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Dashboard Displays Current Production Data and Increases Production by 10-20%

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Did you know that you can improve the performance of your shop floor simply by displaying how your shop floor workers are doing? Studies show that a 10-20% increase in production can be achieved by simply displaying current production data to your workers via dashboards. 

Using the Crossroads RMC's Analytics Dashboard, you can display performance metrics in a grid, graph, chart, or any way that makes sense. Learn how

Learn more about Analytics Dashboard for Infor LN/Baan >

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Infor LN & Baan Integrations:

It's okay, you can admit it. You have spreadsheets and separate databases that you’re keeping on the side that may or may not be tied to Baan/LN.

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Do you wish they were integrated so that you didn’t have to manually go into each system to report on the data or look up information? Are you running into problems because you don’t have exposure to all of the data that is critical to running your business?

Crossroads RMC has a team of integration experts who can create the integration you’ve been dreaming about… AND we have developed RMCconnector to allow for quick and easy translation data from your front end system into a format accepted by your back end ERP. 

Contact us today to discuss how we can help you eliminate those spreadsheets and tie those “one-off” systems directly to your ERP system. 800.762.2077

Partner News: Avalara’s 2020 sales tax changes webinar is now available

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Now that 2020 has arrived, it's time to make sure you’re prepared for all of the changes that 2019 brought in the world of sales tax.

Avalara’s 2020 Sales Tax Changes Webinar is now available to arm you with knowledge on the biggest changes that have taken effect, plus give you a preview of the changes we anticipate this year. 

In this webinar you’ll hear Scott Peterson, Avalara’s VP of U.S. Tax Policy, cover:

  • The current state of sales and use tax in the U.S.
  • Which states have enacted economic nexus, and what’s expected to change in 2020
  • New requirements for marketplace sellers (Amazon, Etsy, etc.)
  • A look at cross-border ecommerce and what international sellers must know about sales tax 

Avalara 2020 Sales Tax Changes Webinar>

Infor LN & Baan Consulting News: So we put our hands up, like the ceiling can’t hold us…

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Crossroads RMC partnered with Hunter Douglas Architectural Ceilings and Walls to upgrade their LN system from LN 10.2 to LN 10.6. This upgrade was undertaken primarily as a result of unsupported hardware/operating system versions at Hunter Douglas. Despite an extremely tight deadline, Crossroads and Hunter Douglas partnered to complete this upgrade from start to finish in under 4 months. Phase 2 is planned to kick off in late Q1 of 2020, which will focus on specific areas of the business for process improvement and the implementation of Avalara’s Avatax software.

Learn about Crossroads RMC's Consulting Services

Infor LN & Baan Tip of the Week: Customer Defined Fields

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Customer Defined Fields (CDFs) can be added to tables, screens, reports and BODs and validation and calculation logic can be defined around those fields.

Use the CDF concept to store additional data in the standard Infor LN tables. The CDF definitions are stored separately from the table definitions in the Data Dictionary. For the end user, the CDFs behave in the same way as the standard fields, if defaulting, validations, etc. are built using the CDF logic of the table extension point. The session extension point also has features for the CDFs.

CDFs are configured per package combination. This implies that when moving your companies from one package combination to another, the CDF definitions must be present in the target package combination. Otherwise you lose the data in the CDFs.

Crossroads RMC is proud to introduce our new Production Order Variance Reports package for Infor LN

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The package includes numerous reports and sessions to view the variances in a way that Finance can identify problems based on the Finance Integration Transactions in the General Ledger.

There are a few main sessions with many detailed sessions linked to them. The reports can be run from the main Print Production Order Variance Reports or in the individual detailed session.

Sessions included in the report package:

1. Print Finalized Trans – Variance Reports.

a. Financial Trans. by L/Acct – Prod. Order Variances - Recap

b. Financial Trans. by L/Acct – Prod. Order Variances – Details

2. Update Production Order Variances (updates special variance table).

3. Production Order Variance Overview – Main view

a. Production Order Variance Details

b. Price Variance Details – Material Variances

c. Price Variance Details – Operation Variances

d. Efficiency Variance Details – Material Variances

e. Efficiency Variance Details – Operation Variances

f. Efficiency Variance Details – Reject Variances

g. ACO Variance Details – Reject Variances

h. Accept Production Order Variances

i. Un-accept Production Order Variances

j. Finally Accept Production Order Variances

4. Print Production Order Variance Reports:

a. Production Order Variance – Overview

b. Production Order Price Variance – Material Revaluation

c. Production Order Price Variance – Operation Revaluation

d. Production Order Efficiency Variance – Material

e. Production Order Efficiency Variance – Operation

f. Production Order Efficiency Variance – Rejects

g. Production Order ACO Variance – Rejects-Additional Costs

5. Delete Production Order Variances (used to redo a month)

Contact Kathy Barthelt to learn more.

Have you missed deadlines or lost a valuable customer due to orders not being shipped on-time?

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OTTO helps you consider all of the factors that affect your ability to deliver on-time.
Make plans happen with OTTO.

Request your free 30 day trial today and add value to your current ERP, without altering, changing, or revising the source data. 800.762.2077

ION News: Crossroads RMC uses the ION process to deliver data to/from LX 8.3.5

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Crossroads RMC is currently working with a customer in the food and beverage industry to develop 18 inbound and outbound customized BOD messages using the ION process to deliver data to/from LX 8.3.5.

All of the messages will be using the standard OAGIS (Open Applications Group Integration Specification) BOD Message. The OAGIS is a widely accepted standard within the industry which specifies a standard way of passing data in and out of applications using an XML format. 

Some of the BOD Messages that we will be processing are:

  • Item Master
  • Purchase Order
  • Receipts
  • Accounts Payable Invoices
  • Vendor information
  • Notifications messages

This project kicks off in February 2020 with milestone deliveries throughout the year.

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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Inventory Stocking Levels – Warehouses, Locations and Lots…Oh My!

The Infor LX system supports 4 levels of inventory. You can view summaries of stock at each level through the Material Status Inquiry program or through reports. Below are the 4 levels:

  • Item
  • Item + warehouse
  • Item + warehouse + location
  • Item + warehouse + location + lot

The lot number level and/or container of inventory can cross multiple warehouses and locations, for example, item + lot or item + lot + container. Locations exist within warehouses. There is no limit on the number of warehouses, locations, or lots that you can assign to an item.

Multiple Warehouses
You can assign as many warehouses as needed for any item. You can designate each warehouse as allocatable, allowed for order processing, or non-MRP, not used in the MRP netting logic. This allows your business to set up staging areas and quarantined warehouses. The warehouses can be physical or logical warehouses.

Multiple Locations
You can assign as many inventory locations as needed for any item. The location number is six characters long. This allows you to define sub-locations within a location, which can be an aisle, bin, or row.

The system stores item-warehouse combination inventory and allocation data. Optionally, sales history is available by item and warehouse in sales by units for the past twelve months. Total monetary amounts of sales by warehouse are also available in year-to-date, the last twelve months individually, and previous year-to-date.

Lot Inventory
On an item-by-item basis, the system requires the input of and performs tracking of lot numbers by inventory transaction. The system supports forward and backward lot traceability. The system provides inquiries and reports for the stock, allocation, and movement of inventory by lot. The system also automatically supports shelf life, expiration date, and reject data for each lot. The system automatically uses the expiration date in this allocation logic and MRP logic.

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