Thanks for the reply Kevin, you mention several things I had not considered and will need to review.
Chris
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From: bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin G. Harper
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:44 AM
To: BPCS ERP System
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Consolidating FG and RM warehouses
Chris,
I cannot think of any "absolute" pros or cons, without knowing more about your business. I work with companies that follow either scenario, with no significant implications. Either way works. So it's just a matter of how much effort would it take to implement the change.
There are certainly some points to consider as you move forward:
1) One would assume they were originally set up as separate warehouses for a reason. Do you have any recollection or documentation on this? It would be your best starting point.
2) Check INV110, are the two warehouses defined with any conflicting parameters?
3) Check BPCS Security, are there any scenarios where users need to be authorized to one whs but restricted from the other?
4) Do you have inventories of the same item in both warehouses (e.g. resale
products) where the RM inventory is not to be allocated for customer orders until it goes through some internal process and is transfered to FG?
5) Do you have default receiving locations, backflush-from locations, etc set up that will need to be converted?
6) Do you have forecasting history that will need to be converted?
7) Do you have any warehouse-specific UOM conversions?
8) Check your period-ending procedures, are there any processes run by warehouse?
9) Check for any user or custom reports that are tied to a warehouse -- specifically purchasing, planning, and inventory reports.
10) I usually suggest standardizing on the FG warehouse name.
All the best,
Kevin Harper
Appalachian Data Strategies
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Wynn, Christopher P. < christopherwynn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Currently in our ERP LX environment we have separate warehouses for
finished goods, raw materials, and quality hold defined for each
manufacturing location. There is discussion going on to consolidate the
finished goods and raw material warehouses into one warehouse. The
primary drivers for this change are that having one warehouse
eliminates keying errors and that it simplifies integrating LX with a third party WMS system.
We do not have any GL accounting rules that are driven by warehouse.
Any pros/cons in consolidating finished goods and raw material warehouses?
Chris
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