Re: SFC release -- BPCS-L

>  From:    iph35@hotmail.com (Shing Yik Chen)
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  I need to simulate a SFC release through a BPCS client machine and  wonder 
>  is there any parameter setup need to be done so that the process on labour 
>  tickets be called. I have done SFC creation on green screen  but without 
>  routing and work centers, so appreciate if anyone out there could help on 
>  this. Thanks...
>  
>  Bye,
>  Julia

Could you clarify a bit what you mean?

When you say client machine ... do you mean client in the sense that the 
client is a customer of yours ... no, you would not be asking that question 
here ... if you are a consultant you already know how SFC works or you not in 
the BPCS business.

I assume you mean client in the sense of client access to AS/400.

Has this client machine been releasing shop orders in the past & not 
producing the kind of output the users want?

When you say simulation, do you mean test environment where you pilot testing 
something, or do you mean copy MRP to simulation area & within that area you 
also want to create simulation firm orders?

In theory everything you can do on BPCS mixed mode software on AS/400 mixed 
mode machine, you can also do on BPCS client server version on AS/400 client 
server, because SSA GT provides different kinds of BPCS versions for 
different kinds of client environments, but it is the same ERP under the 
AS/Set covers.  Also while we have BPCS mixed mode software, we have a 
mixture of green screen, PC emulation, Client Access PCs, so we know the BPCS 
mixed mode software works on a variety of ways PCs talke to the AS/400.

We normally generate labor tickets when we run our shop order release, & 
while you can do individual orders via SFC500 then SFC520, we use MRP250 I 
think it is for most of our releases, in which we release the orders due in 
next couple of weeks & I think we should be using the JIT path because we key 
most of our factory reporting via JIT600 & we get labor tickets on all orders 
due soon, then use those labor tickets to report back the factory work.

We have extensively modified the program in the SFC52 job stream that 
actually prints the labor tickets ... we include the step by step 
instructions how to make the part, we include the end items & commons where 
used, in a reference chart, the part going into the first operation, revision 
# that was current at time of order release, and lots more.

Because we are also an Engineer to Order shop, it is not unusual to have 
Customer Requirements Live before we have determined the best way to make a 
new part & before the Customer has approved our samples, and in this scenario 
as we know what raw materials will be needed, we have the BOM done long 
before the routings so that the MRP will help us stockpile components before 
the routings are done.  Production Control is not supposed to release shop 
orders that are in that condition, but our system of communicating, which are 
REAL requirements & which are NEW BUSINESS not yet routed, could stand better 
internal communications & sometimes shop orders are released by accident 
before the routings are done.

These shop orders do get labor tickets generated even though there is no 
routings, but this might be related to our extensive modifications of the 
print program which goes after the data in FSO FMA FOD in which it works if 
FMA but no FOD or vica versa.  We do have rare parts in which it is legitmate 
to have one but not the other.

Also, if there is something wrong or incomplete with a part, we prefer to 
print a labor ticket with an error message on it, so people can get the 
problem resolved, rather than have no ticket at all.

In the past we have had people who thought someone killed their labor tickets 
on the spool file, reran the order generation, got no ticket because of what 
was wrong, and the user was in a loop of not understanding why no ticket & 
trying again & again to get one.

Also sometimes we have new personnel, not familiar with our item # system & 
proper procedures, who have released shop orders on purchased items by 
accident.  BPCS will let you do that.

Most parameters are setup in SYS800 ... I do not recall off hand any related 
to how shop order labor ticket generation supposed to work, other than how 
the costing of the shop orders supposed to work.

You might also review on the DOC menu, the run instructions for SFC JIT MRP

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax 
interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838

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