Re: Abbreviated FLow chart of BPCS Functions

[MacWheel99@xxxxxxx]

>  From:    RickCarter@holley.com

>  BPCS 6.1 Mixmode AS400
>  
>  Is there any kind of abbreviated functional flowchart for the various BPCS
>  Modules.  An upper exec in my company was wanting this and I don't want to
>  bore him with page after page of all the BPCS flows but would be interested
>  in a strip down version if available.
>  Thanks

Check the archives http://www.midrange.com/bpcs-l-archive for threads on 
DOCUMENTATION and POSTER.

There is a one page wall chart of all files & how they interconnect through 
which applications - the odds are that you will not get this toy.  
Incidentally I did get thru to someone at SSA for clarification on the 
intellectual property rights of this thing ... this is no longer available to 
their customers from SSA, and for those of us who got it before they quit 
sharing it, it is copyright SSA & not to be shared with other customers of 
SSA.

There are one page 8 x 11 diagrams by application that summarize what the 
application does & what kinds of data flow in which directions.  So basically 
this gives someone an understanding what the application is all about.

There are also one page 8 x 11 diagrams with one box per application & arrows 
pointing connecting all the other boxes, with names of main stuff that 
interflow.  I made copy of ours & color coded with highlighter, light lines 
through boxes showing which applications we have fully implemented, which are 
partially implemented, which we are using some isolated programs from, which 
we considering implementing next, and which are not on our radar screens at 
present, and I give this to new management hires to help them with big 
picture of where we are in the ERP world.  Then underneath boxes I put names 
of people in charge of each application.

There are one to two page 8 x 11 diagrams for an application giving the main 
programs used in them on a daily basis & the sequence they supposed to be run 
in & summary of what each does.  So basically this gives someone who is new 
to an application a check list of the most important stuff they need to 
understand.

I love them ... UPI & other places sell them in collections known by the 
quaint name of "BPCS Manuals"  UPI's is in looseleaf binder so easy to do 
what I described above.  http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/services.html

Have you been to the SSA web sites ... not the tech help URLs but the 
marketing BS for people who not know BPCS ... some of them have nice 
graphical pictures of what BPCS is supposed to be able to do - I am not 
implying BPCS cannot do these things, just saying that many companies spend 
big bucks on an ERP then nver get around to implementing more than 0.0001 % 
of its capabilities.

There are magazine articles explaining the nuts & bolts of some applications 
from a high level management perspective & how to get the best value out of 
them.
I have some from Crowe Chizek http://www.crowechizek.com/ and from Nex Gen htt
p://www.nexgeninfo.com/ ... there's lots more stuff ... check the archives 
for past discussions like I suggested.

I also went into the on-line documentation & cut & pasted from it into my own 
documents, so for example I have a cross-index by application.

I want to do X ... is there a program for that, what is it, what menu, and 
our own additions to the pot are integrated in this directory with the 
vanilla BPCS collection

Al Macintyre  ©¿©
MIS Manager Green Screen Programmer & Computer Janitor of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 
running on AS/400 V4R3 http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies
+---
| This is the BPCS Users Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to BPCS-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to BPCS-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to BPCS-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner: dasmussen@aol.com
+---