11 tips for selecting and implementing an ERP system

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are the backbone of modern businesses. However, as your business grows, so should your ERP systems. Migrating from an on-premise to a cloud ERP platform may be a daunting task, but once it’s moved over, your business processes will run even smoother. This can all be done with the help of the right ERP vendor to help you every step of the process. Freelance technology writer Neal Weinberg shares an article on CIO.com with several tips that can help organizations select the right ERP vendor and implement the new system with a minimum amount of pain, and a maximum amount of success.

  1. Lay the organizational groundwork
  2. Overhaul your processes
  3. Get your data ducks in a row
  4. Focus on critical business requirements
  5. Plan for the future
  6. Conduct a demo at the beginning of the process
  7. Partner for the long haul
  8. Make user experience a priority
  9. Make sure the new ERP integrates with other apps
  10. Resolve the customization vs. standardization debate
  11. Take advantage of agile and low-code

 

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How to setup a Lawson deljobhst recurring job to keep your Lawson print/job directories clean

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Follow this step-by-step guide to set up a Lawson deljobhst recurring job. This will keep your Lawson print/job directories clean.

  1. Login to LID (elevated admin rights required)
  2. Go to jobdef and create a new deljobhst job
  3. Down arrow to Form ID >> F4
  4. Type >> F4 >> Universe >> Enter
  5. Data Area/ID >> F4 >> JOBSCHED >> Enter
  6. Down arrow to deljobhst >> Enter
  7. F6 >> A. Step Parameter
  8. Type the parameter letters you want without a dash, for this example we are just deleting old %LAWDIR%\print directory files using the r parameter and for any files > 400 days old
  9. To Date must be in the above format of: ‘curdate’ – NumberOfDays
    1. When the job runs on schedule, files greater than and equal to the date 400 days ago from current date will be deleted.
    2. 400 day example: Todays date is 6/7/2021 so print files as created on 5/3/2021 and older will be deleted.
  10. Press Enter to save jobdef and go to recdef in LID
  11. Create a new recdef entry and select the job you just created under Job Name. Select all other parameters as you normally would.
  12. Example below: This job will run daily at 1:33pm starting 6/7/2021

 

That’s it and good luck.

Infor Launches Infor Public Sector in the UK

Infor has recently launched Infor Public Sector for the UK public sector. The solution combines Infor CloudSuite Public Sector, Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM), Infor People Solutions (HR & Talent) with the dedicated public sector enterprise asset management capabilities of Infor Hansen. All run on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Infor Public Sector will ensure that local and central government and arms-length bodies remain on the most up-to-date software releases to provide robust, secure and easily managed services. Per the press release, Infor Public Sector will be deployed via AWS in London. Infor will build on more than two decades of experience with UK public sector organizations such as South West Water, Borders College, London Fire Brigade and Viewpoint Housing; and many global customers including the City of Coral Gables in Florida, US, Ras Al Khaimah Wastewater Agency (RAKWA) in UAE, and the City of Franklin in Tennessee, USA.

 

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How to mass delete Lawson waiting jobs in the job scheduler in LID

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It is pretty common for a Lawson recurring job to error out and continually run for hours and days. This can build up in the waiting screen of the job scheduler (jobschd). To clean it up can be repetitive when it doesn’t have to be.

  1. Login to LID
  2. Go to the job scheduler by typing the jobschd command
  3. F7 >> A. to show all user jobs
    • In our example we have 7 jobs, but this method works for hundreds of jobs.
  4. On the top most job that you want to delete press the HOME key to “mark” the job. Notice the black arrow on the very left
  5. Now scroll down or even page down to the bottom most record >> Press the END key. Notice all jobs from the top to bottom have the black arrow on the left, indicating these are selected.
  6. Now press F9 (Delete) to remove these jobs. Press enter to confirm.
    • NOTE: if there are dozens or hundreds of jobs, you may need to hold Enter to continuosly delete them.

Hope this was helpful!

Amsterdam UMC Chooses ERP Platform from Infor and Apex Systems

Amsterdam UMC recently chose to partner with tech giant Infor and system integrator Apex Systems (formerly known as Avaap) to deliver an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform across the health network. Per the press release, Infor CloudSuiteTM Healthcare is a modern industry-specific cloud solution that is specifically designed for operational processes and integration needs of healthcare organizations. It can be used for the financial administration, procurement and logistics of the hospital. As one of the largest hospitals in Europe, Amsterdam UMC has over 16,000 employees providing care to 350,000 patients per year. The total implementation process will take about two years.

 

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Creating an LBI Smart Notification Series – Creating a Smart Notification (Part 2)

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LBI Smart Notifications are reports that are sent directly to users for reviewing vs a user logging into LBI to manually view a report. In this section we will first start off with an Intro to creating a Smart Notification. See Part 1 titled: “Creating an LBI Smart Notification Series – Creating an InfoSet (Part 1)”

 

  1. Login into LBI (admin permission required) >> go to Tools >> Select Smart Notification
  2. In Smart Notification, select Notifications at the top
    • If you have none, it’ll say No Selections (see screenshot), else you’ll notice a list of existing Notifications
  3. To create a new Smart Note, click Add

  4. Smart Notification Wizard will pop-up and starts at step 1 (Select Facts)

    • The Facts section is where you would connect the dataset (or InfoSet) to the notification (this can also be a document among varios other types of data).
    • An InfoSet is most commonly an SQL query or stored Proc that gathers data from a database.
  5. For this example, we will assume you have an InfoSet already created. View your InfoSets by clicking Search

  6. For our example we will be selecting the MonlthyVariance InfoSet and then select Range
  7. At the bottom of the next page choose Select >> Add >> Ok at the very bottom

  8. At the bottom under My Selections you should now see your InfoSet for step 1
  9. Now click Next or select step 2 Conditions
    • Conditions can be added with the Add button. This lets you tailor the data to your liking. This can also be done on the InfoSet side when writing a query or stored proc.
  10. Click Next again or select step 3 Delivery
    • Delivery typically is done through the Device tab which are setup email addresses in Smart Notes (See article titled “How to setup a LBI smart note delivery device”)
    • The Bursting tab is the alternate method. In the Bursting tab select the InfoSet, and the column to burst on which is typically a list of email addresses.
    • Schedule tab is similar to Device, except on a schedule which can be set elsewhere for the Notification.
  11. Click Next again or select Step 4 Related Info
    • Related Info lets you link other LBI reports, shared documents, deploy in a pre-made formatted template among other customizations. This may be covered in more depth in a future article.
  12. Click Next again or select Step 5 Save
    • This is where you Name, describe, set Home Page Group for your Notification.
    • You can also Preview, set Status, and add additional Permissions if needed.
  13. Click Save New Item to create your new notification and view it in the Notifications Tab.

 

Hope this was helpful! Good luck!

How can CRM software help me improve customer relationships?

One of the biggest goals in almost every business is to build strong connections with their customers. Luckily, customer relationship management (CRM) systems provide all the necessary tools to do just that. The best CRM software puts the customer first, so you can optimize your marketing and sales processes to drive conversions and boost revenue. With so many CRM tools provided, where do you even begin? Business and technology expert Paul Maplesden shares an article at Tech Radar providing helpful information that will improve customer interactions, optimize your processes, and increase your bottom line. Maplesden notes the right CRM technology platform will provide you with the framework, measurements, and tools you need to transform customer relationships.

  • Understand the importance of improving customer relationships
  • Realize that building better customer relationships is about optimizing customer-facing processes
  • Focus on improving one area of customer relationships at a time
  • Understand the specific CRM processes that fall into each improvement area
  • Use CRM metrics to create a baseline for customer relationship processes
  • Understand the user-led, data-driven changes that will most improve specific CRM processes
  • Make necessary changes and measure improvements
  • Continue to track CRM metrics so everything runs smoothly

Improving customer relationships is an ongoing job. Repeating these steps will continue to optimize customer relationships and lead the path to business success.

 

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Creating an LBI Smart Notification Series – Creating an Info Set (Part 1)

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LBI Smart Notifications are reports that are sent directly to users for reviewing vs a user logging into LBI to manually view a report. In this section we will first start off with an Intro to creating an Info Set.

 

  1. Login into LBI (admin permission required) >> go to Tools >> Select Smart Notification
  2. In Smart Notification, select Admin at the top >> Work with InfoSets
  3. Click Add to start creating an InfoSet
  4. InfoSet Wizard should start >> Select the type of Info Set you want
    • Our example will be a Relational Database (JDBC) stored procedure with a predefined Data Source
  5. Click Next or go to Step 2 Define Info Set
    • In this section you will be defining your data depending on what type you select.
    • This data can include defining column data, number/string format etc.
  6. Click Next or go to Step 3 Specify Links
    • This section allows you to add file or class links which is dependent on your organization’s needs and what the notification will be used for.
  7. Click Next or go to Step 4 Save InfoSet
    • In this section you can add a Name, Description, set a group name.
    • Also allows you to add additional access, filter certain content, even categorize or limit the InfoSet.
  8. Once done with Step 4, click Save As New at the bottom to finish your InfoSet

 

That’s it! Smart Notifications and InfoSets have a lot of customizability, most of which aren’t necessary to get it going.

See Part 2 of this series titled “Creating an LBI Smart Notification Series – Creating a Smart Notification (Part 2)” to find out how to add this InfoSet to a new Notification report. Good luck!

Foundation Building Materials Selects Infor CloudSuite Distribution as its Technology Platform for Growth

Foundation Building Materials (FBM), a leading building materials and construction products distribution company, has selected Infor CloudSuite Distribution as its technology platform for growth. Moving to Infor’s CloudSuite Distribution ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution will allow Foundation Building Materials to automate certain business processes, simplify complexities across several acquired businesses, and enhance scalability with AWS (Amazon Web Services’). Per the press release, FBM will also gain access to an integrated suite of applications, such as Infor Pricing Science (designed to help distributors set competitive prices and find opportunities to increase profits), proof of delivery and intelligent document management — eliminating the need to manage multiple third-party solutions. FBM will also be able to scale its business, while deploying its people resources more efficiently.

 

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Allowing company select in Requisition Center

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The default behavior of the shopping screen in RQC is to now allow users to select their Requesting Company.  To allow users to select the company, the rqc_config.xml file must be updated.  Navigate to LAWDIR/system and open the rqc_config.xml file in a text editor.  In the “client” section, update the setting “allow_company_select” to “true”.  Bounce the WebSphere application server for the change to take effect.