Cycle Counting: Alternative Counting Methods?

["aldg" <aldg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Environment: Mapics DB/Y2K (Mod 4)
Inventory Management (IM)

Hi Mapics ML:

In looking at the way Mapics handles cycle counting, I wondering if it's
possible to select periodic cycle counting based on other criteria, such as: 

1. We have about 5,000 active items in our inventory.  Is it possible to 
select, say 20 to 40 of them, randomly, on a daily basis so that during our 
fiscal year, each active item in our inventory will be cycle counted 
approximately twice before the fiscal year end inventory? 

2. Suggesting another selection method, is it possible to stratify the 
selection so that only large dollar amounts (computed based on Mapics perpetual 
inventory quantity on-hand at Standard unit costs) are sampled for daily cycle 
counting.  Using this method would eliminate the cycle counting of less 
important dollar items in our inventory but it would give us confidence that 
the more expensive items were cycle counted appropriately during the fiscal 
year.

So there you have it:  the first method counts everything twice during the 
fiscal year while the second method concentrates only on expensive dollar 
items. 

Is it posslble to modify the Mapics counting methods (Transaction activity; 
Time basis using cycle count codes; and Forced cycle count) to somehow 
incorporate the criteria I have suggested above?

If not, are there third party software programs available that provide this 
type of flexability?

I look forward to hearing from you at your convenience.

Regards.....


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