Re: BPCS Priorities...Order Alloc only

["James Barry" <zzbpcs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Good Morning, 
 5 degrees above zero this morning ( F, not C ) 
BPCS 4.05 CD allows for a priority code on the Customer 
Master which is copied to the Customer Order Header and is 
maintainable within ORD500.
It is ONLY used by the batch allocation program.
That is, the orders with the highest ( or lowest, I forget 
)
priority number, WITHIN THE BATCH SELECTED FOR 
ALLOCATIONS,
are done first.
MRP & DRP totally ignore that field....sorry
There are "numerous" add-on packages for doing dynamic
MRP/MPS/DR explosions with "what if I move this date...."
capabilities.

Jim Barry
Belchertown,MA



On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:05:50 -0600
 Al Mac <macwheel99@sigecom.net> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how BPCS Priorities work?
> That's where you put a priority number in some order.
> We have been going strictly by DUE DATE and not using the 
> priority code.
>
> But now we have situation where a high manager takes a 
> special interest in a particular set of requirements, and 
> we want to treat the children of that parent as if it is 
> a HOT exception to MRP because that is what is what is 
> needed to keep the high manager happy.
>
> What I would like to know is if you put some priority 
> code in the parent order (customer or end item part), 
> does MRP or anything automatically populate that code to 
> all children orders, even through DRP, or does that have 
> to be done manually?  I was thinking that if it was 
> practical to manage the priority codes, then I would 
> modify our modified shop dispatch reports to include the 
> latest priority code.  Even if it has to be done manually 
> ... we now have reports that show MRP recommended date 
> changes, to which we could add the latest priority code 
> status.
>
> We had a situation where the flow of the part was as 
> follows:
> Final Customer Order from facility-30 was cancelled in 
> error.
> Most of the assembly work in warehouse-P
> Many of the individual wires (leads) made in facility 40 
> (orders created through DRP which we have modified)
> One of the leads was past due 1 month due to a shortage 
> of terminals (that go on the ends of the wires) ... the 
> people in facility 40 knew all about that, but somehow 
> the consequences of this were not adequately communicated 
> up the line.
>
> If you do MRP300 pegging ... can you cross DRP all the 
> way up to the end requirement ... our BOM etc. is by 
> facility.  In other words if the facility 40 staff was 
> not so busy, there should be some way for them to get at 
> what the consequences are of a major bottleneck so as to 
> know who needs to be told, what customer part(s) impacted 
> by this.
>
> I am in the minority here thinking it is obvious that we 
> need OTTO http://www.systemspluscorp.com/
>
>
> Al Macintyre
> BPCS/400 Computer Janitor at