Re: Indented routing query -- BPCS-L

Here are some ideas for you to explore which come closest to your needs.

Joining FRT+MBM will give you the STANDARD story, but won't help you with
substitutions.

Have you looked at JIT300 & SFC350?

I think JIT300 reflects the LAST labor reported on an item, with no
weighted averaging, so if you do not have standard quantities and standard
rates, this is going to give you a distorted picture.

At one time we considered a modification that would take SFC350 output,
then for each item in its chart, have another SFC350, the purpose being to
identify items with a problem, because some user was uncomfortable with MRP
reports.  Your interest is a bit different, but this is one way that
FRT+MBM are ALREADY linked.

The 400 magazine web sites, such as iSeries News (formerly News/400) have
forums with lots of Query/400 tips.

Do you use common sub-assemblies where the same part is a component of more
than one end item?  This can make it difficult to calculate how much of
work on some components were really for which end items.
A big variable for us is setup time.

We have some queries that go down a level, send the results to a query work
file, then use that query work file in combination with BPCS data to go
down another level.  But it is really helpful to know how many levels
needed for each item you want to explore this way.
You can access the same file more than once for different reasons in query,
by using different logicals for the different purposes.

We have some queries used when the shop orders are still open, that go down
one level at a time.
Start with FMA on the finished item (we use an IIM item type to know which
are end items), which identifies all the component items needed.
Link the FMA component items to FSO FOD or FLT  (which means purchased
items not linked)
FLT has the labor history (standard and actual hours, efficiencies)
ITH has the inventory history (costs) and you can link the two via labor
ticket #
We might look at the ITH file layout for CI transactions ... do they show
both the parent item # and the child item?  If so, you could use a series
of query work files to interlink the actual materials involved in a
production, as opposed to the standard from FRT+MBM, then use the labor
ticket #s to get at the FLT hours involved.

When shop orders purge, you lose access to what items were involved in the
purge ... before we run CST900 we do a query/400 that creates a work file
listing what FSO items involved, and what their CIC actual cost was before
the purge, then after the purge is done, we compare to the new cost for
those items involved in the purge, using the work file ... our interest is
in changes to cost variances due to the purge ... you could use the same
technique to see total hours on parts that just got purged.

MBM is not a good file for query navigation.
We did build our own work files for BOM exploration, but that was not
practical as a query output work file, but we also doing something more
sophisticated with that than you looking for.

I have a modification that takes one of the BOM2* reports and for each
manufactured component uses code from one of the SFC routing list reports
to chart what the standards are for making that item, then for each
manufactured component accesses FSO and other shop floor order records to
see what is in current production and compare so far to standards.  People
run this by prompt screen select facility and item they interested in.

Does anybody have any query definition to get the total hours for a
finished item?
I understand that I would need to join FRT+MBM Files to get the total time.
The problem starts when I am trying to get  the indented routing for items
wich has more than 3 levels.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rene


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