Re: BPCS beginner. -- BPCS-L

Thanks very much,  in fact I'm a programmer on as/400 and new to BPCS, so I 
want to find more information about it such as database description and so on. 
I guess I have to read all the manuals.

Thanks! I will follow your advice.


----- Original Message -----
From: <MacWheel99@aol.com>
To: <bpcs-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 13:33
Subject: Re: BPCS beginner.


> > Could anybody give me some instructions about how can I start my study of
> > BPCS, or some internet resource? especially for Manufacturing and Inventory
> > control.
>
> Check the archives of this discussion group.
> http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l/index.htm
>
> We have had past discussion regarding alternative sources of
> BPCS Reference Manuals from http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/ and
> www.dssolutionsinc.com and other places, BPCS classes from
> http://www.ssaportfolio.com/company/education/ or www.ssagt.com, BPCS user
> group conferences, BPCS newsletters.
>
> Ask your computer department where you get your tech support & the billing
> arrangements.  Some types of tech support are unlimited answer questions &
> access to BPCS FAQ such as http://ogs.ssax.com/ for some fixed sum of money
> per year, so that the company should get its moneys worth by having employees
> heavily use those resources.
>
> Also ask your computer department to walk you through the "search engine" of
> the on-line documentation sub-system (menu DOC) ... basically it is using the
> programmer tools of SEU & PDM, so if you get a hold of a cheat sheet or
> manual on that, you then know how to work the "keyword search" of the on-line
> documentation.
>
> IBM has a redbook on BPCS but it is more for computer management departments,
> not really into the nuts & bolts of BPCS applications.
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245410.html
>
> You can print out the BPCSDOC members but they are poorly indexed in that
> format.
>
> It might also be helpful for you to get some regular education in
> Manufacturing ERP logic independent of how BPCS implements the theory, or how
> your company has implemented BPCS tailoring choices, such as from some outfit
> like http://www.apics.org
>
> Depending on your security clearances, you may have access to a list of BPCS
> files & ability to do selective dumps of contents to screens to show you what
> is in the data base.
>
> But if you have limited time & money, in my opinion the BPCS manuals are the
> best investment ... they cost like $250 - $350 each ... check with your
> company, perhaps they already have some of them available for your review.
>
> MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
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