LX user authorities to corresponding System i Manager (SiM) tasks which can then be uploaded to System i Workspace (SiW).

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: IDF RMA Inquiry

George Moroses 0 1385 Article rating: 5.0

This enhancement provides a robust RMA Inquiry capability. The base RMA Inquiry application delivers role-based functionality to support customer service, sales, pricing and business analysis functions.

The IDF RMA Inquiry presentation enhances a number of customer service and data analysis functions.

  • RMA List provides filters that allow sorting and sequencing by any displayed data field, such as RMA number, customer number, Total RMA amount, request date, good thru date, Customer reason code, Disposition reason code, Q/C reason code.
  • RMA Line List provides filters that allow sorting and sequencing by any displayed data field, such as item number, request date, extended amount, net price, Customer reason code, Disposition reason code, Q/C reason code.
  • RMA detail cards provide additional details about the RMA, as well as about any orders that will result from the RMA.


IDF RMA Inquiry provides significant enhancement to several business roles:

Customer service personnel, customer service managers responsible for handling customer complaints and negotiating return conditions with the customer Warehouse personnel, warehouse manager at the return warehouse. Billing personnel, billing managers responsible for processing credits to the customer and handling questions related to the RMA, return and eventual credit.

Managers responsible for analysis of returns related to reasons for returns, resulting replacement orders, recommendations for improving pricing or internal processes to reduce returns.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Archive Net Price for Deleted Lines

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Infor LX now stores the Net Price for a deleted line, so that the information is available for later analysis.

If an order line is canceled, LX stores the current Net Price in a new Net Price Archive field. The Net Price Archive field is updated whether the line is deleted through Line Entry (ORD700D2) or Fast Line Entry (ORD700DA), or the entire transaction is deleted through Order, Quote or RMA Directory (ORD700D1).

The Net Price Archive field can be useful when analyzing the reasons for canceled order lines. Users can define Cancellation Reason Codes related to pricing. Review of the archived Net Price, along with other values from canceled order lines such as Order Quantity and Selling Unit of Measure, Cancellation Reason Code, Request Date, Price Book Date, Item Number and Customer Number, can lead to adjustments to pricing structures, promotion qualifiers or other actions that can avoid loss of revenue on future orders, or follow-up actions to recover the canceled line.

Is your team still manually entering UPS and FedEx information into your Baan or Infor LN system?

Kathy Barthelt 0 1207 Article rating: 5.0

If so, those manual shipping steps are likely costing you time, money, and customer satisfaction:

❌ Re-entering shipping details into Baan or Infor LN

❌ Copy-pasting tracking numbers

❌ Delayed invoicing and frustrated customers

There’s a better way to manage your parcel shipping.

RMCship: Seamless UPS & FedEx Integration

RMCship is a powerful automation solution that fully integrates UPS WorldShip and FedEx Ship Manager directly with Baan IV, Baan V, and Infor LN.

We eliminate manual entry and streamline your entire workflow:
 

Before RMCship (Manual)

After RMCship (Automated)

Re-keying data into two systems      

✔️ Create cartons/pallets directly in ERP

Delayed tracking updates

✔️ Auto-send shipment data to UPS/FedEx

Manual tracking number entry

✔️ Instantly pull back tracking numbers, freight, and more 

Manual invoice updates

✔️ Auto-add shipping data to sales orders & invoices

The Results Are Clear:

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Anthony Etzel

Crossroads RMC named as Avalara's Certified Integration Partner for Infor LX

Avalara Announces 41 Newly-Certified Integrations into Business Application


December 20, 2018 05:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

SEATTLE--()--Avalara, Inc. (NYSE:AVLR), a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced the release of 41 newly-certified integrations with accounting, ERP, ecommerce, point-of-sale, mobile commerce, and CRM software applications.

Avalara has been a partner-centric company since its founding in 2004, with a keen focus on integrating with technology solutions already in use by existing and future customers. Avalara Certified integration partners have met criteria developed by Avalara to guarantee each integration’s performance and reliability. Certified integrations are built to ensure customers enjoy a fast, reliable, and easy process for embedding Avalara’s automated tax management into existing systems.

Additionally, these integrations enable customers of Avalara partner solutions to benefit from Avalara’s real-time calculation of applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges for billing line items. Avalara software reduces the tedium and complexity of determining taxes for millions of products and services across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and other international jurisdictions, giving customers more time to focus on driving their own business success.

The latest group of Avalara Certified integrations includes:

  • Albertsons Marketplace is an online marketplace powered by the Mirakl Marketplace Platform, showcasing Albertsons Cos' 3rd party seller network. Albertsons Marketplace offers an extended specialty selection across Grocery, Wellness, and Household shopping categories.

  • AmeriCommerce is an e-commerce software solution built for high-volume online stores and complex products.

  • Apex Energetics is a marketplace for research-based nutritional products available exclusively through healthcare professionals.

  • Chargify is a recurring billing platform that caters to startups and software companies.

  • CoreDial SwitchConnex is cloud software and services enabling companies to quickly and cost-effectively sell, deliver, manage, and invoice for a host of communication services.

  • Coupa CTX (by Shelby) is the cloud platform for business spend, delivering measurable value through real-time spend visibility, control, compliance, and agility.

  • Craft Commerce (by Surprise Highway) is a content management system that aims to make life enjoyable for developers and content managers alike.

  • Cumulus Retail helps retailers optimize in-store, online, and back-office operations through a powerful and affordable SaaS point-of-sale solution.

  • Fieldpoint Service Application enables organizations to automate, manage, monitor, and streamline their field service operations.

  • Foundation 3000 (by Softrend) is an all-in-one software that centralizes customers’ operational processes in one place.

  • SAP hybris (by arvato) is a digital transformation software solution that helps make clients more agile and competitive and enables them to deliver new standards of service to their customers.

  • Infor LX (by Crossroads RMC) is an ERP solution used primarily by manufacturers.

  • To read the full list visit: Full Avalara press release

For more information about the Avalara Certified program, and a list of all of our certified integrations, please visit avalara.com/integrations. For any business application not already certified, or for a custom solution, Avalara offers an API for each of its products, making customer integrations simple for nearly any developer or business to build.

About Avalara

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, e-commerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, excise, communications, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in the U.K., Belgium, Brazil, and India. More information at avalara.com

Contacts

Media: Jesse Hamlin
Avalara
media@avalara.com
518-281-0631

Anthony J Etzel - Solutions Executive
Crossroads RMC
Phone: 1.630.955.1310 x125
Cell: 1.610.220.5089
www.crossroadsrmc.com 

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