RE: Item Master "Ownership"

We have been reviewing this issue as well. We considered using a paper
form as you have done, but found that it would take too long to get
circulated. Instead, we have identified all of the people who must touch
the item master (it is the most complicated) and have created a
procedure that notifies each person. There is one person who controls
the initial set up based on change notices received from Product
Engineering. An email is then sent to each person that must set up the
other information in the item master.

Our next step is to create a program to monitor completion. We will scan
the item master and check for missing data. This will trigger
notification to the person who has not completed his/her portion.

Richard

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Sent:   Friday, October 26, 2001 7:45 AM
To:     bpcs-l@midrange.com
Subject:        Item Master "Ownership"

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Good Day
Although we are on Release 4.05 CD, the question is a generic MRP II
question:
Which department(s) has ownership over the Item Master File ?
With BPCS, many different departments have a vested interest in the
accuracy
of
specific fields. How does YOUR organization handle who does the actual
Maintenance of the Item Master, Bills of Material, Routings, ......
We circulate a " Form " to various departments so that they manually
write
down the values of "their" fields. Eventually, the form gets to the desk
of
one person who actually keys the data into BPCS.
"Sometimes" this takes longer than we wish !!

Thanks,
Jim Barry
Belchertown Mass
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