Re: Using ISL across multiple companies / countries

 
Hello Rodney,
ISL manages inter plant and warehouse demand and supply within a  network of 
MAPICS warehouses that can be in different MAPICS  environments running on the 
same or a network of AS 400's.
It works best with MRP (although it can work without) when MRP generation  is 
run in the demand warehouse it passes requirements by item to the supply  
warehouse, when MRP is in turn run in the supply warehouse that demand  is 
sucked 
in and is consolidated into an overall demand for the item and plans  
procurement orders. When inventory is to be shipped (warehouse to  warehouse) 
an 
intersite order is raised on the demand warehouse, the  order is in turn a 
supply 
order resident in COM to facilitate a pick/ship  from the supplying warehouse.
 
There are other ways of doing the job, I have seen bespoke DIY intersite  
systems, I do not know if there are systems that integrate with MAPICS.
 
Hope this helps!
 
Regards
Rob Cull
Independent ERP and MAPICS Consultant in the UK
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 07/03/2006 18:03:26 GMT Standard Time,  
Rodney.Pearman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I have  taken a look through the archives and can't find very many  recent
references to ISL is it very popular in the Mapics world?

Can  anyone offer advise on the following:

We run a combination of COM, IFM,  Forecasting, MRP, MPSP and IM and are
about to implement multi company  logic at V5 (soon to be V6). We are
also looking at merging some of our  worldwide systems. They are in our
group of companies, but are legally  separate. The will access our
iSeries remotely into our single environment  implementation of Mapics.
We are based in the UK and initially will be  linking in two European
countries. We currently operate foreign currency  ledgers and a host of
bespoke Access & SQL server based bolt-on pieces  of code to help process
the pick-pack-ship routines.

My  questions?

Has anyone seen any ISL manuals or FAQ's out there,  particularly
relating to demand capture (re thread 7/2/02)? 

Does  anyone have any experience of using InterSite logistics to aid the
process  of transacting stock across multiple warehouses/companies? 

Is ISL the  answer, or should we be looking at an alternative solution?

Thank  you,
Rodney Pearman