RE: INV900 Oops -- BPCS-L

At this client, we automatically run INV900 as part of the month-end batch
program that just calls various BPCS programs.  To insure that nobody has
access to the system, all the workstations are varied off and nobody can get
past the main BPCS menu, if they did sign-on with the system automatically
creating device descriptions.  Once the month-end program reaches a point
where it is safe to let users sign back on, all the device descriptions are
varied back on and then sign-on to BPCS enabled.

We have been doing this for about five years, for every month-end.

In general, I would say that if you know what the parameters for a
particular program need to be, set-up for multiple runs should be done once
per year when you have your full attention devoted to that task.  Why do
through all that stress every month-end?

Mindaugas Bielskus

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Mac [mailto:macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:05 PM
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Subject: RE: INV900 Oops


Hopefully our latest scenario has been resolved.  Thanks to all who made 
some suggestions.
I discussed Dee Dee's post with my boss, and last nite after an early 
backup I ran INV900.

During INV900 we periodically use QSECOFR or QSYSOPR to check on if it is 
done yet, because we know from experience that a person can sign on, just 
be at a menu, but now there is a lock blocking INV900 from 
continuing.  Even the work station that launched INV900 can cause this, by 
moving around to other menus.

Before INV900 we vary off 100% of the work stations accessible to nite
shift.
They are accustomed to accessing BPCS when they want to check on inventory, 
BOM, shop orders, whatever ... they not really understand various reasons 
why stay off at this or that time, and there are a lot of individual 
inspectors, team leaders, etc, who might randomly need to use one of the 
factory work stations.

When INV900 done, I vary their work stations back on again.

INV900 is usually run by an accounting person who not fully understand that 
not all jobs are shown on WRKACTJOB ... there may be stuff that is 
DISCONTINUED but still tying up BPCS files ... and of course there is stuff 
on JOBQ other than what YOU put there.

I have discovered with reorgs like SYS120 that it can run with other people 
on the system.
It pauses with a lock on this or that file, then skips that file and moves 
on to the next file.
So basically I can do a reorg which does the files they not happen to be 
using at the moment, without kicking them off of BPCS like we have to do 
with INV900.

Al Mac

>I frequently have issues with INV900 not running. More accurately, it
>says "Ended abnormally." When I DSPMSG. It's always because a user had
>the IIM file open and INV900 could not get the exclusive lock it needs.
>Sometimes the user is not in, but the IIM file stays locked because they
>did not sign off before closing the session window. In that case, I do a
>wrkobjlck on the IIM file and determine the job(s) that are locking the
>file. I then take action 4 to end the job.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  DeeDee Virgei
>
>Hi,
>
>We are on 4.05 CD...  When we run inventory M/E (INV900), INV901C then
>gets
>submitted to batch...  Since your INV901C program wasn't used this month
>and
>from the last dates used on your other programs, it looks like during
>submission of your M/E,  the options on the 2nd of screen of INV900 were
>set
>as follows:
>INV900-02 ...
>           Print all Outstanding Cycle Counts        Y      (Y or N)
>
>           Continue with Month End Procedure      N      (Y or N)
>
>
>These are the defaults setting; we have to change them every month to N
>then
>Y...  This being the case, the impact would be pretty much the same as
>not
>running INV900 at all.  We once forgot to run INV900; ended up running
>it
>the next evening and had to make some adjustments to some of the
>reports...
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>DeeDee Virgei
>Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.
>7900 West Ridge Rd
>Elyria, OH 44036
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:   Al Mac
>
>I am looking for suggestions while I struggle looking into some things.
>We are BPCS 405 CD

<snip>

>___

Al Macintyre 

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