Re: MRP100 Upload?

[MacWheel99@xxxxxxx]

UPI web site describes several BPCS add-ons where you take MRP data to PC & 
massage your planning there then bring the data back again, they also have 
some MRP add-on products.

From their home web page - select Products & Services - then Bells & Whistles 
- and then look at both what is there & the OTHER category.
http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/

I can cite other 3rd party sites with BPCS add-on products ... 
I just not remember off hand which of them have MRP add-ons.

We have had some scenarios where SOME customers intermittently supply a 6 
month forecast .. this is not data they regularly supply, just every few 
months.  We also have customers with estimated annual usage for the parts 
they regularly order from us.

Thus we have customers with no forecasting, incomplete forecasting, 
intermittent forecasting, and periodic interest by the personnel seeing this 
stutt, in how can we use this to help us with our MRP planning.

Well BPCS supports Simulations, and alternative Environments.
We could copy the live MRP to one of these places to be combined with the 
unofficial estimates for projecting estimated material planning.

Ideally we want to be able to key in this forecast data for a customer & then 
turn it on or off to run related reports, then when a new forecast comes out 
for a customer, wipe out the old one we entered & replace that customer's 
forecast with the new one, while leaving the other customer's guesses intact.

The rate of engineering changes also needs to be factored into this picture.

We might not be doing everything right, but our DRP orders are replicated in 
the Customer Order files, and that works for us.

> From: BNorris@wittern.com (Beth Norris)
>  
>  I am interested in uploading the forecast into MRP100 from another format
>  such as MS Excel.
>  If anyone has tried something like this and has some advice, I would
>  appreciate it.
>  
>  One of my concerns is the possible loss of the DRP orders in the KMR file 
if
>  we replace the whole KMR file.  Will they 'Regen' after the next MRP run?
>  
>  I appreciate your response.
>  
>  Beth A. Norris
>  Fawn Engineering
>  Des Moines, IA
>  bnorris@wittern.com

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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