M3 13.4 Support

Traceability on sub lot level

Sub-lot controlled items is a new concept introduced in M3 13.3 as a way to group great quantities of items into one single lot, but still keep the possibility to trace down to individual items (sub lots). The two most common scenarios are to track the origin of a sub-lot from a customer order (CO), and to find which customers may have received shipments from a specific sub-lot. As a way to reduce complexity and data, support for sub-lot controlled items in M3 Graphical Lot Tracker has been implemented as a set of new search attributes and informational sections available for sub-lot controlled items only.

• As a general way to search by sub-lot id/reference, the Lot Search function has been extended with a new search attribute.

• When looking at the Trace Object Details section of a CO containing a sub-lot controlled item, a new tab will appear listing the sub-lots included in this specific CO, allowing a sub-lot to be easily traced back to its origin Manufacturing or Purchase order. This tab will appear in the Trace Object Details section for all steps for Purchase, Distribution, Manufacturing and Customer orders where sub-lot controlled items are used.

• If an issue has been identified for a specific sub-lot, it is possible to easily find if and where defective items from that sub-lot have been shipped. The Sales Search page has been extended with a new search attribute to find all COs related to a specific sub-lot.

Support for enhancements in the M3 BE Grower Contract Management (GCM) module

Results from quality inspection during the growing period that are connected to the purchase agreement in M3 can be found in the 'Grower Quality Inspection' tab in the Purchase Trace panel. All base origin information from (PPS108) can be found in the 'Base Origin' tab and 'Purchase Trace' panel. Approved base origin creates a relation between the customer order delivering the seed to the grower and the purchase receipt of the crop.

Ming.leTM version 12 certified

M3 Graphical Lot Tracker has been tested against, and certified for integration with the latest release of Ming.leTM. Support for new user authentication methods, and better integration possibilities against the M3 H5 client leads to an almost seamless experience in navigating between M3 H5 and M3 Graphical Lot Tracker.

M3 API Usage

M3 API functionality, used in reclassify, has been updated. M3 Graphical Lot Tracker now supports both versions of the M3 API, known as REST and Sockets. REST supports secure connections between application servers, both with regards to encryption, and to client/server authentication using certificates. Socket communication has been updated to support strong passwords.