Re: Stock Allocation

This response relates to the following e-mail question:

Subj:    Stock Allocation
Date:   1/24/00 11:44:30 AM Central Standard Time
From:   cpapp@merck.com.ar
Sender: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com
Reply-to:   BPCS-L@midrange.com
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com

May somebody could help me with this:  (Version BPCS CD)
If during Order Entry/Maintenance, the operator allocate quantity (Lot and
Location), how could I control that  an Inventory Transaction (INV500)
doesn't  consume that allocation (at least without an error  message ).
I've verified that only in Mass Location Transfer (INV510) the program
notifies this error.

Thank you for any suggestion.
Claudia

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Claudia:

It sounds like what you are saying is that the Order Entry operator performs 
Lot Allocations when the order is entered.  You are concerned that another 
user could post an inventory transaction in Inventory Transaction Posting 
(INV500) that will deduct a quantity from the Item/Whse/Lot/Location and 
thereby bring the onhand below the quantity that is already allocated.  That 
is, the Allocated Quantity will now be greater that the Onhand and no longer 
available for the Order Line.

You said that Mass Location Transfer (INV510) DOES give you an error or 
warning message for this condition, but that INV500 does NOT.

Please note that INV500 does have many edit checks and warnings for various 
conditions.  Your solution can be to add the edit check logic from the INV510 
program for Allocated > New Onhand into the INV500 program.  The program 
could then issue a warning message to the user and allow a function key (F13) 
override.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this approach.

Thanks.

Les Mittman, CPIM
BSI Consulting, Inc.
(847) 831-9388


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