Re: Warehouse management

Michael,

In a message dated 98-01-20 04:13:20 EST, you write:

<<snip>>
> WHM has all the standard features of a random warehouse/pickface set up. 
>  
>  BUT
>  
>  1) although it seemed okay in v4 the v6.0.02 objects were regarded as
>  defective up until a maintenance release in November 97. I haven't had
>  chance to look at it since then. According to rumour the principle
>  problem was that the picking logic wasn't. (logical I mean). 

Yep, WHM was a third-party product until V6 and didn't work at all in V6 until
V6CUM91797.  The "November CUM" supposedly fixed this, but we haven't tested
it yet (still trying to see if the modules that we already use work).

>  2) WHM will give a large increase in the volume of transactions needed
>  (put-aways, moves, pallet attributes, load marshaling etc). Have you
>  factored in the extra keying time?

Ohhhhhhh, yeahhhhh!

>  3) WHM is only half the solution that most companies want. It enables
>  BPCS to handle palletized stock, but it doesn't provide a solution for
>  data capture on remote terminals or data collectors. This is the bit
>  that most people REALLY want when they say they want a managed
>  warehouse. You can either use a dedicated warehousing product and
>  interface it to BPCS or figure a solution for interfacing BPCS to the
>  data collection hardware.

Yep again.  We worked around this in our initial 5.1.01 install using
container control (a pallet as a container) for V5, and either custom VB
client programs or custom RF 5250 programs (the latter on tow motors)
interfacing with CIMPath to get around the WHM limitations.  Fortunately, _we_
don't have to palletize containers...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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