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Hi, Ok. If u have not understood properly, I will put it in a different way. BPCS version is 6.0.04. In place of companies, you may consider as Facilities. Q.1) If we make change in Item Code, where all will it affect the Business Process in SCM & How ? for e.g. making such change will affect these these databases, these these BPCS products, these these process options in these these modules, these these reports etc. Is that Clear ? Dnyanesh R Deshpande Linc Software Services Pvt. 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RE: help (Damon, Mitch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- message: 1 date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:58:12 -0600 from: Alister Wm Macintyre <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx> subject: BPCS Guidance Re: help You are asking questions that require knowledge of BPCS that goes beyond beginner stage, and your terminology is a bit confusing. It would be big help if you identified what VERSION of BPCS you on, because there is some stuff that cannot be done on versions before that stuff was invented. BPCS is heavily based on ERP theory, as defined by APICS, but there are gaps between classic ERP theory and BPCS implementation. We use FACILITIES. There is the facility in this city, the facility in that city. They have all the same items, item coding, descriptions, etc. SOME FILES have data BY FACILITY ... like inventory, costs, sales, orders SOME FILES have one figure for the whole outfit There is some data that CROSSES facilities such as RESUPPLY ORDERS Basically, as part of your education in how BPCS works, before it is installed and implemented, there is an evaluation made as to what files need to be by facility, which global, and how to manage that. Expect this education to take a few weeks, and run a few pilots with your project team before you get it perfected. We have some customers with divisions. Ship to this address, ship to that address, same customer name We can use a CORPORATE BILLING for all branches of the same customer. We can track what each division wants same items different items Only complication is when two divisions same customer order same part two different revision #s Like their North Carolina factory is on revision E and their South Carolina factory is on revision C of the same item For end items we use the customer ordered part # but in a very few cases the customer part # is more than 15 characters, or two different customers have same part # for entirely different things. Another complication is REPAIR Typically the item to be repaired is very similar to the original item We use the item # with letter R on the end to designate that Repair is what is going on Similarly SAMPLES before the customer has approved the design, may be a bit different from the final version We use the letter "S" on end of item # to designate that this is the Samples version Minimum Balance is also known as Safety Stock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For example, we have customers who expect 10 days or less lead time from us. They order something and expect us to ship it in a week or so But some of the components have a lead time for us of like 60 days Based on past experience, we have set a Safety Stock of some quantity on-hand so we not likely to run out of some purchased parts. As soon as BPCS sees that we have dropped below our Safety Stock, MRP tells us to order some more. Another example is we have sub-assemblies that we make, in which the efficient way to make the part is in runs of like 1,000, but if we make only what the customer needs, we making like 25 which is unit wise extremely costly. Well we could use Order Policy Code for this, but what we use is Safety Stock BPCS supports something called Dynamic Safety Stock Some of our customers have seasons ... they want lots in the summer but none in winter, or vica versa. We can have BPCS calculate enough to be on hand to meet a _____ day supply using the next ____ months demand to do the math averaging for that. This way, when the customer season drops off, so does the level of our safety stock. Horizon Days is another part of MRP logic. You can go mad trying to understand by studying one element at a time ... it is like trying to learn how to drive by studying one road sign at a time without first learning the rules of the road. I suggest you sign up for BPCS University, and take some classes in MRP and related applications. Budget a few weeks and a few thousand dollars, per person who needs to learn this. The el cheapo route is to go into BPCSDOC and find the SSARUN document on MRP, print the sucker out, and dig into it for a few days, plus learn how to use SEU PDM or CODE/400 to FIND entries, like search for where "Horizon" is discussed, then when it is explained in the context of other stuff, search for where that other stuff is also discussed. A quick and dirty route is to have a test environment. Copy your MRP plans into simulation area, Tweak this whatsit & do a regeneration Ok, what has changed? Write up what that whatsit does Now change some other whatsit and go through the same process again When you get exhausted, take a break Plan on studying 2-3 whatsits a day for a couple months Probably the most economical route is to call your tech support and request a copy of the documentation on that particular The difference between Horizon Days and Minimum Balance Horizon Days is like explaining the difference between road sign of MERGE and YIELD to someone who does not know what an Interstate is. I apologize if my effort at a humorous analogy is insulting. , you wrote: >Hi, > >I am working on BPCS as Functional consultant. > >I request your help. > >Q.1) If there are more than one companies of the same Group at different >locations manufacturing the same product models. > >If they are having different Item Codes and/or different Item >descriptions, >then to standardize on Items (harmonization) between these companies, with > >MINIMAL CHANGES in the system, what is the systematic (step by step) >approach that I have to follow ? > > >Q.2) What is a concept of Horizon Days ? What is its significance ? > >Q.3) What is the difference between MPS Horizon Days & Minimum Balance >Horizon Days ? > >Requesting your valuable guidance on the above at the earliest, > >Thanks & Best Regards, > >Dnyanesh > > >Dnyanesh R Deshpande >Sr. Consultant, >Linc Software Services Pvt. Ltd. >email: deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Al Macintyre http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac Find BPCS Documentation Suppliers http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html BPCS/400 Computer Janitor at http://www.globalwiretechnologies.com/ Part time may get commission from some BPCS vendors for helping them ... I will now say in a post if the product I commenting on is also one potentially involved with this ... not that I have made anything from this yet. ------------------------------ message: 2 date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:27:53 -0000 from: "Clare Holtham" <Clare.Holtham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> subject: Re: Security Key Ronald, As Yan says, you can just make a copy of the BPCSO library with a slightly different name, and include it in the second environment library lists as you would the files library etc. The key data area SYSSSC is in the BPCSO library so that should work OK. Don't forget that if you have other object libraries (mods etc, PTFs) you should do the same with them. In fact it is a good idea these days (post V5 BPCS and SQL) to have separate object libraries, especially if the data is very different, as the system will try to recreate the 'access plan' when a program is used against different data, and try to save it with the program object (although this is supposed to stop happening at V5R2). This can cause problems when the program object is being used. Hope this helps, Clare Clare Holtham Director, Small Blue Ltd - Archiving for BPCS Web: www.smallblue.co.uk IBM Certified AS/400 Systems Professional E-Mail: Clare.Holtham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mobile: +44 (0)7960 665958 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yan Shargorodsky" <yshargorodsky@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "'SSA's BPCS ERP System'" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:54 AM Subject: RE: Security Key > Ronald, > You will need to name your V64BPCSO Library differently for the new > environment. > As far as key, if you are just copying libraries, it is in BPCSF library in > SYSSSC and will be copied/restored with other files in the library. > > If you are installing new environment from SSA tape/CD, you will have an > option to name libraries and you will be able to either enter the key or > specify the library where existing key resides. > > Regards, > > Yan Shargorodsky > Y&Y Solutions Inc. > Phone:(215) 741-7138 > Cell: (267) 934-8327 > Email: yshargorodsky@xxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of ronald.rosanes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:31 PM > To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Security Key > > > Dear Midrange members, > > I'm trying to create another environment of BPCS on an AS/400 where there > is already an existing BPCS installed. > The currently installed BPCS version is 6.0.04, the same as the one I'm > trying to create/restore. > > How can I create another environment including the V64BPCSO (BPCS object > library)? How can two V64BPCSO libraries co-exist? > Both are different from each other as the currently installed BPCS Object > Library is heavily modified. > > Also as the BPCS key exist on the currently installed V64BPCSO, how can I > re-create that key for the one > that I'll be re-creating/restoring. > > > Best regards, > Ronald Rosanes > > _______________________________________________ > This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list > To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l > or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list > To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l > or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > > ------------------------------ message: 3 date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 07:44:57 EST from: RKHBIT@xxxxxxx subject: Re: help Are you being paid for this job? ------------------------------ message: 4 date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:58:56 -0500 from: "Damon, Mitch" <MDamon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> subject: RE: help Minimum Balance = minimum balance days * minimum balance horizon Where minimum balance horizon = total demand over the number of days specified in minimum balance horizon / number of days. Mitch Damon, CPIM Planning Systems Manager Birds Eye Foods, Rochester NY (585) 383-1070 Ext. 250 -----Original Message----- From: deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:22 AM To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: help Hi, I am working on BPCS as Functional consultant. I request your help. Q.1) If there are more than one companies of the same Group at different locations manufacturing the same product models. If they are having different Item Codes and/or different Item descriptions, then to standardize on Items (harmonization) between these companies, with MINIMAL CHANGES in the system, what is the systematic (step by step) approach that I have to follow ? Q.2) What is a concept of Horizon Days ? What is its significance ? Q.3) What is the difference between MPS Horizon Days & Minimum Balance Horizon Days ? Requesting your valuable guidance on the above at the earliest, Thanks & Best Regards, Dnyanesh Dnyanesh R Deshpande Sr. Consultant, Linc Software Services Pvt. 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