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September 2014

The LawsonGuru Letter
Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community
In This Issue
Looking for HR Best Practice information
PO20 If/When to Issue Final?
Crystal Reports and OLEDB
Has anyone upgraded to LSF10 on AIX yet?
Worthwhile Reading
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"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."
-- Doug Larson
Dear John, 

Welcome to the latest issue of The LawsonGuru Letter, a free newsletter providing provocative commentary on issues important to the Lawson Software community.  The LawsonGuru Letter is published by--and is solely the opinion of--John Henley of Decision Analytics. 
Looking for HR Best Practice information
In a multiple subsidiary company, how do you treat your subsidiaries? Has anyone set up a non-payroll company to track vendors or volunteers? In your job code table, do you attach a pay table or pay grade or override and attach a specific pay range to that job code?What logic do you use to build your job/position codes? Read More...
Examiner for Lawson S3
Does your Active Directory match your employee data in Lawson S3 HR ?
  • Updates Lawson S3 HR email addresses from Active Directory
  • Updates Active Directory attributes (employee name, job title, supervisor/manager, work location, phone numbers, etc.) from Lawson S3 HR

New Release available, now integrating Lawson S3 HR with Microsoft Active Directory

 

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PO20 If/When to Issue Final?
One of our Expeditors asked me about the Issue Final function & the timing of when it should be used. I believe that we typically Issue Final immediately after releasing a non-EDI PO, but perhaps better practice would be to wait until the confirmation is worked. Read More...
Crystal Reports and OLEDB
We have had numerous occasions when Crystal Reports inside LRS have all of a sudden started prompting for an OLEDB username and password. Read More...
Has anyone upgraded to LSF10 on AIX yet?
I'm looking to see if anyone has upgraded to LSF 10 on an AIX platform and what their experiences have been. Read More...
Thanks for your continued support of the LawsonGuru Letter and LawsonGuru.com.

 

Sincerely,

 


John Henley
Decision Analytics


Worthwhile Reading
Business Innovation Lessons From NASA
The Saturn V moon rocket, designed to fly Apollo astronauts to the moon, was 363 feet tall and was one of the most powerful rockets ever built. Yet, just eight years before the launch, NASA's leadership and engineers were intimidated by President Kennedy's 1961 declaration that we would land Americans on the moon by the end of the decade. Later, they'd confess that in those early days, they "did not even know what they did not know."
Baseline Magazine, May 15, 2014

Inside the Board Room
CIOs who serve on external boards sharpen their business skills, gain new perspective and even pick up a few great ideas.
CIO Magazine, May 1, 2014

Employees Willing to Give Up Perks for Telecommuting
Ten percent of the Staples survey respondents said they would take a salary reduction to keep the telecommuting benefit.
eWeek, June 6, 2014

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