Re: De-Allocating Inventory

Jeff

The merchandising package had batch deallocation. I'm wondering if GEAC
would make this program available to you as a utility/customer service
accommodation.

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Wright" <dwright2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: De-Allocating Inventory


> Hi Jeff,
>
> Another idea....
>
> The Style & Fashion Footwear products have a Batch Deallocation program,
> AP322.  You might want to see if it (and/or its source) exist somewhere on
> your system.  You will not be able to use it directly, but your
programmers
> might be able to adapt it to the Standard System21 product.
>
> Hope that helps,,
> David Wright
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jlang@GenFast.com>
> To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
> Cc: <rklotz@GenFast.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 5:31 PM
> Subject: De-Allocating Inventory
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I hope that someone in the group is able to help us solve a major Stock
> > Allocation problem. It seems that one of our Warehouse Managers found it
> > necessary to change the Allocation Time Fence (3/OEM) on the Depot
Profile
> > record (OEP90). When he changed it back, he fat fingered the keyboard
and
> > entered 97 days, rather than the normal 7 days. This error was not
caught
> > until after someone ran a Batch Allocation (10/OER) for that warehouse.
> >
> > We do a great deal of EDI, and had thousands of orders in the system
that
> > we were not ready to allocate. Subsequent customer requirements would
have
> > surely amended, or perhaps cancelled the majority of these orders.
> > Additionally, this has created a nightmare for our material planners as
> > they try to anticipate our purchasing requirements for the next quarter.
> >
> > I have scoured the System 21 documentation in a failed attempt to locate
a
> > method for Batch De-allocation of inventory. Has anyone else experienced
> > this kind of problem? If so, what was your solution? If you wrote an
> > automated solution, are you in a position to share it?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Lang
> > IS Manager
> > General Fasteners Company
> > 12999 Fairlane Rd.
> > Livonia, MI  48150
> > Ph. 734-524-5093
> > Fax. 734-524-5098
> > email jlang@genfast.com
> >
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