At month end, our inventory locations switch over to manual/paper processes for issues and other transactions. And then the next day they enter in all the transactions that were done manually. This causes problems such as orders not being generating the next day because SOH levels are inaccurate, and staff having to do extra work the next day to input all transactions. Is there are way to allow transactions to occur as normal, while keeping our inventory valuation consistent with GL? Read More

We have been using AR575 for a while, but the AR580 file format is much simpler. It seems that AR575 contains a lot of parameters in the input file, while AR580 uses a lot of these as job parameters. What are the differences, if any, in using AR580 for cash application vs AR575? Read More

Could use some guidance and reference points on best practices and lessons learned re' integrating a payroll solution to Lawson financials. Anyone have advice or sample file specs, etc. they would share? Read More

Has anyone successfully accomplished exporting data from Lawson and importing into an insurance carrier portal? We would like to find a solution that will replace entering in Lawson and then entering the same information on each insurance carriers website. Read More

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