RE: Purchase Order Release Process

Thanks for the feedback. This has been isolated to the order release
process. When we use the order release selection from the MRP menu, the out
put reports show some wierd information. On the report AMI4M - Order Release
Batch Extract and B/M Explosion we will see something like

File - ITMBL    RECORDS TO BE UPDATED    0     RECORDS TO BE ADDED
RESERVE RECORDS ADDED
      POMAST                             0                           67
0
      POITEM                             0                          159
0
        ETC.

But, by the short time it takes to complete the next step in the process and
we see the AMI4N - ORDER RELEASE AND MATERIAL DETAIL UPDATE WE SEE THE
FOLLOWING:

File - ITMBL    RECORDS TO BE UPDATED    7     RECORDS TO BE ADDED
RESERVE RECORDS ADDED
      POMAST                             3                           0
0
      POITEM                             0                           7
0
        ETC.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT WE NOW HAVE 67 BLANK PO'S IN THE
SYSTEM.

Now it is a problem


-----Original Message-----
From: Konrad Underkofler [mailto:kdunderk@hoshizaki.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:30 AM
To: 'mapics-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Purchase Order Release Process


Jeff,

We have had the same problem on occassion related to EPDM issues.
Have you checked the planned order and requirements file after a
planning run to see if they appear normal? That could isolate it
to either the MRP run or order release. Also, trapping a joblog
from the MRP run could help since MRP is pretty good about sending
messages about errors to the joblog as indivdual errors are
encountered.

The only real strange thing we have seen in MRP R6 is the planning
run status report now does strange things based on effectivity date
in ITMRVx files. The record below is not missing just not active on
the current date in MRP.
                                            PLANNING RECORDS MISSING

 PLANNING WAREHOUSE  1     PEACHTREE CITY MATERIALS 1       SITE  MFG

 -    ITEM    -           -       DESCRIPTION       -        FILE

 7730I3656                SILICONE TUBE  3/16  X 5/16          ITMRVAL0


Hope this helps a little,

Konrad
Hoshizaki America Inc.
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