Re: JBA ML - Entering physical inventory adjustments

According to the earliest notes I found left in the source code, this module was
enhanced in Jan of 1994 (I question the accuracy of this date since it was code
that was cloned from a preexisting program), March of 1996 saw a flurry of
enhancements, and many changes since then by programmers from the Detroit
office...  The distribution library should still be available from the Detroit
office - ask for the library called AEGINW351...  There may be some instructions
for installing and using it as well...  (Note there was a TASK # conflict with
one of the bespoke tasks in this module when migrating to 3.5.2B (not sure which
SP) that required a renumbering of the task at hand...  I forget which task # it
was now...)

Yes, it was rather inconvenient to not be able to include your WIP in the
Physical Inventory...  Summarizing tags for the same part is a real plus too...
It was born from the efforts of the Automotive Enhancement Group (A customer
driven users group...) but there is no reason other verticals could not take
advantage of this functionality...  I would vote to get the /INS2 menu and it's
functions added to Standard Product...!!!  This was originally the intent of the
AEG but I do not know that status of that initiative for this particular
module...  I do know that great strides have been made in the enhancement of the
Vendor Scheduling module based on the work of the AEG...  The Inventory Tagging
module, I fear, has not shared the same success...  More's the pity...

If anyone has an update on that I'd like to hear it...

Thanks.



When did JBA develop the WIP Cycle Counting Process?  I have checked on my
system and I do not believe we have this menu (INS2).

When we installed JBA several years ago, we specifically asked for this
capability and JBA never delivered.  We eventually just quit using multiple
step routes that created WIP inventory.   We now use single step routes so
we can cycle inventory at any point in the manufacturing process.