Re: CIM - Bar Code implementation

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Jose,

You wrote:

> Hi !
>  
>  We are using BPCS 6.0.04
>  We are thinking of implementing the CIMpath program in order to input shop
>  floor labor tickets, inventory transactions and purchase orders, through 
bar
>  code scanners, so as to optimize our warehouse in our plant here in
>  Argentina.
>  We are now using basically SFC650 (labor tickets input), PUR550, QMS550,
>  PUR650 and INV500.
>  Has anyone done this? If so, what did you come up with? Is it easy to
>  implement? What were the results like? Any idea?

I'll agree with the earlier sentiment expressed -- CIMPath is no longer 
supported as of 6.1.01.  To pursue this path would be folly, as you will no 
longer be able to receive new BMR's to CIMPath should you upgrade.  For many 
years, SSA affiliates supported CIMPath as the interface of choice to BPCS, 
stating that it worked "just like" INV500/510.  Not true, was never true.

My last two clients took two different paths on this issue.  The first, 
having taken said affiliate advice and used CIMPath only to find the loss of 
support when they upgraded, created new batch versions of INV500 and 510 for 
6.1.01 that could be called from anywhere with the proper parameters.  The 
second client used CIMPath as well, but kept the programs and recompiled them 
for 6.1.01.

The second client took the easiest solution, but will pay in the long run 
while the first client integrates current BMR's into their batch solution.  
Now, if the Satanic (oh, sorry, Semantic) Message Gateways would ever work 
smoothly...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Going to church no more makes you a good person than going to a garage makes 
you a mechanic."  -- Anonymous
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