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Quality Management Systems (QMS)

George Moroses 0 1499 Article rating: 5.0

A Quality Management System (QMS) provides airtight validation of your product testing requirements, protecting both your business and your customers.

Benefits of Using QMS

  1. Permanent Recordkeeping: Test results can be securely archived and accessed indefinitely.

  2. Regulatory Compliance: Meets all industry and government testing standards and requirements.

Who Uses QMS?

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

  • Health Product Manufacturers

  • Chemical Manufacturers

  • Food & Beverage Producers

  • Government Contractors
    …and many others.

What Does a Typical QMS Engagement Look Like?

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for EXECUTIVES

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Operations: Infor Business Context Messages (IBC) are now supported from ORD700D1 Order Entry - Fast Line Entry screen

Finance: Tax Code Table window (WINZRTD)

Technology: Improve PUR500 Navigation for WebTop Grids

Important Update: Infor's Plan to phase out LN embedded EDI module (ECEDI/BEMIS)

Kathy Barthelt 0 4394 Article rating: 5.0

Please be aware that the Infor LN embedded EDI module (ECEDI/BEMIS) will transition to sustaining maintenance in the second half of 2027. This feature has not received enhancements in recent years, and no future updates are planned.

Existing customers using the embedded EDI module are encouraged to transition to EDI Exchange or Automotive Exchange, in order to benefit from ongoing enhancements and future capabilities. Infor has invested significantly in EDI Exchange and Automotive Exchange to support a broad range of EDI communications with external parties, as part of continued innovation within Infor LN Cloud.

For new LN CE customers, the embedded EDI module will no longer be provisioned.

Action steps
For more information please see Knowledge Base (KB) article 3632427.

 

CASE STUDY: Navigating an ERP Upgrade with Outdated Knowledge

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The Problem: Knowledge Gaps in a Legacy ERP Environment

For organizations running long-established global ERP systems such as Infor Baan or LN, upgrades can be daunting. Over the years, employee turnover, internal role changes, and evolving business structures often erode institutional knowledge of the original ERP setup.

When the time comes to upgrade, teams frequently lack a clear understanding of how the system is currently being used. This knowledge gap leads to inefficient planning, costly rework, and missed opportunities for process optimization.


The Solution: A Blueprint-Based Assessment and Optimization Strategy

To address this challenge for one of our LN customers, we implemented a blueprint-driven assessment designed to provide a clear, data-backed foundation for their ERP upgrade.

Our strategic approach focused on objective comparison and actionable insight, using a step-by-step methodology:

  1. Benchmarking Against a Standard Blueprint
    We created a standard LN functionality blueprint representing the ideal model of available processes and best practices.

  2. Site-by-Site Analysis
    Each customer site’s configuration and usage were compared to the standard blueprint, identifying gaps, customizations, and inefficiencies.

  3. Efficiency and Optimization Reporting
    The comparison highlighted workflow inconsistencies and process variations across sites, enabling targeted optimization and standardization.

  4. Budgeting and Roadmap Development
    The results provided a data-driven foundation for budgeting, along with a clear, prioritized roadmap for the upcoming upgrade.


How the Solution Was Implemented...

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Audit Fields by Table (ttaud3125m000)

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Use this session to to define which fields must be audited, and when they must be audited.

Note: 

  • It is not required to define the fields that must be audited. Only if not all fields in a table must be audited, you must specify the fields that must be audited. You can only specify fields for a table for which you selected Specified in the Field Selection field of the Audit Tables by Profile (ttaud3120m000) session. If you selected All in that field, all fields in the table are audited, and no fields can be specified.

  • For a detailed explanation of the relation between audit type and field specification, refer to the section How to determine the net result of the audit configuration in the Audit Configuration Management topic.

  • The audit functionality uses the positive approach, which means that you can only specify which tables and fields must be audited, but not which tables and fields must not be audited. Therefore, through the appropriate menu, commands are available to load all (key) fields. You can then delete the fields you do not require.

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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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