Often, when you are having an issue with Lawson and/or Landmark, one of the questions Infor will ask you is whether your systems are federated. If you are unsure, there are a couple of simple ways to tell.

First, you could log into the WebSphere instance for your LSF application. Go to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications. If you see the application “scwebadminapp”, it is very likely that your systems are federated.

Another way to tell is to review the lsservice.properties file on either of your service (at LADIR/system for Landmark or LAWDIR/system for Lawson). If you see references to the remote server in these two files, and you see that there is an entry for “server.authservicename”, then your system is federated.

Leading global supplier of drive components, SEG Automotive is in the midst of this transformation and is relying on Infor CloudSuite Automotive to take them there. The automotive industry is a fast moving environment with high speeds of transformation and increasing complexity in the networking of hardware and software are leading to the fact that established players have to change to survive in the market — in terms of their product portfolio, their processes, and their digital tools. Per the press release, SEG Automotive chose Infor CloudSuite Automotive as an essential part of its digital transformation to efficiently optimize and manage its business processes on a single global multi-tenant cloud platform. The automotive supplier’s cloud-first strategy enables the standardization of digital business processes to continuously make innovations and extensions available automatically. Further, Infor CloudSuite Automotive enables SEG Automotive to further develop the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) and machine connection and to use integrated EDI functions. Infor partner Merino Consulting Services is supporting the implementation at SEG Automotive locations worldwide. Go-live worldwide is planned by 2023 at the latest.

 

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If you are running a Federation Sync in Landmark, and you get the below message “Socket timeout exception occurred”, you may need to increase the max heap on the lase node. This error message will also present itself in the security_authen.log on the Landmark server.

Sun Apr 25 17:07:26.438 EDT 2021 – 1584534648 – L(2) : Sync Analysis failed with exception. Details: Socket timeout exception occurred. (read timed out).

Stack Trace :

com.lawson.security.server.LawsonNetException: Socket timeout exception occurred. (read timed out).

at com.lawson.security.server.events.BaseEvent.readMsg(BaseEvent.java:235)

at com.lawson.security.server.client.ClientActorEvent.getNextActorIds2(ClientActorEvent.java:239)

at com.lawson.lawsec.authen.SyncAnalysis.getRemoteActorList(SyncAnalysis.java:2962)

at com.lawson.lawsec.authen.SyncAnalysis.loadActorsToSync(SyncAnalysis.java:1299)

at com.lawson.lawsec.authen.SyncAnalysis.performActorSyncAnalysis(SyncAnalysis.java:513)

at com.lawson.lawsec.authen.SyncAnalysis.run(SyncAnalysis.java:269)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

To update the lase max heap, open the Grid Admin window. Go to Configuration Manager > Grid Configuration > Grid Properties > Node Memory > Max Heap. Update the max heap to an appropriate level.

Save the setting and restart the lase node, or restart Landmark.

While you are running the federation sync, you can monitor the lase node in the grid’s topology view to see if your setting is appropriate for future syncs.

 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a hot topic, especially in customer service. Another area in a business where AI should shine is in customer relationship management (CRM). Virtual assistants are the future of customer service and will change how we interact with customers.  More and more companies are investing in AI because they for its potential for increased productivity, better quality work, and reduced costs. David Thompson at The Science Times shares an article listing the benefits of combining Artificial Intelligence with CRM.

Increased productivity. “AI allows employees to spend more time focusing on value-added activities while customer relationship management system chatbots handle repetitive tasks like answering FAQs and helping customers with problems that are easy to solve.”

Better quality work. “Replacing human interactions with artificial intelligence can improve the overall experience for businesses and their clients because it removes any frustration or confusion caused by miscommunications between employees and customers.”

Reduced costs. “Implementing AI into customer service is a lot cheaper than hiring new employees or outsourcing agents, saving businesses money in the long run.”

Thompson mentions how Ai can be used within marketing beyond customer service. AI can also be used to help marketing teams gather insights and analyze customer data for better decision making. With the continued growth and innovation of the digital age, artificial intelligence is here to stay. It will play an increased role for companies big and small in the coming years, especially in customer service and CRM applications.

 

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Infor has had significant success and momentum for its cloud-based interoperability solutions. Leading organizations across the globe continue to choose Infor applications to improve healthcare outcomes and business operations. Some notable groups that have  partnered with the tech giant in recent months are Hermes Pardini Group, Penn Highlands Healthcare, and Sentara Healthcare. Per the press release, Infor focuses on delivering end-to-end functionality in the cloud, providing healthcare organizations with the tools to solve complex interoperability challenges securely and at scale, while using the latest standards (including HL7® FHIR® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). In the past 12 months, Infor has made significant product updates in the Cloverleaf Cloud solution set, including feature and maintenance releases for Cloverleaf, Global Monitor, FHIR Bridge, and Cloverleaf Consolidator. This also includes the recent general availability of Infor Clinical Bridge multi-tenant (MT), the first Infor product to use AWS Lambda in the Serverless Framework, which provides the cloud logic layer for Infor’s Clinical Bridge application, which offers the ability to connect clinical and business systems with prebuilt adapters.  Further, Infor’s services are focused on interoperability between the electronic health record’s (EHR’s) clinical domain, such as Epic or Cerner, with Infor Healthcare’s business domain (Infor Financial and Supply Chain Management). Continuing the momentum in the third quarter of 2021, Infor plans to release its FHIR Server solution.

 

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When dissecting the Object field of the comment (which contains the actual verbiage of the comment and other information) the first value is TYPE. This type determines the type of the comment that is stored.

The comment types for those added to an AP Invoice are as follows:

Invoice Note/Report/Check Comments Type=A
Invoice Notes Type=N
Invoice Report Comments Type=D
Invoice Check Comments Type=C

Keep in mind that to have the comments print on a check, not only would you need to have an Invoice Note/Report/Check Comments  or Invoice Check Comments the users need to make sure that when the payment processing jobs (AP155/AP160 or AP161)  needs to be set to Print or Include Comments.

Customer relationship management (CRM) is more than a support software for customer data, retention and other business processes. It is a stepping stone toward a business culture that is more conducive to success and harmony. This is what Tal Frankfurt, founder and CEO of Salesforce partner Cloud for Good and Forbes Technology Council Member, believes when you utilize your CRM at its fullest. Frankfurt believes whether your business is in the for-profit, nonprofit or higher education space, a quality CRM can help break down departmental silos, open up communication and create visibility through actionable data for your organization. A CRM system provides benefits both internally and externally for your organization.

Internal Value Of A CRM. Frankfurt splits the benefits of CRM between internal and external value. Internally, a quality CRM has the ability to bring teams together and offer greater access to data across the entire company. With mutual access, he points out, collaboration and quality communication proliferate throughout the organization, unifying staff in a singular pursuit for a greater customer experience.

External Value Of A CRM. Externally, CRMs generate significant value through digital transformation, such as the ability to create greater visibility into customers and their interactions with your company. The best example Frankfurt shares is this ability through a concept known as Customer 360, referring to the 360-degree view a CRM can grant through the consolidation of data, “The goal is to achieve a single, unified view of the customer so that you can more efficiently cater to their needs and create more meaningful and mutually beneficial experiences.”

Choosing Your CRM
The first step in deciding on the right CRM for your business is to know what you want out of it. Some questions to consider: how does your current technology operate across departments? What are the pain points? Which departments would most benefit from better overlap with disparate departments through technology? What aspects of your customers’ experience would benefit most from more internal overlap? Frankfurts notes to also involve your organization’s key stakeholders and thought leaders from all sections of your business to understand where the biggest opportunities for growth lie.

 

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If you have to open an Infor ticket for any Lawson product, such as EDI or EMSS, one of the first questions is going to be which version of the application you are using. Here are some quick ways to find your versions.

EDI

Navigate to LAWDIR/<prodline>/edi/install/install.cfg and look for “COMPONENT.EDI.VERSION”

RQC

Open the shopping screen (or any RQC screen) and select the down arrow in the far right corner. Click “About”.

EMSS

Open any Infor-delivered EMSS screen and click the down arrow in the upper right corner. Click “About”.

Smart Recon

Open the System Configuration menu item and make note of the “application fileversion”.

 

London’s largest hotel owner-operator glh Hotels has chosen Infor EzRMS to be deployed across its 18 UK properties. This will help increase revenue throughout the hotels and improve competitiveness by enabling a data-based, total revenue management approach. Per the press release, Infor EzRMS is set to replace an incumbent solution that cannot support a total revenue management strategy. Infor EzRMS revenue optimization technology will help enable glh to forecast demand and set pricing controls based on customer behaviors amidst shifting consumer demand. Furhter, it will be used in conjunction with a range of marketing campaigns throughout 2021 to deliver a rapid analysis of successful marketing. The glh portfolio of brands include several renowned properties including The Clermont, Hard Rock Hotel London, Guoman, Thistle and Thistle Express. The plan is for Infor EzRMS to roll out across all 18 properties with completion due by the end of summer 2021. Following completion, and the debut of The Clermont brand, glh expects to see a substantial increase in revenue.

 

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When installing a new IPA product line using the intall-lpa.pl command in Landmark, you may encounter the error “Security Class does not exist.” This will prevent the IPA environment from completing the install. To resolve this error, first run the command “scupdate <product line>”. This command will generate all the security classes needed for the new IPA product line. Then, rerun the install-lpa.pl command, and it should complete successfully.

Error messages (on the command line, and also found at LALOGDIR/managelpa_<pdl>.log)

Run the scupdate command and verify no errors

Complete the IPA product line install