Re: Document for Transfer finished good inter warehouse -- BPCS-L

There are a number of settings in BPCS which could block mass transfer,such as SECURITY blocking someone access to one of the two warehousesinvolved. There may be variations by version of BPCS. There might also bemodifications that have changed how BPCS functions.

There can be different rules placed in transaction effects, such as copy"T" to another new transaction effect so that company policy can be to useone for transfer within a facility and another for cross facility, whetheror not you account for time in transit.

There can be a periodic report on who is using what transaction type forwhat purpose, to catch people using them for unauthorized or inappropriatepurposes. This is not foolproof, but it catches some of it ... forexample, if company has a rule that all inventory adjustments have a goodreason, you can do a count and volume by reason given, to see if thereasons seem reasonable.

        I wondered about this response - my test shows that we are able
to use the mass transfer program to transfer from one facility to
another.

        As the original questioner said, this leaves you with no
documentation and won't work for that need. DRP is a better solution,
but not the only one.

        Dick Bailey
        MCFA

-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick C Davy

Indah,

If your warehouses are associated to other facilities, then you can not
use the Mass Location Transfer (INV510) to move the inventory. Mass
Location Transfer only works for warehouses associated to the same
facility (check the warehouse master INV110 to see what facility code
the warehouse is assigned to). If you need to transfer to warehouses at
a different facility you should use DRP (Distribution Resource
Planning). To accomplish this you must create a DRP Relationship for
every item/facility/to/from association that you will be using (items
must be master scheduled in MRP140 or DRP140 record). The complete setup
for DRP is too involved for this e-mail, and to do it properly you
should have your own documentation for DRP to follow. First off, you
should check the Systems Parameters for Installed Products to make sure
you have DRP installed. If you need further help, contact me at my
e-mail address below. Good luck.

Frederick C. Davy, CPIM, PMP
Business Systems Analyst
Interface Solution, Inc.
Phone: (315) 592-8101
Fax: (315) 592-8481
e-mail: fcdavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Indah

Hi,

I am using BPCS v.6.1.02.
My company has several warehouse that its location is separate  from
manufacturing's location.
To transfer finished good inter warehouse, user use Mass Location
Transfer.
Although this program has control output for transaction, but it can be
used
by user,
because the control output doesn't have document number like Sales Order

or
Purchase Order, and detail information at there isn't enough.

Do you have any idea to solve this problem..?

thanks .