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Barcoding is the way to go. We are running 6.02 PLF Aug 98 Cum.

We generated the worksheets on demand and then shoot the cycle counts to the 
worksheet file.  Anything that is shot and not on the worksheet goes to a 
999999 worksheet.    We then print standard BPCS reports.  After all is said 
and done the person doing the cycle counts can review and make changes via an 
interactive process.  They they select the cycle counts to post.  The posting 
takes place as 'Y0 - Y5' transaction types via CimPath.  These transactions 
represent anything from a bookmark indicating that a cycle count was taken, a 
bookmark indicating that the cycle count was deleted or an inventory 
adjustment.  The process updates all of the fields that the normal BPCS two 
step cycle count performs.  It is really slick.

We are enjoying a 99.8% finished and wip inventory accuracy.  We know exactly 
what we have and where it is at all times.

>>> KLChilds@aol.com 05/31/02 09:37AM >>>
Hello JB.

I can see where BPCS Cycle Count could end up being a huge task in your case.
 Lot control makes it even more cumbersome and labor-intensive.

We had some of the problems you describe when implementing cycle count, too.
One of the workarounds we deployed was to work with the cycle count number of
days to make it as effective as possible.  Also, if there was a huge amount
of items selected on a day, we counted what we could that day and allowed
BPCS to select those uncounted the next day.

We also took the approach of limiting the number of items we cycle counted at
first, since most of the items had not been counted for awhile so they all
were selected on our first attempts.  We did this by tweaking the cycle count
values in the item master.

It can be done but it can be a tough process to get working properly.  We are
currently looking to automate the process via barcoding.

HTH

Lynn
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