Fw: Component availability checking

----- Original Message -----
From: <DaleGindlesperger@fft-inc.com>
To: <mapics-l-admin@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:15 AM
Subject: Component availability checking


> I read a posting to this site from someone wanting a tool to help
> determine component availability checking before releasing orders.  I
> assume it's for a "what if" scenario.  (I accidentally deleted the e-mail
> posting, sorry!)
>
> ERP Essentials (specifically OBPM/MM) give you that capability if you are
> using MAPICS Browser.
>
> If you are not, American Viking provides a similar tool (for green screen
> users) called "Indented Item Availability Analysis", or I2A2.  We have
> used that for several years, especially at the end of our model years or
> if we decide to discontinue a product, to detemine how best to consume
> what component inventory we have available.  We use it to decide how much
> to scrap, or whether or not to buy a limited quantity of some parts to
> make a small run.  It sort of works as a "poor man's fast MRP".  For a
> while, if you used EPDM instead of PDM, the product didn't work, but they
> have recently released a version that works with EPDM also.
>
> I don't work for American Viking, but have used their products for many
> years, since MAPICS II on the S/36.  I think they sell software that fills
> niches (like I2A2) that MAPICS has been slow to handle.
>
> Dale Gindlesperger
> Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.