BPCS Exception Reports >>> MRP & Shop Order FSO

If an enterprise has a large item master file ( say greater than several thousand records ), then it is all too frequently true that the BPCS MRP exception report is not even run on a regular basis .... it can generate many inches of paper. And, if generated, it is the rare planner or purchasing analyst that has time to look at all of those pages in a single work-week.

There are two fundamental reasons for the large paper volume.

First, only one exception message is printed per page ... a criminal waste of paper.

Second, the exception report includes even very minor, inconsequential changes that are likely to be reported in reverse direction the following week as the mathematics of the MRP system move orders back and forth across a day boundary.

The following web page describes an affordable Bell & Whistle (tm) bolt-on for BPCS which solves this problem. It is called the PaperSaver Exception Report (tm).

http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/B&WPapSv.htm

PaperSaver is an expert system which goes well beyond the functionality of editing the spool file generated by the standard BPCS MRP exception report. A free demo is available. It works for all versions of BPCS, including date-field expanded repairs of pre-version 4.05CD.

Warm regards,

Milt Habeck

Managing Partner

Unbeaten Path International

Toll free North America: (888) 874-8008

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-----Original Message-----
From: zieske@nexgensoftware.com <zieske@nexgensoftware.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: MRP & Shop Order FSO_SRSDT 405 CD

>When the Re-Schedule date from MRP in Shop Orders is a field filled with 9's
>does that mean forget it - recommend de-expedite or even close the shop
>order?

Yes, you can check this out by looking at your MRP Exception Report
(MRP200). This translates the meanings of all the dates. You can use the report
to verify my answers below.

>When Re-Schedule MRP in Shop Order is a real valid date
>does that mean that instead of the original date created at shop order
>launch time, MRP is recommending that we use this other date for what?
>Completion Due Date or does it mean something else?

Suggested new due date

>When Re-Schedule MRP in Shop Order is a blank field
>does that mean that MRP has not yet hit the relevant items since the shop
>order was released
>or that the original due date is still A-Ok right on good correct valid?

The current due date is either still OK, or the due date has been updated to
match the plan since the last MRP run, or the order itself is new since the last
MRP run. Basically MRP either agrees with the date, someone changed the date to
agree with MRP, or MRP hasn't yet "expressed an opinion" about the date.

Harmon Zieske
Nexgen

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BPCS Exception Reports >>> MRP & Shop Order FSO_SRSDT 405 CD