Re: cycle counting challenges -- BPCS-L

Thanks Mac. :)
I will definately check these out.  Isn't the invention of the web and
e-mail a boon to our industry?!
Wendy

-----Original Message-----
From: MacWheel99@aol.com <MacWheel99@aol.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: cycle counting challenges


>I was visiting some web sites that describe BPCS enhancements & while
looking
>at some stuff, thought "Hey, isn't this what Wendy was looking for?" but
did
>not have her posting handy when I was at the URLs or vica-versa.
>
>Wendy should at least look at what they have to offer vs. her needs.
>
>http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/services.html
>check out the path to
>BPCS PRODUCTS & SERVICES
>BELLS & WHISTLES
>OTHER
>CLASS A CYCLE COUNTER
>
>This is something they developed for pre-405 but they can bring forward to
>your BPCS version
>
>http://www.johnson-schley.com
>check out the path to
>BPCS ENHANCEMENTS
>PHYSICAL INVENTORY
>
>I plan to visit & re-visit some more web sites of BPCS consultants to see
if
>there is stuff already offered that is close to some stuff we have been
>thinking about modifying.  I think it would be great if there was one URL
we
>could go to & do a search on type of BPCS modification interest e.g.
Shipping
>Documents or ORD500 streamlining & up would pop a bunch of links to BPCS_L
>threads & various consultants that already have relevant services.
>
>Al Macintyre
>Central Industries
>http://www.cen-elec.com
>
>> Subj: Re: inventory reporting
>>  From: whdecair@countryfresh.com (Wendy DeCair)
>>
>>  Hi
>>  We are running version 6.002 BPCS CS.
>>  My company produces milk and other just in time dairy products.  At any
>>  given point in the day we may be taking orders and producing milk with
'no
>>  inventory'.  The order program is from a third party vendor with an
>>  interface written to affect inventories as items are ordered, then
picked
>>  and then sold.
>>  Here is the problem:  we have tried to do cycle counting but once an
order
>>  is ready to be picked it is immediately relieved from the BPCS inventory
>>  total.  We may have the product in the cooler when the count was taken,
but
>>  by the time we get ready to key  in  the count, 400 transactions have
>>  occured.  If you use one step cycle counting it doesn't total up all the
>>  transactions for you and we only have a one hour window to get these
keyed
>>  into the system.  Our clerks don't have time to recalculate the count
for
>>  each and every item.  Has anyone used a different transaction or
>>  modified/created a new cycle counting program?  What I think the cycle
>>  counting should do is create an onhand balance at the time the cycle
count
>>  sheet was printed and let me work toward that balance not the balance at
>the
>>  time I key the count in.
>>  Any recommendations.  This is seriously hampering our efforts to expand
our
>>  use of BPCS.
>>
>>  Wendy DeCair
>>  Country Fresh Inc
>>  Suiza Foods
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