Re: Anyone entering BPCS Forecast have the Prorate Forecast flag set on?

Thank you very much for your responses so far.  

We are set up similar to Al, where we run MRP nightly and don't use order
policy K...  

Robert, we have a mix of both stock items and made to order; but I don't
think the made to order items will stop us from using the prorated forecast
- we are trying to enforce having our sales employees enter customer orders
for those items, which would then drive requirements.  If we do end up
forecasting them, we'll make the start and end dates the same...  I couldn't
agree more on it being an issue of training and all.

I've set up our test environment to run a prorated forecast.  In a nutshell,
requirements appear prorated, but orders don't (most apparent on MRP300
screen --Planning/Pegging Inquiry).  The main reason we are forecasting is
to have more reliable MRP results; our next step is to start using PUR640 PO
Consolidation/Release - our goal is to automate creating and distributing
POs based on MRP... I'm going to do some further testing - thinking I might
have a parameter set up wrong, else this prorate flag is useless to us.

DeeDee Virgei
Project Leader
Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.
7900 West Ridge Rd
Elyria, OH 44036

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Robert Hendrick [mailto:rhendrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:   Monday, August 25, 2003 8:01 AM
To:     'bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:        RE: BPCS-L Digest, Vol 1, Issue 745

We have prorated the sales forecasts for years. It does cause quite a bit of
confusion with certain functions, but so would not prorating the forecasts.
It is an issue of  training  and getting the proper departments to
understand what they are looking at. It also works best for made to stock
items. If your product line is make to order, it is probably not a good
idea.

 
Robert Hendrick


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message: 1
date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:23:24 -0400
from: DeeDee Virgei <DeeDee.Virgei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Anyone entering BPCS Forecast have the Prorate Forecast flag
        set     on?

Hi All,

Just curious if any of you have the system parameter "Prorate Forecasts?"
set to Y.  We did a long time ago (in Oct. 1996, set it from Y to N  I think
mostly due to confusion -- caused w/ the sales staff).  Anyways I have a
request to turn this flag back on.  Also, we use demand code 1 "Greater of
Forecasts and Customer Orders".  Any comments appreciated.  Thanks in
advance :-). 

Oh yeah, we are on 4.05 CD.

DeeDee Virgei
Project Leader
Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.
7900 West Ridge Rd
Elyria, OH 44036


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message: 2
date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:53:54 -0700
from: "Bill" <billzbubb@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: SSA Interview


Al Mac wrote:
> Some of what is being said does not seem to jive with some things a 
> lot of people bitching about on this list in recent months ... it is
> prohibitively
> expensive to upgrade your AS/400 if you are no longer on their tech
> support.

Can you point to the article which addresses this point?  Believe me, what
people are "bitching" about is not a fabrication, it is a fact.

Bill



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