RE: BPCS signon

Thanks to Claire and Al for their answers.

Al - The problem I am attempting to circumvent is PC/terminal independent.
It really is the difference between the security officer signon (sub second)
and the user signon (10-15 seconds). Upgrading the machine is not an option
at the moment. This problem is linked to the security checks that BPCS does
at signon which I believe links all the objects in BPCS to the users
authorisation to use them.

Claire- Already looked at DBMON but no (further) indexes were suggested. Did
you have any specific indexes in mind ?

I asked the question in case there was a way of bypassing the initial
security checks at signon time whilst still keeping the security checks for
all menus/options at selection time. Guess not.

Regards

Martin Bath
Global IT Group
Invensys Controls 
Tel:      +44 (0) 1752 724388
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>       1. Minimum balance for children (p d)
>       2. Re: Minimum balance for children (Al Mac)
>       3. Re: Minimum balance for children (Daniel Warthold)
>       4. BPCS signon (Bath, Martin)
>       5. Re: BPCS signon (Clare Holtham)
>       6. Re: Minimum balance for children (Frederick C Davy)
>       7. AS/Set problem  (Andrew)
>       8. Re: AS/Set problem  (RKHBIT@xxxxxxx)
>       9. MRP Question (Daniel Wilkins)
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> message: 1
> date: 27 Oct 2005 08:36:17 -0000
> from: "p d" <prd2005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anybody tell whether it is required to maintain Minimum Balance for
> children when it is maintained for End Item (Master Scheduled) ? Because,
> child are already taken care through this topmost parent's min. balance.
> 
> regards,
> Prashanth
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 2
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:13:42 -0500
> from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> Minimum balance on a parent does not cause any components to also have
> minimum balance.  All it causes is for MRP to tell you to make to fill the
> minimum balance, like it is a special kind of order.
> 
> Fact that you have a minimum balance on the parent means the MRP tells you
> to make or order enough stuff to fill that minimum balance, plus any other
> requirements.  If you do as MRP says, you will end up with on-hand for the
> parent item equal to the minimum balance, and zero on all the children,
> because you met the requirements.
> 
> We have minimum balance on end customer items where they can order from us
> with very short lead time.  So customer orders, we ship them out of the
> safety stock, then manufacture to replenish it.
> 
> We have minimum balance on some raw materials that are in heavy demand.
> 
> We have considered minimum balance for the output from factory
> bottlenecks,
> and where high setup involved.
> 
> >   Hi, Can anybody tell whether it is required to maintain Minimum
> Balance
> > for children when it is maintained for End Item (Master Scheduled) ?
> > Because, child are already taken care through this topmost parent's min.
> > balance. regards, Prashanth
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 3
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:56:01 -0400
> from: "Daniel Warthold" <daniel.warthold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> Good answer Al.
> 
> I'd like to add, there is a principle in materials management that reads
> "do not guess what you can calculate", (or something like that). This
> means
> put the safety stock where you have uncertainty of the demand, (on the
> finished item in this case), and let MRP calculate the requirements on the
> components.
> 
> If you also had uncertainty on the components, like if they were also sold
> as spare parts, then you might want to cover this uncertainty with
> additionnal safety stocks on these components as  well.
> 
> Daniel Warthold P. eng CPIM
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Mac" <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> 
> > Minimum balance on a parent does not cause any components to also have
> > minimum balance.  All it causes is for MRP to tell you to make to fill
> the
> > minimum balance, like it is a special kind of order.
> >
> > Fact that you have a minimum balance on the parent means the MRP tells
> you
> > to make or order enough stuff to fill that minimum balance, plus any
> other
> > requirements.  If you do as MRP says, you will end up with on-hand for
> the
> > parent item equal to the minimum balance, and zero on all the children,
> > because you met the requirements.
> >
> > We have minimum balance on end customer items where they can order from
> us
> > with very short lead time.  So customer orders, we ship them out of the
> > safety stock, then manufacture to replenish it.
> >
> > We have minimum balance on some raw materials that are in heavy demand.
> >
> > We have considered minimum balance for the output from factory
> bottlenecks,
> > and where high setup involved.
> >
> > >   Hi, Can anybody tell whether it is required to maintain Minimum
> Balance
> > > for children when it is maintained for End Item (Master Scheduled) ?
> > > Because, child are already taken care through this topmost parent's
> min.
> > > balance. regards, Prashanth
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
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> message: 4
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:11:50 +0100
> from: "Bath, Martin" <martin.bath@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [BPCS-L] BPCS signon
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Does anyone have any ingenious methods of speeding up the initial signon
> to
> BPCS (we are on v6.01.00 GA Mixed mode).
> 
> I don't want to move menus/options as this will create more work when
> upgrade time comes around.
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Martin Bath
> Global IT Group
> Invensys Controls
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> message: 5
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:10:50 +0100
> from: "Clare Holtham" <Clare.Holtham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [BPCS-L] BPCS signon
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Have you created the couple of indexes over ZXO, ZX1, ZX2 etc that the
> database monitor recommends? That usually speeds signon up quite a bit,
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Clare
> (Let me know if you want the exact details)
> 
> Clare Holtham
> Director, Small Blue Ltd - Archiving for BPCS
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bath, Martin" <martin.bath@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:11 PM
> Subject: [BPCS-L] BPCS signon
> 
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > Does anyone have any ingenious methods of speeding up the initial signon
> > to
> > BPCS (we are on v6.01.00 GA Mixed mode).
> >
> > I don't want to move menus/options as this will create more work when
> > upgrade time comes around.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Martin Bath
> > Global IT Group
> > Invensys Controls
> > Tel:      +44 (0) 1752 724388
> > Mobile: +44 (0) 7736 017318
> > Fax :    +44 (0) 1752 732455
> > Email : martin.bath@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 6
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:17:21 -0400
> from: Frederick C Davy <fcdavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Good answer, but I believe the saying is "Don't forecast what you can
> calculate", The one other point I would make to pd is to be aware of
> inserting multiple variables to your MRP logic. By that I mean if you are
> planning requirements for end items (finished goods) in LOT QUANTITIES
> (Order Policy code H, I, J), you have already affected your inventory
> levels at replenishment to be greater than zero if your customers are not
> required to order full lot quantities. To add a minimum balance variable
> on top of that, you can further distort both the timing and the
> replenishment balances (Minimum balance of 1000, lot quantity of 2500, as
> soon as the projected balance is 999 or less, a planned order for 2500
> will be created by BPCS. If you have no further movement on this item
> before the replenishment order is received, you could conceivably have
> 3499 in stock. Remember that you have over-planned all components to
> support that level of inventory, and the timing of their re-order. This
> could have a dramatic affect on cash flow and inventory cost/turns.) As
> another saying goes, "do all things in moderation".
> 
> Frederick C. Davy, CPIM, PMP
> Business Systems Analyst
> Interface Solution, Inc.
> Phone: (315) 592-8101
> Fax: (315) 592-8481
> e-mail: fcdavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Good answer Al.
> 
> I'd like to add, there is a principle in materials management that reads
> "do not guess what you can calculate", (or something like that). This
> means
> put the safety stock where you have uncertainty of the demand, (on the
> finished item in this case), and let MRP calculate the requirements on the
> components.
> 
> If you also had uncertainty on the components, like if they were also sold
> as spare parts, then you might want to cover this uncertainty with
> additionnal safety stocks on these components as  well.
> 
> Daniel Warthold P. eng CPIM
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Mac" <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Minimum balance for children
> 
> 
> > Minimum balance on a parent does not cause any components to also have
> > minimum balance.  All it causes is for MRP to tell you to make to fill
> the
> > minimum balance, like it is a special kind of order.
> >
> > Fact that you have a minimum balance on the parent means the MRP tells
> you
> > to make or order enough stuff to fill that minimum balance, plus any
> other
> > requirements.  If you do as MRP says, you will end up with on-hand for
> the
> > parent item equal to the minimum balance, and zero on all the children,
> > because you met the requirements.
> >
> > We have minimum balance on end customer items where they can order from
> us
> > with very short lead time.  So customer orders, we ship them out of the
> > safety stock, then manufacture to replenish it.
> >
> > We have minimum balance on some raw materials that are in heavy demand.
> >
> > We have considered minimum balance for the output from factory
> bottlenecks,
> > and where high setup involved.
> >
> > >   Hi, Can anybody tell whether it is required to maintain Minimum
> Balance
> > > for children when it is maintained for End Item (Master Scheduled) ?
> > > Because, child are already taken care through this topmost parent's
> min.
> > > balance. regards, Prashanth
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 7
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:33:54 +0100
> from: "Andrew" <andrewroe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [BPCS-L] AS/Set problem
> 
> I have copied a standard BPCS program and removed a number of the Panels
> from the program in order to provide a cutdown version for the local users
> (and modify some of the logic).
> I added a selection screen to accept the parameters and call the sub-file
> screen to display the output.
> When I preprocess the As/Set definition I am getting the errors
> "Error: Key field xxxxx not defined in program"
> "Error: Key fields attributes in file YYYL01 do not match"
> 
> I have not defined the field xxxxx anywhere in the definition and cannot
> find the error reference in the spooled output from the pre-processor.
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Andrew
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> message: 8
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:42:04 EDT
> from: RKHBIT@xxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [BPCS-L] AS/Set problem
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 9
> date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:06:05 -0700
> from: "Daniel Wilkins" <dwilkins@xxxxxxx>
> subject: [BPCS-L] MRP Question
> 
> I tried to ask this question the other day but didn't explain myself in
> the correct terms so I'm trying it again. Whether it's right or wrong
> this is how we run our MRP. We copy the customer orders from ECL to a
> temporary library called MRPTEMP that we use to run MRP. All other files
> in the temporary library are blank. We do this because all we want out
> of the MRP system is a breakdown of the BOM and tell us what we will
> need to make the units for the orders in the temp library.
> 
> 
> 
> For some reason we are getting some items that are not planning enough
> and some that are planning too much. When I check the BOM it looks
> correct. The items in question are "bulk" items that have order policy
> "G."
> 
> 
> 
> Like I mentioned before I am fairly new to BPCS and how the MRP works.
> If I wanted all the items to plan exactly what we need for the orders
> and no more and no less how should I have the items setup in the CICL01
> file or IIML01 file.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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