RE: bpcs warehouses

On the implementations that I worked on, this was never done. The shop
orders were opened in the warehouse that contained the materials that we
wanted allocated to the shop orders. If there was inventory that we did
not want automatically allocated. Some examples of this are the finish
goods warehouse, quarantined materials, material waiting for approval,
etc.

Also, keep in mind that you can specify which warehouse to open shop
orders. So, if you need to open a shop order where you do not want the
material to be allocated, open it in a warehouse that does not contain
the materials. An example for this is a rework shop order.


Arthur B. Shaffer, CPIM
Principal Consultant/Business Development Manager
ASAP - Advanced Systems and Products, Inc.
AShaffer@AS400Pros.com
Phone - 908-789-3237   Fax - 208-978-7735

-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:bpcs-l-admin@midrange.com] On
Behalf Of Chick Doe
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 4:50 PM
To: bpcs-l@midrange.com
Subject: bpcs warehouses

version 6.0.04

when we set up BPCS we were told that it runs best if we set up multiple
warehouses. at the minimum we should have one warehouse that is the
stockroom warehouse and one that is the WIP warehouse. all work orders
are cut in the WIP warehouse. as such the shop order requirements for
component material are also in the WIP warehouse. in order to issue
component material, either manually or via back flushing, we must go to
the stockroom warehouse and transfer the component material to the WIP
warehouse. we can then perform the component issue (again either
manually or via back flush). when the parent part is completed we report
completion on the against the work order, and this puts the parent part
into inventory in the WIP warehouse. we must then transfer it into the
stockroom warehouse.

is this the normal BPCS methodology?  if not, are there better methods?

charles doe
barton instrument systems

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