Stephen,
My note below jumped to the conclusion that your labor
would be going to the client site to perform the product
assembly. If not, then the cost accounting accomplished
by point one below ends up being more accurate than
BPCS would manage by just invoicing the single
top level item.
Milt Habeck
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----- Original Message -----
From: Milt Habeck
To: BPCS user community
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: [BPCS-L] Split a top level item
Very intriguing issue.
For clarification:
1) Does the solution prohibit putting each sub-component
on the same customer order, each as a separate line item and then
back-order the non-wanted pieces for the first shipment?
The path implied by my first point doesn't help you on getting
the cost accounting right, obviously, because there is probably
a finished goods assembly cost that would be missed by
looking just at the sub-components.
2) How do want to invoice for this? Charge the full amount for the
top level item when the first piece is shipped ... or ... apportion the
full price over multiple (I guess at least two) shipments?
Peace,
Milt Habeck
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----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Wheeler
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:19 PM
Subject: [BPCS-L] Split a top level item.
Hello All,
We have a situation where a customer has placed an order for a top level
item, but only wants a subcomponent shipped now for fabrication
purposes, and then wants the remainder in approximately two months. For
pricing reasons, the order cannot be separated into the subcomponents.
We need to be able to show demand in the system for the component that
will ship early, and be able to schedule the remaining parts for later
production. We need to be able to control MRP messages for purchasing
and production.
One work around we have thought of is to place an order for the
subcomponent to create the initial demand, then place a second order
later for the top level item when it is needed, issuing a credit for the
first order. The problem is in the second order, trying to tell the
system we want the top level without the subcomponent. On the Order
Entry screen (ORD500), we tried to enter the top level item and then
enter a negative quantity for the subcomponent. We receive an error
that "Quantity ordered cannot be less than zero."
We are running BPCS 4.05 CD
Any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Stephen Wheeler
IT Coordinator
Ridewell Corporation
stephenw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(417) 833-4565
Fax: (417) 833-4560
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