Since we have been on Lawson our Surgery department has not been on a perpetual inventory. Once we inquired Cerner as our ERM system, we purchased the interface which Lawson would send the item file to Cerner and Cerner would send usage back to decrement inventory in Lawson. We have set up a SURG location in IC12 of items that are going to Cerner, this list of items include consignment items, bill only items and supplies which totals to over 3,000 items. We were wondering if any other hospital has gone through a transition like this and could provide some feed back. If you could let us know what went really well or what struggles you ran into, we would greatly appreciate it. Even if your hospital doesn't have the Cerner system but you do have your surgery department on a perpetual inventory, we would like to hear your feed back as well.
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Surgery Perpetual Inventory
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Lawson IC with Cerner Surgi-Net
Is anyone interfacing with Cerner Surgi-Net to manage OR inventory?
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Lawson excel addins V9 vs V10
We are going through an upgrade from V9 to V10. The queries I have saved seems not to work to be used with version 10. Does anyone knows a trick to make my saved queries work on version 10? or Do I need to set new ones for the new V10? Any input I will really appreciate it.
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Lawson excel addins V9 vs V10
We are going through an upgrade from V9 to V10. The queries I have saved seems not to work to be used with version 10. Does anyone knows a trick to make my saved queries work on version 10? or Do I need to set new ones for the new V10? Any input I will really appreciate it.
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ER for Account Number on PO
Just created an enhancement request to make ED40 readable to other issue methods.
At Inforum they mentioned they were having difficulty coming up with a solution that would fit everyone and it occurred to me that we have already all figured out a way to map the PO header to an account for EDI. If instead of TPID_O the POs issued to Paper/Fax/Email looked for PO_O records we would be fine.
At any rate, I'm going to see if I can bribe my IT to at least put it on the wish list for IPAs. :)
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ED40 and Wild Cards
A number of years back, we brought in a consultant to assist bringing up some vendors on EDI. It was really more a matter "horsepower", compared to a "technical" assignment, but I was certainly willing to pick his brain while he was available. The biggest learning I got out of it was the use of the asterisk (*) as a wildcard. So, as an example, if we had a line set up as
tpid_I_VENDOR | 123456789 | *
all incoming accounts for a specific GSID/tpid would translate to the same vendor (123456789, in the example). (Remedial, I am sure, but we used to 'translate' every account number explicitly. Yes, we don't always work smarter.)
Well, now we are trying to solver for the same GSID/tpid being able to translate into two possible vendors (think McKesson Pharm and McKesson Blood Plasma, or some of the Bard entities). If the account numbers are unique between the entities, no worries; but if the two sides use the same account number, the ED40 will only translate against the first line that it sees as a match. Somehow this got me back to the use of wildcards. The question: Can the ED40 use "qualified" wildcards? Now my examples are:
tpid_I_VENDOR | 123456789 | *MCK
tpid_I_VENDOR | 234567890 | *MBP
or
tpid_I_VENDOR | 123456789 | MCK*
tpid_I_VENDOR | 234567890 | MPB*
Honestly, I have not solved for how I am going to get these qualified values inbound from the supplier (either some GHX Connect+ trickery or assistance from the vendor), but I figured if the ED40 was not going to be able to help, I wasn't going to spend a good deal of time on that piece.
I appreciate any help you have to offer.
Thanks,
Red
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Unable to change Manuf Code in IC11 using addin
I am trying to change the manufacturer code on 47 items in IC11 from KHC to COVD.
The COVD code is in IC14. It has a description, but no division value.
I'm using an addin for IC11, but getting the following error:
The COVD code is in IC14. It has a description, but no division value.
I'm using an addin for IC11, but getting the following error:
| Invalid manufacturer code/division I don't understand why I'm getting this error when COVD exists in the IC14. Any ideas?? |
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Centralized Receiving Process Flow
Looking to implement centralized receiving for our IDN and would like to see how others have gone about. Right now we are discussing having all ground PO's default (automatically) to our central warehouse with Priority PO's heading directly to the sites (Manual process). Would like any insight on pro's and con's and any mapping you could share would be great!! 
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MSCM POU
Is anyone using MSCM POU?
Any feedback on this or where I can find set up documentation would be cool.
Thanks!
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Prioritizing Rush/Hot/Stat Requisitions (RQC)
Hello,
We are looking to prioritize Rush/Hot/Stat orders for our requestors using RQC to place orders. Our requestors are just getting familiar with RQC and fax in manual orders to communicate Hot orders currently. However, one department has been using the comment field to communicate urgency. Ideally, we would like to have a more formal way to prioritize these orders in Lawson.
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MSCM Delivery Document via PO30
Is it possible to print the MSCM delivery document when receiving in PO30? There are times where PO30 is needed to receive instead of using MSCM and staff would like the normal MSCM delivery document with barcode to print.
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Item/Contract Match in Lawson
We are merging our SC departments and the parent organization does not allow the use of Access for when we migrate to their platform, we are looking at ways that we can do mass matches of item files for contracting and other purposes from a third-party file to Lawson. Today, we take the third-party file and use an Access database that will do the matching. The only thing we need to do is format the spreadsheet, ensure the column we want to match to is named correctly and make sure the sheet we are using is identified as “Sheet 1” so the database recognizes it and then run the query. The output is then used to upload to PO16, etc. for the contract. We get many requests from all vendors and their files are not standard, this database allows us not to have to reformat the entire excel file, just the ones I mentioned.
Is anyone familiar with any other process that would do this functionality in a mass lookup/add fashion? We are working on developing a Crystal tool that would do the same thing, but I think this may be a lot more work with Crystal.
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Punch Out - Office Supplies
We are in the process of implementing our office supply vendor through Infor Punch Out. We are about 90% implemented but ran into an issue with the desktop delivery piece. Our vendor needs the requester ID/name in order to know where to deliver the supplies, however the Punch Out functionality does not send this through the cXML file.
In order to go live, we need this information sent to the vendor.
We are looking into EDI as an option but I do not believe the requester information is sent in the 850.
Can anyone provide their process for office supplies if you implemented Punch Out and how your supplies were delivered? Or if you were able to get requester information sent through an 850 or cXML file?
Thanks so much!!
Shannon
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IC12 - Average Cost
Where is the average cost in IC12 pulled from? I have several items where the price in PO25.6 does not match the IC12 Average cost figure.
When the item is ordered (LUM) the average cost from IC12 is being pulled into the PO instead of the price from the Vendor Agreement. As a result, we are receiving price discrepancies.
Bev![]()
When the item is ordered (LUM) the average cost from IC12 is being pulled into the PO instead of the price from the Vendor Agreement. As a result, we are receiving price discrepancies.
Bev
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Bill Codes
Is anyone using the function of Bill Only (PO) ? If you are using it, can you give an example of what you are using this for ?
Thanks!
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Using Punchout and need to map to RLN-ITEM-TYPE
We will be using one Punchout vendor. Our tester said everything was returning as an X type. I was told we need the appropriate value in RLN-ITEM-TYPE. The vendor is passing over a field called ItemType with the value of S or X. How do I get the ItemType from our vendor into RLN-ITEM-TYPE?
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MSCM Andriod version update
We are currently on v9 of Lawson and 10.1.6.6 of MSCM, and have heard there was an updated version of MSCM that is now available that supports the Android platform. Is there anyone that has this new version installed and using an Android device? I need to review new hardware options, but wanted to get input/opinions on the Android options because of the lower cost and more options for devices. Have you had many issues with the new version of MSCM or the Android capability.
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Purchase Order Import Template .csv / 850 File
We have been asked to create a .csv import template for Lawson from our project data set. I have searched but cannot a template that we could use to create the .csv file.
Is there a standard import template for the Infor Cloud Solution?
Does Infor Cloud Solution accept the X12850 inbound PO format?
Thanks for the help.
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MSCM - Android Hand held device
After working with INFOR on issues we had logging into our test device - we were told that if you use SSO and/or Active Directory with an Android device your users CANNOT use the default login screen that comes up with the MSCM application is launched. If the users try to login they are given 'invalid userID/Password" error. (I foresee a lot of customer service/IT calls in our future)
Per INFOR because we have SSO we have to login using "Profiles". In reality what this means is you have click a link that looks like plain text labeled "Profile" under a very easy to see log in button that the user must ignore.
This will bring up a default Android profile screen where the use must use a 'slider' to trigger your companies SSO login screen. This is VERY clunky and it is NOT very intuitive. I was wondering if anyone using else using the TC51 or other Android device with SSO has found a way to make this more intuitive. I would love to at least customize the default login screen to at least make the profile link be more prominent and maybe disable entry into the form.
I have attached a screen flow what we are currently faced with. We are supposed to roll this out in the next two weeks. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
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Recall Management Software
What is everyone using to track recalls? We don't have the Infor Lawson version that has the recall management currently and won't for a couple years. We currently have a manual process in Supply Chain where we identify departments that have or have used the supply in question, email managers of those affected departments if the item is not in their Omnicells to have them locate supplies in their different areas, require them to respond to our request to segregate, educate, or dispose. Once responses are received SCO fills out any necessary paperwork and returns to manufacturer or vendor.
The SCO portion of the process works very well for processing Recalls but we constantly struggle with getting responses from department managers and tracking who and who hasn't responded can be a labor intensive process. What system or tools are others using to keep on track with Recalls? does your system integrate with Infor Lawson?
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