Re: FW: BPCS Newsletter

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Mitch,

My apologies for the delay in response.  I lost your message between the
desktop and the laptop.  As yours is the only complaint so far, I'm guessing
that it came from a magazine subscription or some such that included your
e-mail address.  I'd follow the removal instructions...

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
BPCS-L List Administrator
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

In a message dated 12/6/01 3:00:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
MDamon@agrilinkfoods.com writes:

> I don't think I signed up for this, would it be possible that my address was
>  harvested from the list serve?
>
>  Mitch Damon, CPIM
>  Planning Systems Manager
>  Agrilink Foods, Rochester NY
>  (716) 383-1070 ext. 250
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From:    Bruce Barker [SMTP:bruce.barker@ise-indy.com]
>  <mailto:[SMTP:bruce.barker@ise-indy.com]>
>  Sent:    Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:31 PM
>  Subject: BPCS Newsletter
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>  Creating AP Invoices directly from PO receipts
>
>
>  BPCS User Conference
>
>
>  Streamlining Contract PO Receipts
>
>
>  ISE recently developed a program to automatically create AP invoices from
>  selected PO receipts. In addition to eliminating a tremendous amount of
data
>  entry and data entry errors, it greatly simplifies the reconciliation
>  process. Since the invoice was created for the quantity received and the
>  expected price from the PO, the 3-way match is always satisfied.
>
>  We set up this process so that users can specify exactly which vendors are
>  automated for this process, and can choose to manually invoice some vendors
>  while automatically invoicing others. Along with this program is a series
of
>  detailed reports that enable the user to quickly understand the status of
>  the invoices. The program also records any problems that might have
>  occurred. The user can then make the data corrections and reprocess the PO
>  receipt so that the invoices are correctly created.
>  -Phil Dixon
>
>
>
>  I attended the BPCS user conference a few weeks ago and was impressed by
>  many things. In the next few newsletters, I will try to share some of what
I
>  saw for those who were not able to attend.
>  -Bruce Barker
>
>
>
>  SSAGT focuses on ROI
>
>
>  In addition to many specific enhancements to the BPCS software, the most
>  impressive change I saw in SSAGT is the management philosophy. Mike
>  Greenough, CEO, has already made many expense cuts that were not producing
>  revenue or value. And there were strong hints that several strategic
changes
>  in direction would happen in the next couple of years to reduce non-value
>  add activities. Even though V8 is in AS/SET, AS/SET itself is being
>  considered for replacement, and Unix and NT are questionable. Greenough
>  himself stated that future versions of BPCS would only be released on Unix
>  or NT if there was sufficient demand. Given that Unix and NT versions of
>  BPCS only generate 6% of SSAGT revenue, there is not sufficient demand now.
>  If/When AS/SET, unix, and NT are all dropped by SSAGT, those development
>  dollars can be focused on improving BPCS functionality.
>  -Bruce Barker
>  A client had us simplify their contract PO receiving. The new process
allows
>  entry of an item, PO #, and quantity. It then automatically receives the
>  entered quantity to the oldest open PO line for the specified item. If the
>  quantity to be received exceeds the open quantity on the oldest PO line, it
>  receives the remaining quantity to the next oldest PO line. Any remaining
>  quantity greater than the quantity ordered will be received to the last
open
>  PO line.
>
>  This client also had us add logic to automatically assign the location
>  according to their location selection rules. Labels are printed for each
>  location that inventory will be placed into. The process handles both
>  receipt to inspection and receipt directly to inventory. The savings are in
>  both data entry and in tighter control of over receipts since only the last
>  PO line can be over-received.
>  -Christy Byerly
>
>
>  ISE has been writing custom code to work with BPCS® since its beginning in
>  1991. Bruce Barker, the lead BPCS® consultant, has been working with BPCS®
>  since 1987. We have worked with every major release of BPCS® both on the
S38
>  and the AS/400. We have used almost all releases of RPG including ILE and
>  AS/SET, have also modified AS/SET generated RPG. Our BPCS® billing rate for
>  2001 is $65 per hour.
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