RE: 4.05 CD Resupply Orders Question

Beth:
Where do I find DRP 820?

Mitch Damon, CPIM
Planning Systems Manager
Agrilink Foods, Rochester NY
(585) 383-1070 ext. 250


-----Original Message-----
From:   Beth Norris [SMTP:BNorris@wittern.com]
Sent:   Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:21 PM
To:     'bpcs-l@midrange.com'
Subject:        RE: 4.05 CD   Resupply Orders Question

6.0.04 Mixed Mode

We also ship our finished goods (lot controlled) to outside distributor
warehouses using the order type 9.

The system will show the in-transit quantity in the upper right hand corner
of the order screen of INV300.  You can also run the standard BPCS (DRP270)
report to get a list of the items that are in-transit and not yet been
received.  Make sure you are using the 'H' transaction in DRP550 for the
reciept to properly update the order.  There is a system parameter flag
(DRP820) to set the system to track inventory or not while in-transit.  The
location to use for in-transit items is set up in the DRP100 relationship
record.

We have also found the problem with the lot status changing to the Z status
after shipment on a re-supply order.  We have to manually change the lot
status code back to a 'A' (INV130)to ship that item from the outside
warehouse for a final customer order.  I know of no way around this, but
seems a small price to pay for the advantages of tracking re-stocking orders
for our outside distributor warehouses using the order type 9.

Also, you said you did not have any confusion with MRP - I assume that your
warehouses are under a different facility then. We found out the hard way
that this was a requirement for planning purposes.

If you have your warehouses set up as allocatable in the same facility that
you run MRP against, the re-supply order is viewed as an incoming receipt
(much like a shop order or purchase order reciept). Therefore the order is
seen as both a demand and a receipt within the same facility and cancelled
each other out.  We ended up having to change all our outside warehouses to
be structured under a different facility to correct this.

Keep in mind BPCS is set up for DRP generation to be at a facility level -
that concept is the same for manual re-supply orders.  You are re-suppling
at the facility level as far as planning needs are concerned.


Beth A. Norris

Production Control Manager
Fawn Engineering Corp.
Des Moines, IA
bnorris@wittern.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Zzbpcs@aol.com [mailto:Zzbpcs@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:19 AM
To: bpcs-l@midrange.com
Subject: 4.05 CD Resupply Orders Question


Good day.
We are on 4.05CD and considering using Customer Order
   Entry with Order Type = 9...Resupply Order
   in order to better "schedule & track"
   transfers between warehouses.
Everything sems great:
 Order Entry with appropriate Ship From Warehouse
       and Ship To Warehouse
 Order Pick Release, Pick Print , Pick Confirm
     Which correctly relieves Inventory in
     the Ship From Warehouse
 Resupply Order receipt which correctly adds
     inventory in the ship to warehouse
 MRP is not confused
 INV300 clearly shows both sides of the transaction

BUT
  If we move the entire qty from one whs to another;
  After the Order Confirm relieves inventory
  and before the truck arrives at the receiving
    warehouse and they do the receipt
  When we look at our "On Hand Balance"
    it is incorrectly ZERO.
We must be missing something ??
Our Confirmation does a normal "B" trans.
Should it "move" the qty to some "in transit loc" ?
I suspect that there is some "set-up" that we missed...

Thanks

Jim Barry

  we see that is reduced...
  but it really is not ZERO on hand
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