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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Are you still using handwritten tickets for your inventory?

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This method of inventory tracking is slow, and prone to human error.

Putting a simple barcode system in place speeds up the process of tracking inventory movements, reduces the likelihood of mistakes, and creates a recorded history of the who/what/where that can provide valuable insight to those who make critical business decisions for your business.

Not sure where to start? Contact us and we’d be happy to help you take the first step.

 

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Crossroads RMC and The Lake Companies Announce a Strategic Partnership to Provide Shop Floor Dashboards as an Extension of Shop-Trak for Syteline / CloudSuite Industrial

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Crossroads RMC, a top provider of consulting and software solutions for Infor discrete and process manufacturers and The Lake Companies, a premier Infor SyteLine Solution Provider, today announce a new strategic partnership. The partnership will combine Crossroads RMC's deep knowledge of machine integration and manufacturing optimization with The Lake Companies’ manufacturing execution expertise.

Together, Crossroads RMC and The Lake Companies will deliver a complete and comprehensive shop floor management solution which will integrate seamlessly with SyteLine / CloudSuite Industrial.

“We’re excited to provide Direct Machine Integration capabilities to Shop-Trak via our NextTrack Dashboard module. Our partnership with The Lake Companies will help SyteLine customers move into the future by leveraging this technology.” Said Rich Grilli, President of Crossroads RMC.

To date, over 1000+ sites worldwide have benefitted from Crossroads RMC’s and The Lake Companies’ products and services. Together both companies will be co-innovating to deliver solutions to meet the challenges of manufacturers in the areas of big data, robotics, and more.

 

About Crossroads RMC

Crossroads RMC offers a complete and comprehensive set of software solutions to support manufacturing optimization. Our solutions focus on delivering real-time visibility and control over your entire operation. With over 30 years of experience, Crossroads RMC has become a trusted advisor and technology partner for manufacturers across the globe.  

About The Lake Companies

The Lake Companies is a fully authorized Gold Channel Partner for Infor’s Syteline ERP (CloudSuite Industrial). In its mission to hel

Tip of the Week: Have you defined your KPIs?

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Key Performance Indicators measure how effectively your performance objectives are being achieved.

  • Have you defined KPIs for your company?
  • Are you measuring them effectively?
  • Is everyone in your company aware of what the KPIs are?

If you haven’t already done so, consider tying personal performance objectives directly to the company’s performance objectives. Doing so can greatly increase the likelihood that the company’s goals will be met.

Tip of the Week: Have you defined your KPIs?

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Key Performance Indicators measure how effectively your performance objectives are being achieved.

  • Have you defined KPIs for your company?
  • Are you measuring them effectively?
  • Is everyone in your company aware of what the KPIs are?

If you haven’t already done so, consider tying personal performance objectives directly to the company’s performance objectives. Doing so can greatly increase the likelihood that the company’s goals will be met.

We are proud to announce the launch of quarterly Lunch & Learn webinars for BPCS & LX!

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  • Have a question about your BPCS/LX system and don’t know where to turn?
  • Want information about the next release of the software?

Crossroads RMC consultants are here to help!

With 250+ BPCS/LX implementations and upgrades under our name, we are the largest BPCS/LX practice in the USA. Spend 30 minutes with us and hear straight-shooting consultants talk about best practices and real-life implementation experiences.
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Topics: BPCS 4.0.05CD to LX conversion from a finance point-of-view

  • Understand the benefits of LX 
  • Navigate the transition path developed through client experiences
  • Learn about the capabilities of the Crossroads RMC, LX practice

BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Period Balance Freeze

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This new feature provides the ability to freeze period-end balances at the end of a fiscal period.

This enhancement provides clients the ability to store the opening/ending on hand balance for each Inventory period at the Item (IIM), Warehouse/Item (IWI) and Lot/Location (ILI) levels.

This information can then be used for inventory tracking and valuation purposes, as well as other ad hoc financial and audit reporting requirements.

One key benefit is that tracking the opening/ending/period balance for each inventory period can give users insights into the levels of inventory for each item, item/warehouse and item/warehouse/lot/location combination.

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Baan/LN Tip of the Week: Make Your ERP Work FOR You - Streamline Your Processes

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Such lofty goals you had when you implemented your ERP system. It was going to be like pressing the “Easy Button”…  then it wasn’t.

What happened? In some cases, decisions were made to implement the system “just like we used to run our old system”. Great idea? Not so much. Your business changes, and your business software needs to change as well.

Are you using the ERP system, but everything seems cumbersome and takes more time than its worth? 

Ask yourself these questions:

  • Have you looked at streamlining your processes?
  • Can you automate a step or two and eliminate some manual keying?
  • Can you add barcoding to avoid keying in some information altogether?
  • How about automating the printing of some reports?

Now is the time to sit down and really review the steps required to complete the task and think out of the box a bit. Soon you can develop your own streamlined process to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

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BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Inventory Transactions

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You can define internal trade relationships between enterprise units or individual warehouses of the same logistic company for the transfer of material, labor, or other costs between warehouses, and to generate invoices for these without using sales orders and purchase orders. For example, you can use this to transfer goods between warehouses in different countries.

You can define warehouse surcharges, which are added to the actual costs of the goods either when the goods are issued from a warehouse or when the goods are received.

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

New IDF Inquiries 

Infor LX has a long history of providing IDF inquiries over most critical business areas, but there are still some areas that lack this capability.
The following IDF inquiries are now available in 8.4.2:

  • Customer Quote
  • Customer Quote Line
  • RMA (Return Material Authorization)
  • RMA Line

Benefits

  • Ability to sort, subset, filter, and view information in a modern and intuitive way
  • Point and click navigation to related information – 360 views
    • Exceptional personalization and extensibility capabilities

New IDF Inquiries 

Infor LX has a long history of providing IDF inquiries over most critical business areas, but there are still some areas that lack this capability.
The following IDF inquiries are now available in 8.4.2:

  • Customer Quote
  • Customer Quote Line
  • RMA (Return Material Authorization)
  • RMA Line

Benefits

  • Ability to sort, subset, filter, and view information in a modern and intuitive way
  • Point and click navigation to related information – 360 views
    • Exceptional personalization and extensibility capabilities
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Tips: LN | Baan

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Finance: How much time are you wasting on manual processes?

Time-consuming processes around month-end close, year-end close, AP matching, invoicing, account reconciliation, vendor payments, tax compliance, and more can weigh down a Finance team. Your business and your customers’ needs have changed and you are in a constant battle to keep up. It's hard to know which area to tackle first and where the greatest impact can be made.

That's where the Crossroads RMC Finance Utilization Review comes in.
Whether you're on an old version of BPCS or Baan, or the latest version of Infor LX or Infor LN, odds are there are aspects of Finance in the ERP system that doesn't fit your business's current strategy. Do you throw out the software and start with something new? Odds are that is overkill. Sometimes it just boils down to taking the time to understand how your current state matches up with your corporate strategy, understanding the gaps, and developing a plan to get you from point A to point B.

We have successfully helped companies transform their business in the areas of:

  • Procure to Pay
  • Record to Report
  • Quote to Cash
  • Financial Planning & Analysis

Our Finance consultants have 30+ years of experience that bring about REAL change. We work at your pace and in a way that makes the most sense to your business. Our consultants can review current usage and related business processes of your entire ERP system, or a particular area like Finance, and make recommendations that will reinvigorate your ERP system and those that use it.

A utilization review can be performed 100% remotely via phone or web meeting, or in person, following safety guidelines.

Get started > with a FREE 1-hour phone assessment to determine if your business can benefit from a Finance Utilization review!

Sources: Hackett Group & McKinsey.com

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