Re: BPCS Locations

[Michael Ozanne <mozanne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <001f01bfedaf$7dd2f420$3c020a0a@Pulse.com>, oludare
<oludare@ix.netcom.com> writes
>    Hi guys,
>     
>    Need help with soft & hard locations in BPCS.  What do these terms 
>    identify and where are they located within BPCS database.

Soft allocations are held in the IWI  file, and may exceed on hand
quantities. Hard allocations are held in the ELA file and shouldn't
exceed the  quantity on hand.

AFAIK the soft allocation data is calculated from two fields in IWI.
Total allocation and manufacturing allocation. The system then assumes
that the difference between these fields is the customer soft
allocation. At least since v2.1 BPCS randomly fails to recalculate the
total allocation field for shop order components when production
reporting is done. The system then seeing a difference between
manufacturing and total allocations proceeds to report customer soft
allocations for the components. These bogus allocations cause problems
with ATP and releasable orders reports. Running the reorgs jobs
eliminates the bogus allocation.

-- 
Michael Ozanne (Also ozannem@pacific.co.uk)
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