Re: Setting up an Inventory Discrepancies Whse

Thank you Les for your quick and helpful response!

I did check my settings on the existing quality whse and found it to be
already set to Non-Nettable and Non-Allocatable. So I re-evaluated my
'big MRP issues'. It turns out our issue is with inventory not MRP.
More specifically, all my users look at our MRP facility in INV300...

I believe your proposed solution will still fix my problem as long as I
create the new Warehouse in a new or non-MRP facility. The inventory
will still be visible under that facility or when no facility is
selected in INV300...

Thanks again for your help. And any other input is appreciated.

Best Regards,

DeeDee Virgei
Project Leader

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+deedee.virgei=nelsonstud.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+deedee.virgei=nelsonstud.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Les Mittman - SBC
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:25 PM
To: 'BPCS ERP System'
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Setting up an Inventory Discrepancies Whse

DeeDee:



Your approach makes perfect sense. The business requirement is to have
accurate Onhand Inventory. MRP will use the Onhand in Nettable
Warehouses for planning purposes. Your situation is that cycle counting
has identified a large variance and you are concerned about just
adjusting it out. So, what you want to do is to remove this
questionable Onhand from your Warehouse so that MRP will plan correctly
based on what you think you have (based on a count). But, you want
Accounting to review and then make the decision on what to do with this
Quantity.



The solution is:

1. Create a new Warehouse within your current Facility. You do not
need a new Facility.

2. This Warehouse should be Non-Nettable and Non-Allocatable.

3. Transfer the questionable Onhand into this Warehouse. It will be
visible, but it will not be used by MRP.

4. Once Accounting makes a decision or you re-verify the count, a
disposition will be made. Either you will transfer back some or all of
the Quantity or you will adjust it within this Warehouse.



With this approach, you will preserve accuracy and control. It is a
normal procedure that companies use for such a situation.



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.



Thanks.



Les Mittman, Senior BPCS Consultant

847-858-5235



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[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+lmittman=sbcglobal.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DeeDee Virgei
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:49 PM
To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BPCS-L] Setting up an Inventory Discrepancies Whse



Hi All,



I am looking for some BPCS setting suggestions related to MRP and

Inventory...



We currently have a quality whse setup for material returns or other

inventory needing further inspection. This whse is in our MRP facility

and usually does not contain much.



The issue I run into is that occasionally our folks transfer inventory

balances into this whse when finding huge inventory discrepancies during

cycle counting; where the questionable inventory may remain in this whse

until accounting can further research. This sometimes causes big MRP

issues...



I think we should setup a separate warehouse, not under the MRP

facility, for huge inventory discrepancies that need further research.

I would only give our accounting folks access to this whse.



My question; have any of you setup a whse like this? I'm trying to

find out if setting up an inventory discrepancy whse is normal or am I

breaking some big inventory rule...



Any input would be greatly appreciated.



Thx!



Best Regards,



DeeDee Virgei

Project Leader



Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.