Re: INV100 (ADD, CHANGE, DELETE) FROM GUI client

Sorry guys,

I'm on BPCS 6.02 Jan 99 Cum OS400 V3R7M0

Dare

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Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: INV100 (ADD, CHANGE, DELETE) FROM GUI client


> >  From:    oludare@ix.netcom.com (oludare)
> >
> >  Hi guys,
> >
> >  I'm currently working on a project to move INV100 (Add, Change &
Delete)
> > functions to a PC application call MATRIX.
> >  My questions are:
> >
> >  1.    Is anyone on this list familiar with MATRIX
>
> I am not
>
> >  2.    What validations are done in INV100 during add, change and
delete.
>
> What validations SHOULD it be doing?  You want to replicate what BPCS does
&
> perhaps add a few of your own.
>
> Should security be such that you might allow some people to change some
> fields but not be deleting the whole record?
>
> When there is data in other files on the item you propose to delete, we
want
> warning messages to user saying you should not be deleting this item, that
> have great clarity in pointing user to what customer order, which
inventory
> file, which cost file etc. has activity on this item.  We are on BPCS 405
CD
> in which I have had to add some reports to help our engineering department
> identify the records involved that vanilla BPCS does a poor job of
> identifying.
>
> BPCS currently checks a lot of files that contains item number BUT NOT ALL
> FILES ... for some this is not neccessarily bad ... for example when we do
a
> history purge, it also gets rid of records on item numbers that have been
> deleted, but not all history files come with a BPCS purge ... they
accumulate
> to infinity, so it is worth a review of what needs to be purged or
> reorganized that gets rid of item#s that now no longer exist
>
> If you have added any files to the package (we have ... mainly extra
> logicals) do they have item numbers that need removal as a pre-requisite
to
> taking item number out of service
>
> If someone tries to add an item number that already exists as coded for
> deletion but not yet purged, then you may have a corporate policy about
not
> re-using an item number for a different purpose for some time period ...
they
> can reactivate, they cannot replace.  I also recently added a report
listing
> open item #s in various ranges, to simplify the process of inventing &
> inserting new numbers.
>
> >  3.    What products are out there that I can use for validation and
> > have the messages sent back to MATRIX.
>
> >  4.    What BPCS files are involved in this process.
>
> Item Master for starters ... GO CMDREF & run the IBM reference list.
>
> >  5.    Are there any other issues that I have left out.
>
> Before taking an item number out of service, we change its class code to
> OBSOLETE which means that it is a candidate for removal   Various people
use
> lists of obsolete items to sell off obsolete inventory, and clean up any
> orders processing them ... in some cases the real material is not
obsolete,
> it has changed its item number to that of a COMMON, in which one of the
> description fields points at the replacement number, so our clean up
involves
> replacing item # where the old one is in the system, and of course not
> selling off obsolete inventory whose reason for being an obsolete number
is
> that it got replaced by a common item #.
>
> At one time we had an issue of voluminous item #s, BOM, routings on
customer
> parts for which we get orders infrequently.  There was an interest in
> migrating the data off-line until needed again, but not reusing the
item#s.
> That interest is currently dead, but we still have the interest in more
> easily identifying candidates for goodbye item#s.
>
> Al Macintyre  ©¿©
> http://www.cen-elec.com MIS Manager Programmer & Computer Janitor
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