Re: MRP not generating req. in one go

Hi,

We have tested both Low Level Code & as well as possibility of intermediate 
items being wrongly flagged as MPS. Both the cases are not applicable.

What else could be the reason for MRP not generating requirement in one go but 
doing so in subsequent runs ?

Thanks & regards,
Prashanth


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   1. Re: GUI front end for BPCS (Al Mac)
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   3.  GUI front end for BPCS (Frank Shaw)


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date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:54:48 -0600
from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [BPCS-L] GUI front end for BPCS

We have not done this, but we have attended seminars on it.

There are SEVERAL vendors that offer a variety of GUI front ends to BPCS,
such as a web version.  I was most impressed with LANSA's where you not
have to pay for the whole thing, just the areas you want this way, such as
customers access.  The security is also enhanced.  For example, in-house
needs are different from customer vendor access to your data base.  You
might not want company-A data mining what you are doing for company-B.

We are currently running BPCS 6.1.01 Mixed Mode and have no plans to
migrate to the latest release of BPCS. We are being tasked with putting
a GUI front end onto BPCS. Please share experiences working with any
re-facing solution either with BPCS or other package.



Thanks and regards,

Linda Morris

Nypro Inc.

linda.morris@xxxxxxxxx

978-368-4702 (Direct)

978-697-3882 (Cell)

978-365-4352 (Fax)



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date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:12:51 -0600
from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [BPCS-L] MRP not generating req. in one go

I second the reccommendation, to not reorganize BOM while people might be
using it, and pick a time to run it when you have more time than you
consider reasonable.

The first time you run it, I suggest you run SYS120 first.  I have found
that by running this reorg in front of any heavy duty 900 task, such as end
fiscal steps, it can dramatically reduce their run time.  For example,
INV900 might take 7 hours if SYS120 has not been run for a couple of weeks,
3 hours otherwise.  By running SYS120 first, the run time for end fiscal is
half a day faster.  Basically any heavy duty batch program like cost rollup
or shop order purge, if you can do SYS120 first, assuming you can get a
dedicated time frame, you can see dramatic results in execution time,
thanks to the BPCS software not having to wade through tons of disorganized
and deleted records to get what it needs.

There is also an MRP reorganization MRP990 which I run every weekend at end
of a series of other reorganizations, such as some that recalculate on-hand
and allocations, when no one else on the system.

During our implementation, I had very few disputes with the pilot
team.  One of them was in the area of security.  Management tried to
compromise adjudicate.  Consequently a large number of our users are able
to run what I consider to be very dangerous jobs.  We had one engineering
person one morning ask "what does this do?" and he ran it to find
out.  What he, and his co-workers found out is that no one could access
anything related to the engineering files for the rest of that work day,
then that weekend, after everyone off the system, I ran it again, because I
suspected the run may have got corrupted due to other users doing related
work that day.  This gave me an opportunity to reinforce some BPCS
education ... if the ### after the BPCS application prefix is in the 900
series or the 000 series, I advise you to treat that program like it is a
lit stick of dynamite.  Handle with extreme care, or better still, do not
handle at all.

Depending on your BPCS version, it might be BOM905 rather than BOM900 that
does the actual repairs.

You are fortunate that you can get everything planned in only two gos.
We need more than two gos, and there are some items that NEVER get planned.

NOTE: DO NOT RUN BOM900 DURING NORMAL DAILY PROCESSING. RUN DURING
DEDICATED TIME.

Frederick C. Davy, CPIM, PMP
Business Systems Analyst
Interface Solution, Inc.
Phone: (315) 592-8101
Fax: (315) 592-8481
e-mail: fcdavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx




"Jszarlik" <jszarlik@xxxxxx>
Subject
Re: [BPCS-L] MRP not generating req. in one go


Hi,
BOM900 - the program that recalculates and resets the low level codes.
in ver 4.02

Jarek

--------- Orygina? wiadomo?ci --------
Od: Daniel Warthold <daniel.warthold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

One possible explanation is that the low level codes are corrupted.

There
is

a program that recalculates and resets the low level codes (but I forget

the

program name right now).

Another possible explanation is that you ave items flagged as MPS in te
middle of the the BOM structure, and perhaps someone ran the MPS in the
following sequence:  MRP - MPS - MRP.


Daniel Warthold

----- Original Message -----
From: "p d" <prd2005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [BPCS-L] MRP not generating req. in one go



Hi,

why MRP will not generate proper requirements during one execution,  but
will do so the next time it is executed ?

Thanks.
Prasahnth
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message: 3
date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:41:40 +0200
from: Frank Shaw <frank.shaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [BPCS-L]  GUI front end for BPCS

We are currently running BPCS 6.1.01 Mixed Mode and have no plans to
migrate to the latest release of BPCS. We are being tasked with putting
a GUI front end onto BPCS. Please share experiences working with any
re-facing solution either with BPCS or other package.

Thanks and regards,

Linda Morris
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Linda I trust that you have considered the full Client Server option
instead of mixed mode? No re-facing would be then necessary.

Regards,

Frank Shaw
Clover Information Services
Tel: +27 11 758 5380
Mobile: +27 82 451 0256
Fax: +27 11 758 5300
Email: frank.shaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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