RE: RMA for DRP

        Is there any possibility of processing a resupply order in the reverse direction?

        Dick Bailey
        MCFA

-----Original Message-----
From: Blackwell, Barry [mailto:bblackwe@kcc.com]
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:28 AM
To: 'BPCS-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: RMA for DRP

I asked this same question back about a year ago through this same forum
with no response, and since then I have discussed this issue at length with
SSA Australia, and basically what I have learned is that there is no
functionality to process an RMA for a re-supply order based on the
assumption that you would not want to incur the additional cost of a return
within the same company.  You would probably transfer the inventory or
resale it, but not actually return it.  That sounds okay, but I do think
there are legitimate business reasons to want to do this.  Here in China we
have reasons beyond normal western practices to want to do this, and so we
have to work around the system in a fairly manual intensive manner in order
to accomplish the return.  At this point, we do not have GL transactions
hooked up and so we haven't had to address that side of it.  If you really
think about what would be involved in creating the RMA on a resupply, it
would be quite difficult for SSA because you have to deal with the resupply
relationships and the special inventory transactions (IR, II, and H) and how
to reverse them, and then the resupply warehouses and confirmations.  My
guess is it boils down to the value of the functionality (and just how much
it would be used), as compared to the difficulty and hours required to
program it.

If there is further interest in the details on the manual process we use, I
can look our process up and let you know what we do.  It may or may not fit
your business requirements.

Barry M. Blackwell
Kimberly-Clark China
bblackwe@kcc.com
Tel: 8610-6561-6688 ext 2609
Fax: 8610-6561-4280

-----Original Message-----
From: christoph-kraus@t-online.de [mailto:christoph-kraus@t-online.de]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:18 AM
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
Subject: RMA for DRP

Ver 6.04 MM

Is anybody aware of any problems to create RMAs based on invoices for DRP
orders (type 9)?
E.g. no invoices listed in 'Customer/Document List' or 'Invalid Receipt
Warehouse'.

Thanks in advance.
Christoph
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