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Cremer S.A. partners with Infor Consulting Services

Customer Innovation Study

Frank Petrasio 0 44525 Article rating: 5.0

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 LX & BPCS Tip of the Week: 6 Powerful Steps to Win with Automation

George Moroses 0 62208 Article rating: 5.0
  1. Eliminate paper shop packet and distribution of the paperwork to the shop floor.     
  2. Eliminate manual (paper-based) recording activities and the need to key in the transactions.
  3. Easy electronic scheduling by sequence and changing job priorities.
  4. Evaluate differences using actual times compared to standards.
  5. Improve data accuracy and eliminate the need to chase and fix errors.
  6. Practice Real-Time data reporting to monitor efficiencies and identify problems as they occur.

Optimize Your Manufacturing Today!

Amerequip Goes Live With OTTO On-Time Orders

Anthony Etzel 0 31304 Article rating: 5.0

Crossroads RMC welcomes Amerequip as our newest client after successfully going live with OTTO, On-Time Orders.

Amerequip, with corporate headquarters in Kiel, Wisconsin, is a leading designer and manufacturer of accessories and attachments for the construction, utility, and industrial equipment, lawn and turf-care equipment, and related products sold in global markets served by their OEM partner customers.

Amerequip’s objective was to improve on time customer order shipments, reduce expediting, and cut down on the time their knowledge workers were spending digging for information. After carefully conducting their due diligence they chose OTTO to address these challenges.

OTTO helps manufacturing plants consistently meet customer commitments by performing predictive analysis to help prevent surprises and allow for early detection and resolution of potential issues. OTTO improves effectiveness of knowledge workers by reducing “data mining” required to answer customer order status questions, and improves the flow of material through the plant, as a result, reduce shortages and improve on-time customer order shipments. OTTO previously won the prestigious APICS Innovation Award of Excellence”.

We are proud to have Amerequip as our client and look forward to being a strategic partner and support their company growth and success.

Infor LN & Baan: Need real time information for Finance, Production, Inventory, Sales and more?

Kathy Barthelt 0 34528 Article rating: 5.0

Did you know Analytics Dashboard serves as the perfect complement to extend your Infor LN / Baan ERP system AND your data collection software?

Want to display all of this data in easy to understand graphs and charts with drill-down capability?

Contact Kathy Barthelt today to find out how our Analytics Dashboard can provide all of the information you need in real-time. 

Pre-Configured Dashboards INCLUDED with Crossroads RMC's Analytics Dashboard:

  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Journal
  • Booked Sales
  • Invoiced Sales
  • Production
  • Receipts
  • Purchase Orders
  • Inventory

Infor LN & Baan Tip of the Week: The RFQ Comparison Workbench in LN 10.7

Kathy Barthelt 0 84912 Article rating: 5.0

The RFQ Comparison Workbench (tdpur8366m000) session has been introduced to compare bidder responses and select the best deal from the existing combinations. The bidder combinations are displayed based on the total amounts or the criteria set defined on the selected request for quotation (RFQ). Users can use the session to:

• Filter the best response from the suppliers or bidders

• Determine the best responses based on Total Amount

• Determine the best responses based on Criteria Set

This session can be started from a specific RFQ or from the RFQ tab in the RFQ (tdpur8310m000) session. Initially, the session is not available on the menu, but users can add it to the menu.

Infor LX / BPCS Tip of the Week: Pre-assigned lot numbers for multi-level SO release

Anthony Etzel 0 58871 Article rating: 5.0

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 Back-flush process (LMP600) for sub-assemblies that are lot controlled items. The user has the choice of using the parent lot ID, using 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.

How Are Your 2019 Goals? Get More Out of Your ERP!

Crossroads RMC 0 45308 Article rating: 5.0

We’re ½ way through the 3rd Quarter of 2019 already! How are you doing with your 2019 goals?

Maybe it's time to get more out of your ERP system:
  • Need assistance implementing new functionality in your ERP?
  • Looking to train new employees, or retrain existing employees?
  • Time to automate your most time-consuming processes?
  • Interested in a web-based application for your users or external customers/suppliers?
     

Learn How Crossroads RMC Can Help!

Tax Law Changes by the Numbers - Infor LN & Baan Integration to Avalara

Kathy Barthelt 0 75114 Article rating: 5.0

Are you up to speed on all of the sale tax changes that could affect your business?

Tax Law Changes by the Numbers
A look at what's changed in 2018-2019

  • 21 states adopted economic nexus as of December 31, 2018, requiring out-of-state businesses with a certain amount of economic activity in the state to collect and remit sales tax
  • 33 states have enforced economic nexus as of June 30, 2019
  • 43 states will enforce economic nexus as of December 31, 2019
  • 7 states had marketplace facilitator sales tax laws as of December 31, 2018, requiring marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of their sellers
  • 15 states have marketplace facilitator sales tax laws as of June 30, 2019
  • 28 states will have marketplace facilitator sales tax laws as of January 1, 2020

The trend to tax remote sales is certain to continue, and there will be the normal slew of rate, regulation, and product taxability changes. 

Sales Tax is complicated! Crossroads RMC provides the integration from Infor LN & Baan to Avalara to make it easy. Click Here to Learn More

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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for Technology: Using audit files in the Exchange module

The audit server logs all database actions that change the contents of a table in so-called audit files. The Exchange module can use these audit files, which are useful in a multisite environment because the databases on all sites must have identical data. These audit files can also be used in data conversions.

Only the updates in a specific period are exchanged, which leads to an improvement in performance. Specify this period in the Export Data (Non-Regular) (daxch0233m000) and Export Data (on a Regular Basis) (daxch0234m000) sessions. Changes such as insert, update, and delete are processed and written into the ASCII files. Actions such as drop, clear, and create tables are ignored.

Audit control data is added to the resulting ASCII file. This data consists of a batchline ID, transaction ID, sequence ID, and an indicator. The control data is added at the beginning of each line and is formatted like other data fields such as the enclosing and separator characters.

An update writes two lines to the ASCII file. One line contains the key fields and old values of the updated fields. The other line contains the new values of the key fields and updated fields, even if a key field does not change.

The batchline ID is used for recognition when processing the ASCII files. The transaction and sequence IDs are used to ensure that the transactions are replayed in the same order as on the exporting site. The indicator defines the type of action that is executed on the table. Use the letter I to insert; use the letter D to delete; use the letter U to update with old values; and use the letter N to update with new values.

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