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Can you afford not to invest in MES?

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Given the environment today with growing global competition in terms of innovation, cost and time to market (given by short product cycles) as well as with increasing regulatory demands, the answer to the question “Can you afford not to invest in MES?” is turning into a clear “NO”. 

Click here to read the full Critical Manufacturing article.

Crossroads MES is Infor’s global solution for manufacturing execution and is perfectly suited to fill the gap between your manufacturing initiatives and your ERP system.

Crossroads RMC proudly announces the LX 8.3.5 go live for Trinity Industries.

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Trinity Industries is live on LX 8.3.5! This project was truly a team effort working in partnership with HCL America. Crossroads RMC's involvement included John Kasper (Finance), David Campbell and Nick Olson (Operations), Jacob Hale (Supply Chain Management), and Tony Curtis (LX Administration). 

Trinity began providing industrial products and services to customers more than 85 years ago. They started as a small butane-tank manufacturer and evolved over time into a premier diversified industrial company with market-leading businesses serving the energy, chemical, agriculture, transportation, and construction sectors.

Infor LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: Pre-Assigned Lot Numbers – LX

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In addition to assigning lot numbers in Shop Order Entry/Maintenance (SFC500) after the shop orders have been released, users can now pre-assign lot numbers during the Multi-level Shop Order Release process (SFC530) and the Multi-Level Backflush process (LMP600) for sub-assemblies that are lot controlled items. The user has the choice of using the parent lot ID, the next sequential generated lot ID, or not pre-assigning lot IDs. Multiple items per lot must be installed to use the parent lot number option.

Infor's Support Schedule for Infor LN & Baan

How Crossroads RMC can help

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Infor recently announced their support schedule for all versions of Infor LN & Baan.

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Infor LN & Baan Tip of the Week: Quantity change during shipment planning – 10.7

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Customers who use the Projected Shipments concept, and with that the Shipment Planning Workbench, require more flexibility in modifying outbound order lines before projected shipments are generated. The most important requirement is the option to change item quantities, which is a typical instrument to react on specific circumstances such as truck size and inventory situation. A Shipment Planning tab has been added to the Outbound Order Lines to enable users to perform shipment planning activities in terms of quantities and dates.

Cremer S.A. partners with Infor Consulting Services

Customer Innovation Study

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Cremer S.A. partners with Infor Consulting Services to replace incumbent ERPs in acquired businesses with Infor LX.

"Infor LX provides meticulous detail into the real costs of our business and can be implemented rapidly with no investment in customizations. In short, Infor LX fits our business and provides us with the highest return on investment.” Marcelo Jorge Fernandez Operations Director & CIO, Cremer S.A.

Want to learn more about this LX success story? Click Here to Read Full Customer Innovation Study 

Contact Frank Petrasio at Crossroads RMC to find out how your company could be the next LX success story!

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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Porting Set Issues

Are you on the latest porting set for your version of Baan or Infor LN?

Here are some issues you might run into if you stay on an old porting set too long:

  • Incompatibility because of operating system patches
  • Printing issues because of out-of-date libraries
  • Potential performance issues if binaries are not updated
  • Updating third-party products may not be possible because of dependencies
  • Limited support from Infor
  • Issues with updating database software/patches because of dependencies (if the database is also running on the same server as the application)


To check the latest porting set available for your version of Baan or Infor LN:

  • For the last Infor LN, Infor Baan5 and Infor Baan4 porting set see KB 22923520
  • For the last BaanIVc 6.1c porting set see KB 22923521 
  • No fixes are made based on the 6.1c porting set, support continues for BaanIVc with the LN porting set, see KB 22923520
  • For the last Worktop set see KB 22881488
  • For the last BW set see KB 22881483
  • For the last EME set see KB 22866552
  • For the last Office integration set see KB 22867312
  • For the last Dynamic Form Editor see KB 22881485


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