Re: Erroneous Balances in ILI/IWI

From Al Macintyre BPCS 405 CD on OS/400 V4R3

>  From:    LACELLE@rcmint.ca (Lacelle, Marc)

writing about some problems Dick Bailey had encountered
  
>   Problem 3: Reorg programs. Yes you are correct in saying that the
>  ILI and IWI are not identical. You will need to run INV970 and INV972 (IN
>  THIS ORDER) right after month end. Please note (I MEAN RIGHT AFTER MONTH
>  END). Don't ever run this at any other time. 
>  
>   I hope this helps
>  
>   Marc Lacelle    

Regarding your point about INV970 & INV972 in that order & only right after 
month end, I ask that you review WHY this should never be run at any other 
time, and should they always be joined at the hip.

Was the suggestion to run INV970 then INV972 with respect to Dick Bailey's 
problem, or should INV972 always be run after we do INV970 & what are the 
consequences if we do not?

How about running INV972 without INV970 in the picture - is that a problem?

We have INV970 on our EOM menu as an optional step & often many months go 
between runs.  We do it when people responsible for inventory management 
remember to complain to accounting, rather than MIS which has very little 
clout with accounting, when they need to have locations with zero inventory 
cleared off their reports & inquiries.  This should not be run in a month in 
which we are doing physical inventory & it is extremely helpful if it is done 
the month before a physical inventory.  I also think it is a generally good 
thing to get rid of locations with no recent activity to help overall system 
access performance.

Our reorg menu includes INV971 then INV972 ... which I run normally about 
once a week, but also when I get a complaint from users that we have data out 
of sync such as the upper right corner of INV300 not adding up right, or 
negative allocations.

Al Macintyre  ©¿©
http://www.cen-elec.com MIS Manager Programmer & Computer Janitor
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