When a sales order is canceled, the outbound order line/advice cannot always be deleted because of the status. In that case, the outbound line and shipment must be finalized according to the order procedure. It will however not be possible to ship the goods, the shipment needs to be confirmed with quantity 0. 89501 Rate… […]
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Infor LX & BPCS Materials Tip: Did you know you can do all these things in Order Management?
Did you know you can do all these things in Order Management? Specify and maintain various order types from a single order entry and maintenance application. Define required order processing events for each order. Automatically generate various business documents at each order processing event. Backorder automatically. Establish customer and supplier item number cross references. Optionally… […]
An ERP System Review is NOT a Report Card
We all remember our school days and the nervousness that we felt when it came time to get our grades. Even if we were doing well, we were still nervous. Sometimes we experienced that same nervousness when it came time for a performance review on our job. Nervousness…sometimes dread…knowing that our performance was not what… […]
Infor LX & BPCS Tip: What items should be M-P-S planned vs. M-R-P planned?
Master Scheduled Items are those items that are finished goods, or service items, that receive their requirements either specifically from Independent demand, or both Dependent and Independent demand. Independent Demand is demand that cannot be calculated from higher-level demand in the product structure and therefore must be either a forecast or an actual customer order… […]
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Infor LN & Baan Finance Tip: Unallocated Payment
How do I assign an unallocated payment to a purchase invoice when the document dates are not the same? When trying to assign an unallocated payment , it is possible that the purchase invoice is not displayed in session Assign Unallocated / Advance Payments to Invoices (tfcmg2106s000), even though it is showing in the open… […]
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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Changing an item to non-inventory
When an attempt is made to change an item’s type to a non-inventory item from any other value, a new validation is performed to determine if the item has any inventory on hand and, if so, prevents changing the item’s type. This enhancement available in LX 8.4 prevents LX from showing an on-hand inventory balance… […]
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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Separate item codes for incoming & outgoing subassemblies
You may be wondering if it’s necessary to have separate item codes for incoming and outgoing subassemblies. No, it is not necessary to have separate item codes for incoming and outgoing subassemblies, but it is recommended. In theory, you could have only one item code with the description subassembly and use the same item code… […]
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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Why it’s important to stay on a current porting set
The porting set consists of the executables, located in the $BSE/bin directory, and shared libraries located in the $BSE/shlib. Apart from bug fixes, performance enhancements are also made to the porting set, and new features are implemented. The latest porting set is compatible with the supported versions of the ERP application. Therefore, it is recommended… […]
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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Tracking Financial Journal Entries
An 8.4.1 EGL audit enhancement now provides visibility to who and when a financial journal was last maintained and to who and when the journal was approved. The enhancement provides audit attributes for last maintain user, date, time and approval user, date time on the Financial Journal Entry and Financial Journal Entry Lines. The programs… […]
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Infor LX & BPCS Tip: Ensure Correct Tax Code Usage on AP Invoices with this New Enhancement in LX
A new enhancement in LX adds the “A/P Invoice Tax Code new system parameter” to the Tax System Parameters, SYS810D. This company level system parameter determines whether Item / Vendor Tax Code is mandatory in the Accounts Payable Invoice Entry process. Accounts Payable Invoice Entry programs are modified to restrict users to post invoices without… […]