RE: (no subject)

Deb,

How often are you changing the standard costs for your finished goods.
If you are utilizing cost set 2, then I can understand the costs being
different and therefore having the margins be skewed.  

In order for the margins to stay constant for your finished goods then
you should not change the "standard" cost that often.

I do not think that you need unique item numbers at all for if you are
using facility bills of material then the nuances of material and costs
are satisfied with the facility bills of material and costing.


Daniel J. Sweeney       
Senior Technical Consultant
PHOENIX Business Consulting, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+dsweeney=phoenixbcinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+dsweeney=phoenixbcinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Deb Newcomb-Burke
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:59 AM
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Subject: RE: [BPCS-L] (no subject)

Our customers don't care.  Different item numbers don't work as the
customer orders, for example, item 12345.  The various prods from
different mfg locations or BOMs are 23456 and 34567.  Alternate item
substitutions must be set up however, item substitution is ineffective
as substitute allocations only take place at order entry.  If there is
no inventory at the time, the next allocation is against the item the
customer ordered.  The process to make this work is extremely labor
intensive...trust me, we are doing this now.

Deb Newcomb-Burke
IT Director - Alba/Tefron-USA
828-879-6518
336-682-4493 - cell
240-306-2681 - efax
debnewcomb-burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+debnewcomb-burke=tefronusa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+debnewcomb-burke=tefronusa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Daniel Warthold
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:51 AM
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] (no subject)

In my opinion, since the cans were different materials, that alone would
justify two distinct part numbers. If some customers only accept one
type,
you still need distinct part numbers.

Daniel Warthold P. eng. CPIM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick C Davy" <fcdavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: RE: [BPCS-L] (no subject)


> Deb,
>
> I worked with a client that had the same problem. They produced the
same
> item number at two different locations, and each had unique costs (one
> location used an aluminum can, the other a steel can). Where it really
> gets "fuzzy" is when you ship product from both locations to a
> distribution warehouse. Now how do you separate the costs? What they
did
> was to use a unique lot number designation (the first digit
represented
> the manufacturing location) to identify the originating manufacturing
> location/cost. This could have a subtle effect on fifo, but other than
> using a suffix number at the end of the item number to create unique
> items/costs, this was the only workable solution for them.
>
>
>
>
> "Deb Newcomb-Burke" <debnewcomb-burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: bpcs-l-bounces+fcdavy=sealinfo.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 10/11/2005 03:42 PM
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> Ron,
>
> The mfg costs are captured properly.  Our problem is that regardless
of
> the components or mfg location, all are using the same F/G item
number.
> So, we have xxx product in our finished goods warehouse with multiple
> costs.  Once we generate a customer order, we allocate by lot for
FIFO.
> At this point we really don't know how much that particular item costs
> for a true margin picture
>
> Deb Newcomb-Burke
> IT Director - Alba/Tefron-USA
> 828-879-6518
> 336-682-4493 - cell
> 240-306-2681 - efax
> debnewcomb-burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bpcs-l-bounces+debnewcomb-burke=tefronusa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+debnewcomb-burke=tefronusa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ronald Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:35 PM
> To: 'SSA's BPCS ERP System'
> Subject: RE: [BPCS-L] (no subject)
>
> The only way to capture actual costs is from the closed shop orders.
> +With their being at different locations, then the actual costs will
> change with each shop order closed.
>
>
> Ron Smith
> 704/864-2499    (home office)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bpcs-l-bounces+rsmith17=carolina.rr.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+rsmith17=carolina.rr.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Deb Newcomb-Burke
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:08 PM
> To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [BPCS-L] (no subject)
>
>
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> To All,
>
>
>
> We have a situation where a single product can be made at several
> locations around the world.  The manufacturing location has a direct
> bearing on the mfg cost.  Within these locations the product can be
made
> of cotton or polyester which also is reflected on the cost.  We are
> manufacturing all of the different scenarios with alternate BOM
methods
> and corresponding alternate routing method.  My question is how can we
> capture the actual cost so a true margin can be calculated for
customer
> orders?
>
>
>
>
>
> Deb Newcomb-Burke
>
> IT Director - Alba/Tefron-USA
>
> 828-879-6518
>
> 336-682-4493 - cell
>
> 240-306-2681 - efax
>
> debnewcomb-burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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