Re: Planning Improvements

Tom, I am an independent consultant in the planning and manufacturing
modules of BPCS.  I have worked with the system since 1992 and have
participated in 14 successful installs with the 4X versions.

I would love to discuss this subject with you off line.  You may contact me
as shown below.

Sincerely,
Reginald Finley
home 864-268-6247
cell    864-430-3813
e-mail rdfinley1@xxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jedrzejewicz @ San Pedro" <TJedrzejewicz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: Planning Improvements


> Folks -
>
> We use an old (4.0.03) version of BPCS, and currently have none of the
> planning modules running.  Most of our planning is done using Excel, and
> is relatively resource intensive.
>
> Our products are very simple (~8 components, single level bills), our
> sales order delivery times are short (typically same week), and our
> purchasing lead times are long (typically 8-10 weeks).
>
> We are (relatively) comfortable with our inventory levels and with our
> service levels.  However, we want to improve . . .
> 1> the amount of effort necessary to plan the manufacturing and
> procurement
> 2> the dependance on a few key people in the planning and procurement
> process.
> 3> the transparency of the process - meaning the ability of other
> departments (and eventually customers and suppliers) to know what is
> happening when.
>
> We are wary of the canned planning modules because . . .
> - training is an issue due to our old BPCS, and we have no internal
> knowledge
> - the care and feeding of the system required to support standard
> MRP/DRP seems onerous
> - the effort required to implement
>
> Can any of you suggest places (software, support) we might look to help
> with this?
>
> Thanks in advance . . .
>
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> IS Manager, Contessa Food Products
>
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