Re: Split a top level item.

Al,

Thanks for your input.

We are thinking the cleanest way to get what we want is in line with
your third suggestion of creating a new top level part without the
subcomponent and having two orders that comprise the entire top level
part.

Stephen Wheeler


-----Original Message-----
From: macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:51 PM
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Cc: Al me home
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Split a top level item.

You can enter a credit quantity in customer orders by using
an RMA. You can also experiment with a negative number in
safety stock.

You can copy engineering of the top item with a slight
change, discontinuing the sub-component involved, where (if
you have room in item #) add a character at the end (we use R
for repair for this purpose), or a character at the beginning
(we use exclamation point to force certain items to the front
of our lists of items).

Al Macintyre

---- Original message ----

Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:19:24 -0500
From: "Stephen Wheeler" <stephenw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [BPCS-L] Split a top level item.
To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello All,



We have a situation where a customer has placed an order for

a top level

item, but only wants a subcomponent shipped now for

fabrication

purposes, and then wants the remainder in approximately two

months. For

pricing reasons, the order cannot be separated into the

subcomponents.

We need to be able to show demand in the system for the

component that

will ship early, and be able to schedule the remaining parts

for later

production. We need to be able to control MRP messages for

purchasing

and production.



One work around we have thought of is to place an order for

the

subcomponent to create the initial demand, then place a

second order

later for the top level item when it is needed, issuing a

credit for the

first order. The problem is in the second order, trying to

tell the

system we want the top level without the subcomponent. On

the Order

Entry screen (ORD500), we tried to enter the top level item

and then

enter a negative quantity for the subcomponent. We receive

an error

that "Quantity ordered cannot be less than zero."



We are running BPCS 4.05 CD



Any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated,



Stephen



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Stephen Wheeler
IT Coordinator
Ridewell Corporation

stephenw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(417) 833-4565
Fax: (417) 833-4560

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