Re:

Tyler and Kathleen,

I agree with Kathleen 100%.  I once coded a custom application for a
convenience store chain.  We had unit of purchase (case), unit of stock (box,
six-pack), and unit of sale (each, box, six-pack).  I haven't seen anything
like it commercially available since.  The reporting of sales, cost, and
pricing was a _NIGHTMARE_, especially when you threw vendor promo's and deals
into the mix!  The "special pricing" function in BPCS might help, but is
rarely a panacea in my experience.  I know for a fact that "special pricing"
_won't_ work when you have a client with a contract that specifies the "lowest
available price" for all transactions based on date (like Wal-Mart or K-Mart).
The latter is especially troubling for commodities such as sugar or coffee...

In a message dated 98-03-22 00:00:50 EST, you write:

> Way back when I worked for a wholesale food distributor, with custom coded
>  applications, not BPCS, we found it easiest to set up such products as
>  separate items.  I don't recall it causing any problems to speak of.  Even
>  though it expands your item master, it's not the same as the huge number of
>  combinations you could have when assembling to order.  Is there a
>  compelling business reason to do it?
>  Otherwise, reconsider the KISS method.
<<snip>>

>  > Desperately Seeking:
>  > Other wholesale food distributors using BPCS, preferably 6.0.02.  We have
>  > many, MANY questions.
>  > Is anyone else grappling with the issue of selling items in different   
>  > Units of Measure w/o maintaining different Item Numbers?
>  > For Example: Soda.  You have cases which are made up of 4 six packs which
>  > in turn have 6 cans.  We would like to sell by the can, 6 pack, or Case. 
<<snip>>

JMHO,

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

"It's Deja Vu all over again..." -- Yogi Berra
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