Re: BPCS 6.02 Conversion

["Jonathan Oei" <JonathO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We went live on 6.02plf C/S in February.  (So, we are still catching up...)

We ended up not converting POs.  We had quite a struggle during our CRP
to match an entered PO to a converted PO.  We could even get them to
match in the HPH/HPO tables, but BPCS would choke on the converted
entry.
We converted AP, AR, Open Orders, Pricing, Inventory, Items, Vendors, 
and various other master files (about 50 files in all).  The biggest headache
seems to be the lack of documentation about what values need to be in
what fields and in consistancy across the BPCS database.
(i.e.  sometimes the busy flag is called 'busy', other times it is 'inuse')

If we had to do it over again (and we will as we bring other companies on 
board),
we would probably not convert the open orders and just re-key.  We are still 
planning
to convert the rest of the data.  (Historic data is needed for research and for 
MRP)



Jonathan Oei
Director I/S Development
Catalina Lighting

>>> "Bailey, Dick" <Dick_Bailey@MCFA.COM> 04/05/99 01:30PM >>>


        We are now (finally) about to go live with BPCS 6.02.  Many of our
files are being converted mechanically (Customer Master, Vendor Master, Open
Customer Orders, Purchase Orders, etc.). We're converting from customized
MAPICS and JDEdwards.

        Part of the advice we have received consistently from every SSA
Consultant we've seen is to "Step-Through" all the files mechanically
converted, so that we can be sure the fields that BPCS populates in its
normal operations are populated. This seems pretty extreme - and will take
lots of time - especially the open orders. 

        Those of you who have converted - what did you do? And what do you
recommend?

        Dick Bailey
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