Re: Open Shop Order Allocations

> From: Dick_Bailey@MCFA.COM (Bailey, Dick)

>   Our bill of material structure is complex enough that we often end up
>  with two or more records for the same part number in the FMA file for a 
> single shop order.
>  
>   Back-flush programs post issues against the first record for each part
>  number, causing some records to be over-issued and some under-issued. The
>  under-issued records show up on the INV300 screens as unsatisfied 
> allocations,
>  and appear in the total of manufacturing allocations.  The over-issued
>  allocations are ignored in both cases.
>  
>   Various alternative fixes are being considered, including the initial
>  summarizing of FMA records.  Anyone have experience that could help us 
> determine
>  a fix?
>  
>   We are on BPCS 6.1.
>  
>   Dick bailey
>   MCFA, Inc.

We are on BPCS 405 CD

We do have cases where the identical part number shows up more than once at 
the same BOM level ... for example 2 wires of identical specifications that 
are to be combined in some operation ... we treat this as needing to have the 
BOM say TWO units instead of One Twice, in other words if we had your 
situation we would treat it as an engineering over-sight easily fixed in BOM, 
only if we spot it.  If BOM not fixed when Shop Order released, the Order 
needs maintenance to eliminate one copy & double up on the requirements for 
the other, which is practical only if we spot it before partial production 
reported against the order.

Finding them so they can be fixed in advance is the challenge.

We have fields like extra description, which in aggregate are supposed to 
fully describe an item.  We run lists sorted by this stuff, looking for 
duplicates.  A human being can go blind looking at similar entries to try to 
locate duplicates, so a program needs to compare each set of entries 
consecutively & help the users see what is truely identical.

We also have duplications where the part is physically identical but has a 
different item number, which we address by creating common items based on 
their characteristics rather than where they show up on engineering drawings 
of customers.

Alister William Macintyre 
Computer Data Janitor etc. of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 on 400 model 170 OS4 V4R3 
(forerunner to IBM e-Server i-Series 400)  @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central 
Industries of Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and 
electrical sub-assemblies

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