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Crossroads RMC is proud to announce an integration with Transcepta software and Infor LX!

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Transcepta helps companies eliminate inefficiencies and gain control over their operations. We know that teams are under constant pressure to reduce costs, improve cash flow, and increase visibility, without adding more complexity. Transcepta's AI-driven AP automation platform eliminates manual processes, empowering businesses to increase profitability and make faster, more data-driven decisions.

NOW, this rich functionality is available to Infor LX users!...

Infor News You Can Use: Driving Digital Product Passport Compliance

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Prepare for Digital Product Passport Compliance with Expert Insight from Lora Cecere
Founder, Supply Chain Insights

With the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) set to launch in 2027 for initial industries—batteries, consumer electronics, and textiles (footwear and apparel)—businesses are beginning to confront a rapidly evolving compliance landscape. Yet with many requirements still undefined, confusion is widespread.

Lora Cecere's latest research helps organizations cut through the uncertainty by offering actionable insights and a clear, customer-centric, outside-in approach to DPP readiness.

Key Highlights:

  • Start with the Customer in Mind
    Align compliance efforts with market demands to drive growth and gain a competitive advantage.

  • Break Down Silos
    Cross-functional collaboration—across sustainability, supply chain, procurement, and policy is essential for success.

  • Clarify Compliance
    Understand the core elements that define DPP compliance and the practical steps needed to achieve it.

  • Learn from Diverse Approaches
    See how companies are navigating DPP differently, with no one-size-fits-all path to readiness.

  • Adopt GS1 Standards
    Address the existing gap in the implementation of critical global standards for traceability and product information.

Build the capabilities your organization needs today to meet the demands of tomorrow—with a forward-looking, customer-first strategy.

👉 [Access the full research here

5 WARNING SIGNS Your Disconnected Business Systems Are Costing You Money

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  1. You Can’t Track Project Costs in Real-Time
    If you're waiting until after a project wraps up to find out whether it was profitable, that’s a major red flag. Without real-time cost tracking, you're making critical decisions in the dark.

  2. Quoting and Estimating Are Slow, Manual, or Inconsistent
    Does it take hours—or even days—to build a custom quote because you're pulling information from multiple systems? That lost time translates directly into lost sales opportunities.

  3. You Rely on Spreadsheets for Critical Operations
    Spreadsheets are useful—until they’re not. Issues like version control problems, accidental overwrites, and human error can lead to costly mistakes.

  4. Scheduling and Inventory Management Are Disconnected from Financials
    If your production and finance teams aren’t working from the same data, it’s only a matter of time before you face delays, stockouts, or budget overruns.

  5. You Don’t Have a Real-Time View of Project Profitability
    Without live costing tied directly to jobs, small losses can accumulate unnoticed, until it's too late.

Disconnected data refers to information stored outside your core business systems, like your ERP. While this data has value, a lack of integration causes inefficiencies and misalignment across your organization, often more than you realize.

The Cost of Disconnected Data...

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Authorization and Security - LN REST APIs

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In typical LN REST API integrations, permissions and authorizations are not implemented or rarely used. To ensure smooth data exchange and avoid errors, it is recommended to disable the authorization and security settings.

Recommendation:

  • In the Authorization and Security Parameters session (tcsec0100m000):

    • Clear the Authorization and Security Enabled check box.

    • Clear all check boxes under Authorization Enable for on the Enabling tab.

Why This Matters:

  • Enabling authorization and security without proper setup can lead to errors and blocked transactions during integration.

  • For example, work center permissions may interfere with:

    • Creating new shifts

    • Booking machine hours

    • Read more

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Copy Customized Product Structure to Standard Structure (tipcs2232m000)

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This functionality allows you to copy the product structure of a customized item to a standard item.

Note: When a customized structure is copied to a standard structure, the Customized check box in the Items session (tcibd0501m000) is cleared.

Item Types:

  • Standard Items: Identified by a regular item code.

  • Segmented Items: Consist of a project code segment and an item base segment (i.e., the customized item’s item code). Segments are defined in the Item Code Segmentation session (tcibd0500m000).

Only components valid for the specified Effectivity Unit will be copied.

Copy Options:

  • Target Routing Code
    Enter the code of the standard routing to which the customized structure should be copied.

  • Copy Product Structure
    Choose whether to:

    • Copy the entire structure

    • Copy only the first level

    • Perform the copy interactively

  • Reference Date
    Only parts of the product structure valid on this date will be copied.

  • Copy E-Item Relationships
    If selected, related E-item records will be copied.

  • Copy All Components and Effectivity Statements
    If selected, unit effectivity is copied to the standard structure. You can specify the unit.
    Exceptions related to routings and operations (that meet date effectivity) are also copied.

  • Alternative Material
    If selected, alternative BOM components are included in the copy.

  • Use-Up Material
    If selected, use-up materials from BOM components are included.

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Collaborate IN-PERSON With Infor LN Users

LN North America User Group - Face-to-Face 2022 (lnnaug.org)

Registration is open for the face-to-face LN North America User Group Annual Meeting!

Things are finally turning around and opening up! We're looking forward to the day when the pandemic stays firmly in the rearview mirror.

It's definitely exciting to be buttoning up the details of the agenda for this event. This is our chance to discuss successes and roadblocks with one another.

This is also an opportunity to spend time with the Infor team. We will have members of the Product Management and Product Development team in-house for presentations, discussion, and questions.

Catch this: Marco Hoogenraad & Bram Vijfhuizen are scheduled to join us on-site!

Seats are limited. Registration closes on April 8th or sooner if we hit that limit.

Don't miss out, register today! We are looking forward to seeing everyone again and hope to see YOU there!

Curious about the agenda? Find it here: https://www.lnnaug.org/events-underway/agenda

Catch the details:

When: 2 full days | April 19 & 20, 2022

Sponsored dinners: April 18 & 19

Registration fee: To attend this event, there is NO COST to customers other than arranging and covering their own travel & lodging at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio.

Registration: Registration is open!

Agenda: The agenda will be a mix of learning sessions, customer stories, discussion groups, and networking time. If you have any questions shoot us an email at lnbaan.naug@gmail.com.

Travel Information

Where: Columbus, Ohio | Brookshire: The Venue at 405 Greif Pkwy, Delaware, OH 43015

Airport Code: CMH - a 20-minute drive from this airport to local hotels. 10 minutes from the hotel to the event location.

Hotels
Cambria Hotel Columbus - Polaris | 9100 Lyra Drive, Columbus, OH, 43240, US | Phone (614) 841-9100 Fax (614) 841-9107
Hilton Garden Inn | 8535 Lyra Dr, Columbus, OH 43240 | Phone: (614) 846-8884
Other hotels that are in Polaris, Columbus, OH would work fine as well.

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