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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Clear Rounding Differences for Documents with Period Change (tccri7214m000)

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Use this session to adjust the rounding difference transactions, calculated during the internal conversion, for inter-period postings.

Inter-period postings are the postings made to the ledger accounts defined in the Finance Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000) session for fiscal and reporting period changes.

If inter-period postings exist, very big rounding differences are calculated . If you run this session, those rounding differences are replaced with values that properly deal with an observed period change.

If inter-period postings exist, during the internal conversion rounding differences can be calculated for the wrong period. If you run this session, those rounding differences are deleted and the rounding differences are created for the correct period.

JOIN WEBINAR: Chat With Your IBM i Data

Thursday, October 16 2025 --- 1:00-2:00pm US/Eastern

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Imagine being able to ask questions directly to your IBM i data and get answers in real time. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how AI-driven tools can connect with your IBM i, making data analysis faster, more intuitive, and more accessible than ever before.

  • Thursday, October 16, 2025

  • 1:00-2:00PM US/Eastern

  • Presenter: Nick Olson, Crossroads RMC


Register Today: https://ibmi.workoutloud.com/Event/ai-in-manufacturing/Register

Crossroads RMC Shows Off New AI Dashboard at inPOWER 2025

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Crossroads RMC debuted its new AI-powered NextTrack Insights Analytics Dashboard at Infor’s inPOWER 2025 event in Wisconsin. The latest version lets users chat with their ERP data in plain English—no code, no custom reports, just instant answers.

Built on .NET Core with advanced AI and API integration, the dashboard connects directly to Infor ERP LX, XA, and Db2 for i, delivering real-time KPIs like cycle times, downtime, and equipment effectiveness.

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Infor LX & BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: WebTop Grid Support Enhancement for MRP320D

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This enhancement improved the subfile utilized in MRP320D Master Schedule Detail Inquiry -SCR001 by expanding the subfile with data rather than clearing the subfile as user pages. This change provides full support for the WebTop 4.8 Grid decorator.  To implement this enhancement, request and apply MR 81428

This enhancement updated the approach used to populate the subfile to allow a deployed Webtop Grid to function correctly. There is no visible or user-impacted change to the way the program functions.

This enhancement provides improved functionality and full support of a Webtop grid applied to the subfile.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY: Add Number of Assigned Users to SYS600

George Moroses 0 4335 Article rating: 5.0

LX has added the number of users assigned to a Role or Unit to the first screen of SYS600. When displaying the list of profiles on the first screen of SYS600, the list previously included the counts per profile of assigned Roles and Units when the profile was a user. A new column called Users have been added to show the number of assigned users for Roles or Units.

This enhancement provides a quick way to see the number of users assigned to a Role or Unit.

Crossroads RMC launches NextTrack Insights at inPOWER 2025!

Beta testing underway—general availability by year-end.

Nick Olson 0 3865 Article rating: 5.0

Big News from inPOWER 2025!

At this year’s event in Wisconsin, Crossroads RMC unveiled NextTrack Insights, our most advanced analytics solution yet. This release marks a major step forward for manufacturers looking to unlock deeper insights from their ERP systems.

The highlight? AI-powered natural language querying. Instead of digging through static reports or dashboards, you can now ask plain-English questions like “Which machines are down?” or “Are we on track to meet production targets for this shift?” and get immediate, actionable answers.

👉 Beta testing is underway, with general availability by year-end.

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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Product Configurator - Part 2

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Who gets involved?
  1. Most commonly Engineering is involved in writing the rules, creating the bills and routings.
  2. Sales or Customer Service determines the questions and the order they are asked in.
  3. Sales or Customer Service determines the rules for the pricing.
  4. Sales, or Customer Service, and Engineering work together in determining the part number, description and text.

What are the steps?

  1. You must start by defining the features and options (questions and answers) and the order in which these are asked. We work this out first using sticky notes and large easel paper. Normally during the process we find that we want to move these questions around. Setting them down on paper makes the process of getting the data into Baan much more efficient. We also then have a record of what decisions were made prior to entering the data. This is normally a joint effort of Engineering and Sales. This is required and must be the first step.
  2. Constraints for features and options. These are the rules for determining what questions are asked and which options are allowed. This is generally done by Engineering or whoever is responsible for the configurator. This is required.
  3. Generic Bill of Material. All possible bill options are entered here and constraints are written to determine which options are selected based on the answers to the questions. This is generally done by Engineering or whoever is responsible for the configurator. This is a required step.
  4. Generic Routing. Similar to the bill of material, but used for generation of the routing steps. This is generally done by Engineering or whoever is responsible for the configurator. This is optional.
  5. Generic Item Data. This consists of creating custom item numbers, descriptions, text, material, size or standard fields in the custom item master. This is generally done by Engineering or whoever is responsible for the configurator though Sales may have some involvement. This is optional.
  6. Generic Pricing. This is used to calculate the selling price based on the answers to the questions. This is normally a responsibility of Sales or whoever determines the pricing. This group is also trained on writing the constraints for this section only. This is optional.

What other modules will be affected?
  1. Quotes, sales orders and projects.
  2. PRP planning for the configured items.
  3. Managing changes to the configuration. Who, what and when?
  4. Variant statistics.
  5. MPS and generic items.
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