Re: Re: Planned Order conversion

  
Hi Al Mac,
Thanks for the explanation.

Few questions
1) say for a perticular manufactured item, if Lead Time maintained in IIM (Item 
Master) is say 3 days.
However, when CAP600 ia run, as per routing information, it will create LCR 
record mentioning the schedule for that item, am I right ?
If that works out to be 7 days. And then if planned orders are converted to 
shop orders, how many days will be reflected between shop order due date & 
release date, is it going to be a difference of 3 days (as per IIM), or is it 
going to be a difference of 7 days (as per LCR schedule) ?

2) You have mentioned that 
>CAP600 ... this updates LWK

Here, after CAP600, will it update LWK or LCR or both ?

Regards,
Prashanth



On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 Al Mac wrote :
>This is somewhat dependent on BPCS version and what parts of BPCS a company is 
>using.
>
>Here's what we do.
>1. Engineering ... various files have to have the correct coding for stuff to 
>work right.  This includes FRT and whole lot more.
>2. Automated Planning ... each nite I run, by facility, in this sequence:
>MRP80W (modification to handle multiple planning warehouses per facility)
>MRP500 SEVERAL TIMES
>MRP600
>CAP600 ... this updates LWK
>3. Manual Planning ... MRP250 tells Shop Order planners what's needed  and 
>where there is trouble ... we have modified this report ... then based on the 
>report they see what shop orders need to be released ... this is one area that 
>takes a lot of staff hours, that I am trying to get a handle on what all they 
>have to do, to see if it is practical to get the job done with less time
>
>There are several different ways that the shop orders can be launched.  All of 
>them internally call the program SFC520 to actually print the shop paperwork, 
>which we have modified.  Earlier process step, which we have not modified, is 
>to copy FRT data to FOD, MBM to FMA, summarize them in FSO, such that the shop 
>order has a modified copy of the engineering needed to make the parts, against 
>which progress will be reported.
>
>The process permits humans to release shop orders that are in excess of 
>capacity ... you do not need to be using capacity planning, with correctly 
>populated LWK for this operation to function, in fact in our case, BPCS CAP is 
>too simple-minded for our reality ... we have people cross-trained across 
>multiple factory work center departments, so we can shift people to where the 
>work is needed.
>
>The process permits humans to release shop orders which in aggregate need more 
>material than we actually have.  Some of this is Ok because the sub-components 
>are being manufactured at the same time as them also being consumed at higher 
>levels of production ... overlapping operations, but some of it, we need 
>better execution since sometimes people start work on a production step, only 
>to experience an ingredients shortage.
>
>Before knowing what each of two programs do, you need to map out, with the 
>help of XREF or GO CMDREF what program calls what program, and a summary 
>function of what each does ... plan on spending several weeks if not several 
>months mapping this out.  YOU have to understand how it works in YOUR 
>installation, because that will undoubtedly be different than how it functions 
>at companies of other people on this list.  Every company has a different 
>mixture of BPCS version and precise implementation tailoring.
>
>4. The factory produces the parts and fills out paperwork associated with what 
>got done.
>5. This paperwork gets keyed in using JIT600 for the bulk of it, SFC600 for 
>indirect labor and various corrections.
>6. We then have considerable cleanup to do, and in my opinion, we currently do 
>not have the staff time to do this properly, and in consequence that is adding 
>to the staff time needed at step 3, which creates a visious circle.
>
>>    Hi, At the execution stage, Planned Orders are converted to shop orders 
>> through MRP540B (Release Planned Orders) & SFC550B (Print Released Orders). 
>> am I right ? At this time, is it that schedule created in LCR (Capacity 
>> Details), based on Required Capacity (FRT) & Available Capacity (LWK), is 
>> converted into shop order/s ? If so, which of the above 2 programs does this 
>> ? regards, Prashanth
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