Re: Scheduling Mixed Rates

Al,

In a message dated 12/7/99 11:24:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
MacWheel99@aol.com writes:

> We generate custom turn-around job tickets to track raw material & direct 
>  labor consumption but do not yet factor in setup time or indirect labor.  
In 
>  some departments we have machines to handle most of the work very 
>  efficiently, with the excess done by hand which is very slow.
<<snip>>  
>  Am I expecting too much of BPCS planning, or should we be able to hold CAP 
>  to the same standards of accuracy & precision & ability to back track to 
which 
>  we hold INV?

Ummm, after all this time on V5 have I forgotten my V4 completely?  Wasn't 
there a manufacturing method code in V4 MBM?  There is in V5/6, and this is 
exactly what it is for.  Getting your manufacturing engineers to set 
alternate methods up correctly and getting your planners to release/maintain 
shop orders with the proper method is another story, but upon achieving the 
latter method code should serve your purpose...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The greatest joy in life is doing what others say you cannot do." -- Walter 
Bagehot
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