About M3 Graphical Lot Tracker

Infor M3 Graphical Lot Tracker is a configurable Internet-enabled repository with capability to receive, filter, and interpret Infor M3 Business Engine supply chain data. For example, this data can be processed:

  • Subcontracted production
  • Direct shipments
  • Quality management data from the M3 Business Engine module Quality Management System (QMS)
  • Sublots
  • Customer returns
  • Contextual data from Infor OS Portal or Infor Ming.le context applications
  • Context data from Infor Business Context
  • Inter-company Sales

Through the population of a database with this information, M3 Graphical Lot Tracker provides the ability to perform these activities:

  • Trace the supply chain, through all steps, occurrences, and activities, from the semifinished or finished product to the original raw materials or batches
  • Track the raw material or batch along the supply chain to the semifinished or finished product supplied to the customer
  • Hold defective items and lots in stock through reclassification
  • Detect affected customers in the recall process
  • Perform lot audit

See Industry Process Catalog for M3 Food and Beverage (Cloud Edition).

M3 Graphical Lot Tracker is delivered with a pre-configured solution for interfacing with M3 Business Engine. See Interfacing with M3 Business Engine.

The M3 Graphical Lot Tracker configuration is built on the assumption that a full lot trace is available in M3 Business Engine. For semi-finished or end products that are to be included in the trace line, the lot control method 2 or higher, defined in ‘Item. Open’ (MMS001/E), must be used. For purchased products, the lot control method 1 can also be used.

Customization

The M3 Graphical Lot Tracker user interface follows the standard theme of Infor OS (Infor OS Portal). To match the style or the look and feel of other Infor CloudSuite products, you can customize the user interface versions, modes, and colors.

The System Administration function enables the M3 Graphical Lot Tracker administrator to customize data per user group in these ways:

  • Add, remove, and rearrange pre-configured data fields.
  • Add and configure customized tabs to run M3 API programs for Get, List, Sel (select), or to perform Search Transactions.
  • Add and configure customized links. Links can open these locations:
    • Search panels in M3 Graphical Lot Tracker
    • Programs in M3
    • List of additional trace details.

Features

M3 Graphical Lot Tracker includes these features:

  • Search panels, which you can use to find M3 Business Engine transactions.
  • The Trace Step diagram, which presents a graphical view of related transactions in a trace.
  • The Trace Step list, which presents a list of related transactions in a trace.
  • The trace object description, which presents general information related to the selected trace step.
  • The trace object details holds a set of pre-configured tabs, which display detailed information related to the selected trace step. You can extend this section with customized tabs, containing information fed from M3 APIs.
  • Reports, which present detailed information related to the selected trace step, which you can use to reclassify defective lots, and which support the recall process.
  • Data export to Microsoft® Excel®
  • Grouping, which you can use to simultaneously hold and recall a wider range of related trace objects.
  • Panel settings, which you can use to customize panel configuration and customized links.
  • API Interface Configuration, which you can use to create and configure customized tabs and customized links.
  • Trace data synchronization into Infor Data Lake, which you can use for ad-hoc reporting in Infor Lake House, or other operational reporting tools.

The configuration does not support customer order return using credit order.