LX Webinar - Education opportunities and more!

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David Rapacz, Infor’s LX Product Development Manger, will present the new LX Concepts and Applications course available through Infor U. If you haven’t had an opportunity to explore Infor U, we will also talk about other LX-related courses available.

You will also see what’s coming at inPower 2025. September in Pewaukee, WI. There are education opportunities on Monday, Sept 22, as well as 2½ days (Tuesday to Thursday) of sessions on a wide range of topics, as well as an LX Finance focused track.

We will review the Enhancement Request System (ERS) and some of the existing requests for LX. It's your opportunity to see what others are asking for in LX. You can request a feature that would make your life better!

Is there a topic you’d like covered in a session? Let us know! We can find a presenter and get it scheduled. Maybe you're doing something interesting at your organization and would be willing to share it. We can work with you to get that session organized and scheduled.

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When

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 from 10:00 to 11:00 (US/Eastern)

Organizer

David Rapacz

Brian White

Michael Eck

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Tuesday - August 12th, 2025

LX Webinar - Education opportunities and more!

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10:00 AM

David Rapacz, Infor’s LX Product Development Manger, will present the new LX Concepts and Applications course available through Infor U. If you haven’t had an opportunity to explore Infor U, we will also talk about other LX-related courses available. You will also see what’s coming at inPower 2025. September in Pewaukee, WI. There are education opportunities on Monday, Sept 22, as well as 2½ days (Tuesday to Thursday) of sessions on a wide range of topics, as well as an LX Finance focused track. We will review the Enhancement Request System (ERS) and some of the existing requests for LX. It's your opportunity to see what others are asking for in LX. You can request a feature that would make your life better! Is there a topic you’d like covered in a session? Let us know! We can find a presenter and get it scheduled. Maybe you're doing something interesting at your organization and would be willing to share it. We can work with you to get that session organized and scheduled.

Presentations

Presenters

Michael Eck

IT Development Manager

Alleima USA, LLC

I've been in IT roles since 1986, starting as a Sales Support Manager for a small cash register and business system dealer. In 1993, I started with ShopVac (Williamsport, PA) as a Microcomputer Analyst. I had my first exposure to BPCS while working on the team to convert a home-grown Wang VS business application to BPCS 4.04. There I learned the AS/SET development language and tool. I also began to learn and handle EDI for them using the TLE/400 product.

In 1996, I was hired by Sandvik Steel in Clarks Summit, PA. They were fully implemented on BPCS 4.04 and were using AS/SET and the TLE/400 products. As preparation for year 2000, in 1999, we upgraded to BPCS 6.04. Early in the 2000's, the company name was changed to Sandvik Materials Technology (SMT) to better indicate the variety of special alloys they were using in their products.

Around 2008, the team implemented ERP LX 8.3 with Webtop in 90 days to support a new company that SMT acquired. This was a tremendous accomplishment and began our planning for this major upgrade.

In January 2013, we went live with LX 8.3.4 with Webtop. This was a culmination of two-years of work and planning to eliminate all modifications, leverage the exit points to replace those modifications, and implement the LX Extensions and ION.

By 2015, we upgraded to LX 8.3.5 and implemented System i Workspace and IDF. In 2019, we transitioned from an on-site IBMi to Infor's Cloud Offering.

In September 2022, Sandvik Materials Technology was separated from the Sandvik Group to become a standalone company. It was rebranded as Alleima.

My skills include, but are not limited to, LX expertise, IBMi RPG and CL development, SQL, XML, and EDI.

David Rapacz

Product Manager

Infor

Brian White

Director of IT

Red Gold

Infor LX User Group President / Member of the Infor WMS User Group Board

Over 30+ years of IT experience including leadership, strategy, alignment, team development, project management, security, partner management, ERP (BPCS/LX) / Warehouse Management System implementations, and implementation of 3rd party tools (such as trade funds management, data collection, AP workflow, forms management, websites, etc.) to extend ERP with a focus on modification elimination/minimization and effective integrations.

About Infor LX User Group

The Infor LX User Group (LXUG) is an independent user group recognized by Infor as the official voice of the LX software user community. The LXUG is dedicated to maximizing the benefits of the use of all LX products, tools, and services for the user community.

Mission and Purpose:

o Partner with Infor in developing a vision for the LX Software
o Provide a forum for effective communication of information between clients, user groups, affiliates, and Infor
o Provide networking opportunities and the exchange of ideas and strategies among LX User Groups, clients, and Infor
o Enhance user understanding of LX products, services, related technologies, third-party business partners, and future direction
o Provide a communication channel to disseminate new and other information to LX user community
o Give LX users a collective voice to articulate issues
o Provide Infor, via this group, with input and feedback relative to the LX suite of offerings
o Provide representation to Infor Global User Group Advisory Board
o Actively participate with INFOR to identify initiatives and bring about changes resulting in measurable process and product improvements

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