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Still Manually Entering UPS & FedEx Info in Baan & LN?

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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Moving calendar periods

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You can move monthly periods to a different parent period. For example, if you have a monthly calendar, you can create quarter periods and move months to the quarters.

  1. Select Financials > Global Ledger > Setup > Finance Enterprise Group > Maintenance.
  2. Open the finance enterprise group.
  3. Click the Calendar tab.
  4. Open the calendar for which you want to move periods.
  5. Click the Hierarchy tab.
  6. Select the periods to move.
  7. Select Actions > Move.
  8. Select the new parent period under which you want to move the periods.
  9. Click OK.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Revisions and approval

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Note that the Bill of Material and Routing are revision controlled. When a structure is generated for the first time, a first revision is made with status New.

If the Approve Structures Automatically check box is selected in the Job Shop Master Data Parameter (tirou0500m000) session, the revision is created with status Approved.

If the structure is regenerated, the current revision status determines the result:

  • If the status is New, this revision is overwritten
  • If the status is Approved, a new revision is created

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: LN Report Archive

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LN Report Archive Solution Overview

The LN Report Archive solution allows you to archive printed reports for long-term access and reprinting, even years after their original print date.

This is especially valuable for external documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and other reports sent to customers or suppliers. In some countries, the ability to reprint these documents for up to 10 years is a legal requirement.

Key Features:

  • Report Archiving:...

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: New Features in 8.4.2

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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

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: New IDF Inquiries

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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

Infor LX / BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE

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Finance:  Enhancement Summary: Tax Code Table Window (WINZRTD)

Overview
A significant enhancement has been introduced to the Tax Code Table window (WINZRTD) to improve usability, accuracy, and customer support capabilities within the Finance module. This update includes new tax rate visibility features, streamlined prompts, and improved integration across the Order Entry and Purchase Order modules.

Enhancements Introduced

1. Tax Code Table (WINZRTD)

  • Added ‘Total Tax Rate’ column to...
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Infor LN & Baan Year-End Processing Checklist for Period and Fiscal Year Closure

The conclusion of the fiscal year is inevitably a hectic period, making it crucial not to overlook essential tasks within your ERP system to ensure a seamless year-end close and set the stage for a successful start to the upcoming year. Below are critical items to include in your comprehensive checklist:

Year-End Close Process:

  1. Remove discontinued items.
  2. Eliminate sold purchase receipts.
  3. Clear lot attributes for sold lots.
  4. Update standard cost based on the current cost field (for environments without Manufacturing only).

Prepare for Year-End Close:

  1. Conduct a comprehensive physical inventory and update quantities before the actual year-end or establish a robust cycle-counting program.
  2. Review and post any applicable sales and purchase invoices/returns.
  3. Prepare users for a year-end push to complete all year-to-date inventory adjustments, receipts, and invoicing.
  4. Determine procedures for handling new year transactions without immediate posting.
  5. Establish new standard costs for the upcoming year (Manufacturing).
  6. Discuss cutoff dates for removing Archived BOMs and Closed/Canceled Mfg Orders (Manufacturing).

Finance Specific Items:

  1. Set up financial periods for 2024 (fiscal, reporting, and tax, as applicable).
  2. Open January period in 2024.
  3. Finalize any outstanding transactions from the current year (2023).
  4. Perform a soft-close for any open periods in 2023.

General Baan/LN Tips:

  1. Issue any pending old sales invoices.
  2. Resolve outstanding financial integration errors.
  3. Establish new integration mapping for 2024 as needed.
  4. Test the mapping in a controlled environment before the new year.
  5. Review and update jobs to ensure they will process in 2024.
  6. Determine, for cash-flow purposes, which purchase invoices won’t be paid until 2024.
  7. Verify that calendars are set up for the new year with holidays correctly indicated.
  8. Check jobs to ensure that any with hard-coded dates will point at the new year.

For additional insights and tips on year-end processing, refer to the relevant documents in the Infor Knowledge Base.

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 Content 

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 Document including step by step procedure, possible error/warning messages, and more (Infor LN) 

 1147023 

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN)

 1116239 

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN)

 1117334

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN; Portuguese)

 1171300 

 Step by step procedure description (Baan IV) 

If you require assistance or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us, and we'll gladly guide you through the necessary steps to ensure a thorough and accurate completion of your year-end processes. Contact us at 1.800.762.2077 or via email at solutions@crossroadsrmc.com. Your success is our priority, and we're here to help.

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