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Flexfab Expands Their Use of Crossroads RMC Data Collection for All LN Installations Globally

Data Collection News

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Flexfab Horizons International, Inc, a global leader in the manufacture of high performance silicone and other advanced polimer products, has made the decision to expand their use of Crossroads RMC’s Data Collection Solution, RMC3, to their China location. The initial implementations in Nottinghamshire, UK and the United States took place in 2018, and the China implementation is expected to be completed by Q2 of 2019. All installations focus on improvements in warehouse management in Infor LN. Applications implemented include Receiving, Inspections/Approvals, Putaway, Stock Transfers and Stock Inquiry.

Crossroads RMC partnered with Electrolux Corporation to Connect Baan IVc4 to Vertex 8.0 (O Series)

Vertex Q to Vertex O… the ABC’s of tying this to Baan IV

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Crossroads RMC partnered with Electrolux Corporation to Connect Baan IVc4 to Vertex 8.0 (O Series), and was able to successfully complete this project in under 3 months. This project was completed using Crossroads RMCconnector as a web service to read the Vertex tax data and pass the information back into Baan for further processing. Triggers were created to handle the following processes:

  • Sales Order Lines
  • Print/Reprint Order Acknowledgement
  • Print Sales Invoice (Both compose and final)
  • Purchase Order Lines
  • Purchase order Acknowledgement
  • Purchase Order invoice
  • Manual Finance Invoice (Compose, print and post)
  • Post Integration transactions
  • Finalize batch

Nazdaq has released Version 3.0 of B2Win Suite

Partner News

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New Release of B2Win Suite: Format customer reports, email documents to your suppliers and customers, and more! 

New features – B2Win Suite - You are no longer limited to the data that comes from your canned reports! You can now add new columns to your already existing reports in Excel, based on SQL commands that bring additional data from any database (ERP or other), based on values from the report.

Existing Nazdaq customers should contact us to learn how we can convert your software to the latest and greatest Nazdaq product suite!

For more information: watch our webinar:

Webinar Recording: 48:18

Crossroads is proud to work with Johnson Crushers International on their LN re-implementation to 10.6

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Johnson Crushers International (JCI), a global leader in engineering and manufacturing full lines of cone crushers, horizontal and incline vibrating screens and track-mounted, portable and stationary crushing and screening plants, has selected Crossroads RMC to help them re-implement Infor LN on 10.6.  JCI’s main objectives with this project are to support their continued growth, align and standardize their business processes, and enable a continuous improvement effort to drive additional value to the business. Go live is expected to occur in early Q1 of 2020.

Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Warehouse Material Movement / Problems With the Inventory Structure Table (whinr150)

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This has come up as an issue during various stages of warehouse material movements – transfers, outbounds, shipments. We have seen it right up to 10.4. The inventory structure table (whinr150) becomes a problem. The error points to that table, but users are lost as to how to fix it.

In the session Units by Unit Set many companies let the field Storage default to Yes. If the UOM is not intended to be used in inventory then that setting should be No. 

If an item is purchased in UOM different from the inventory unit and the setting is Yes then LN adds a record in that UOM to the inventory structure table. It is that record that causes problem later.

The session has an option to change the value of the storage field. Specific > Convert Use for Storage. This option works both ways and will correct all inventory in the UOM range. 

Should a user receive an error that references inventory structure table then the solution is to check that session to see if an odd UOM exists in it. If so use the Convert Use for Storage to correct the problem.

Baan/LN Tip: Disabling Unused Functionality in LN

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If functionality such as Commissions, Rebates, or Contracts are enabled in the parameters, LN checks this functionality during transactions, even if you did not specify anything for these concepts. Therefore, if you do not use certain functionality within LN, to improve performance, disable the corresponding parameter.

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Crossroads RMC named as Avalara's Certified Integration Partner for Infor LX

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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:

  • Infor LX (by Crossroads RMC) is an ERP solution used primarily by manufacturers.

Baan & LN Tip of the Week: Get Real!

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You’ve got an ERP system, so everything should be real-time and everyone should have access to information in real-time, right? RIGHT?!

Why not? Why are there spreadsheets, and separate Access databases off to the side?

Data loses value over time, so why not give everyone up to date, accurate information all the time? Take a look at those silos of information and see how you can eliminate them. Your business will benefit greatly as a result.

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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Understanding What Goes On – Out on the Factory Floor

Ok… so you want to know the status of a specific shop order that was released two days ago.

What do you do?

It’s a sure bet that you have a manager, supervisor, or planner who can walk the floor and find the order at whatever work center it happens to be at. He/she can then answer “what operations have been completed and how many were completed?” All this requires leg work, and of course, a fair amount of time.

Now, if you have setup your BPCS master files properly, and you report transaction activity, you should be able to get those shop order statuses much faster using the SFC300 Shop Order Inquiry Screen.

At your fingertips you can see:

  • Release date & due date
  • How many hours remain in total and at each operation
  • The quantity required, what was finished and the remaining quantity
  • What components (materials) have been issued

Pretty basic information, right? Are you getting what you need to know? If not, then you may want to reexamine how your BPCS files are setup and what transactions along with their frequency are captured.

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Why this matters

Many integration challenges come from systems that don’t communicate effectively. Data is often duplicated, delayed, or manually transferred between applications, creating inefficiencies and limiting visibility.

What this solves

Infor ION provides a structured way to connect applications and enable consistent data flow across your environment, helping reduce manual processes and improve how information is shared.


How it works

Infor ION acts as a central integration layer, allowing systems to communicate using standardized messages.

In Infor LN, ION is natively integrated, enabling streamlined data exchange across applications.
In Infor LX environments, ION can be used as part of an integration strategy to connect ERP with external systems and platforms.

This enables:

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