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Unless the field is labeled "reference only", be careful when steeling fields. This is what the "usrF" library was designed for - to add sub-files for additional information. If you are going to steel, test it and document it. You never know when you want to do an upgrade, add a product, start using a product that you have not used before. And even be careful when you apply a BMR/PTF. Art Shaffer Arthur B. Shaffer, CPIM ABShaffer@yahoo.com Phone - 908-789-3237 Fax - 208-978-7735 -----Original Message----- From: bpcs-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:bpcs-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Al Mac Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:43 PM To: bpcs-l@midrange.com Subject: Re: Stock Locators I have a similar need. From time to time someone wants us to track some other value, that BPCS has no provision for, and I can find tons of fields in Item Master and other files that currently are not populated, but I do not know what they are FOR, and the manuals we have are for end users, we don't have any of the serious IT field explanation manuals. I do not want to adopt some unused field that will later be in conflict with its real purpose in BPCS. I am looking for a list of fields in BPCS key files that truely are unused by our version of BPCS, that nothing will go wrong regardless of what we populate them with, and a list of fields used only by certain applications, such that if we are not using those applications nothing will go wrong if we populate them as we please. We are not on OSG, so I can't go to some place there for answers. In a few cases, I have added a new file to contain new info, which can be linked to BPCS files via item # customer # vendor # etc. But it is much better to look at all the fields that are already on INV300 BOM300 SFC300 and the other 300ds, locate one that is unpopulated and try to find out if it is safe to use that. Some engineering fields are larger than we need, so we have parsed them out to say things like - the first X positions is the customer # we are making this item # for, the last X positions is the real revision code. We located the L# message id on field description, and changed it to the new usage, so that all BPCS programs (screens and reports) now showed the new label, without us having to do any modifications to those programs. We have copy of all our L# substitutions in a separate library for ease of remerger after any BPCS BMR PTF etc. upgrade that wipes out all our hard work. At the very foot of this e-mail is a copy of our notes on our L# substitutions that we have been useing for years without any known trouble. So assuming your version (V6 Unix) sufficiently similar to us (we 405 CD on mixed mode AS/400) and collection of applications and SYS800 settings, then the fields we mucked with might be starting points for you to consider. Are you using the whole extra description field? If not, you could assign the last 5 positions to your stock locator. In your case, even if you are operating with multiple facilities, you can still use some field of IIM item master provided each facility uses the same kind of Aisle Row Shelf number system within its stockroom warehouse. We use Item Notes for multiple purposes. Note that we are using additional description for purposes that most other companies use notes. Customer Service department makes heavy use of notes on customers, orders, lines, ship to etc. Engineering department does use notes heavily on Items Revisions BOM but other departments also use some notes. Raw Materials have notes related to our vendor part numbers for these items, and contract pricing information managed by the Purchasing Department. We track factory floor capital products maintenance using Item Numbers for each machine mold applicator, and the people in charge of that maintenance use those notes for a history of repairs needed. >Our materials department would like to enter a stock locator for all part >numbers. This locator will be a reference field only which would be used >for barcode scanning and various reports. The purpose of the Stock >Locator: Receiving will know which Aisle, Row and Shelf in which to place >Stock and the material handlers and cycle counter will know where stock is >stored. We will not manage inventory in and out of these >locations. Materials controls Facility Planning Data and this would be >the ideal place for this information as materials may enter/update the >locator as required. The locator number would be 5 characters and >alpha-numeric. > >Some of the ideas that we currently considered: Item Notes but this area >is controlled by Engineering. Drawing/formula field, controlled by >Engineering and already in use. List/Catalog No in the Item Master but >this field will be used by Sales in the future. > >Is there another company that uses something similar to this now? Does >anyone have any suggestions on where I could store this data? > >Current BPCS Version 6.0.04 (Unix). > > > Sincerely, > > ___________________________________________ > > Sylvia L. Dufour > > Business Analyst > > Schukra of North America Ltd. > > 666 Ellis Street West > > Windsor, Ontario N8X 1B4 > > Telephone (519) 254-2633 Ext-241 > > Fax (519)254-7515 Here are our current Literal substitutions to support our use of fields other than how BPCS intended them to be used. MSGFXPLORE contains the "master" collection & the merge program is called SYSMSGF Updates here since last installment are mainly in none at all - just a review since some of the fields involved are next mod bait First Column is what we want BPCS screens & reports to say Second is "old BPCS" object description DDS into IBM tools like Query Third = L# Al changed & now y"all need further testing to verify got right one Fourth = field name corresponding to this to help MIS & Query creators Fifth = where should we be looking to see if it got changed right Sixth = Additional Notes on occasion # of wires packaging size L006353 IPACK in IIM item master INV100 Customer Number Drawing/Formula No L018135 IDRAW in IIM item master INV100 INV300 BOM300 Freight Pre Paid Amount L# not yet re-constructed ... 1998 records misplaced 6646? 6661 ? field scenario not yet refreshed from lost corporate memories Shipping ***** next three relevant to Machine Applicator Mold Application JIT Max Run Rate Machine Cut-Off L005036 IMAXR in IIM item master INV100 Machine Applicator Mold Application Rediscovered 2000-July while tidying Al's hovel JIT Min Run Rate Machine To-Date L005038 IMINR in IIM item master INV100 Machine Applicator Mold Application Rediscovered 2000-July while tidying Al's hovel Maximum Inventory Machine Last labor L????? IMXIN in IIM item master INV100 Machine Applicator Mold Application Rediscovered 2000-July while tidying Al's hovel Not Used Revision Number L000633 IFENO in IIM item master INV100 Part # / Descr Item Description L004764 IDESC in IIM item master INV100 Pro Bill # Loading Pier L005223 field scenario not yet refreshed from lost corporate memories Shipping Qty per Carton Units per Pallet L018324 IVULP in IIM item master INV100 Jerry wanted "Quantity per Carton" but Al does not know where else in BPCS that L# "object" is used ... creating a potential for breaking other software if literal is made larger than the space the other software has allocated for it to fit in Counter Proposal = "Quantity/Carton" (no spaces) Quantity/Carton see "Qty per Carton" Quantity per Carton see "Qty per Carton" Rev # Ref 1 L007309 IFII in IIM item master INV100 ***** next one relevant to Machine Applicator Mold Application Target Annual Quantity Machine Date Last Maintenance L008353 ITGQY in IIM item master INV100 Machine Applicator Mold Application Rediscovered 2000-July while tidying Al's hovel Test Board Y/N List/Catalog No L018136 IABBT in IIM item master INV100 Also see Tst Board YN Tst Board YN List/Catalog L005205 IABBT in IIM item master INV300 Jerry wanted "Test Board Y/N" here and there is room for that text to fit on INV300 but Al does not know where else in BPCS that L# "object" is used ... creating a potential for breaking other software if literal is made larger than the space the other software has allocated for it to fit in Counter Proposal = substitute L018136 of INV100 for L005205 of INV300 as a modification, or use plain text Note INV300 is not a virgin - the DDS already been modified at Central IABBT starts at position 22 of line 15 of INV300 L005205 starts at sideways 2 of line 15 That means there is room in INV300 for a -19- long literal (22-2-1) ***** next one relevant to Machine Applicator Mold Application Units per KANBAN Card Machine History L008849 IUNCN in IIM item master INV100 Machine Applicator Mold Application Rediscovered 2000-July while tidying Al's hovel Weight Per 1000 Weight Per Unit L018323 IWGHT in IIM item master INV100 Al Macintyre BPCS/400 Computer Janitor at http://www.globalwiretechnologies.com/ Find BPCS Documentation Suppliers http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html _______________________________________________ This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list To post a message email: BPCS-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/bpcs-l or email: BPCS-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l.
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