RE: MPS - Customer Demand and General ECL Date Questions

["Judi Svoboda" <Judis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul, if I understand the question, lead time days is for purchased as
well as manufactured items.  If you have different levels in your BOM
need to enter the lead time for each level according to actual time to
produce plus wait move and queue.  Judi Svoboda Ridewell

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul LaFlamme [mailto:laflammep@kennedydc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:57 AM
To: bpcs-l@midrange.com
Subject: MPS - Customer Demand and General ECL Date Questions


We're using BPCS V405CD(ptf2) and getting ready to begin using MPS/MRP.
We're a discrete order job shop Die Cast manufacturer (Order Policy H on
MPS
items) and will rely on Customer Orders to drive the MPS.

I see that it is the LRDTE field (Request Date) in ECL (Order line file)
that feeds to the MPS.  The order entry department will back the transit
(shipping) time from our shipping dock to the customer's location and
enter
that date in the LRDTE field.

The challenge I have is that Shop order due dates, and planned order due
dates as they appear in the MPS system are the same date as the REQDATE.
This means that the system won't plan the shop orders to be finished
till
some time during the day that the order is supposed to ship out.

Is the REQDATE really meant to be a "Request to complete manufacturing"
or a
"Request to Ship?"

If it is in fact, a request to complete manufacturing, would I simply
back
the date up by one day. I'd love to hear from other BPCS users as to how
their system is communicating customer requirements to manufacturing's
MPS.

Another way I thought I could handle it is by adding a 1 day std move
time
to the last operation. But this would mean changing the router of EVERY
Item
and every alternate router as well.

Lead time is for purchase order items, correct?

Also, how are the Schedule Ship Date LSDTE & Schedule Receive Dates
LSCDT
used by the system? Should these be updated after an MPS committment? If
so,
by whom?

Thank You!

Paul LaFlamme
Manager of MIS
Kennedy Die Castings, Inc.
508-752-5234 X3044

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