Re: Automatic creation of MO's from CO's. -- MAPICS-L

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Bud,

We are sort of doing that with an electronic kanban system we developed,
except that we generate suspended I/M Order Release batches, and manually
close and post them on a schedule.  For those specific orders, the IT
department runs the order release batch due to different paperwork
requirements on the shop packets.  However, it wouldn't be hard to change
the batch to a closed status rather than a suspended status.  That doesn't
run out of a COM User Exit, but we do use the COM User Exits to place
orders with vendors for outsourced parts when orders are placed through
COM for those parts and we don't have any on hand.  That's a lot like what
you want to do.

There is a company called Mainstay Application Systems, formerly a MAPICS
affiliate called S-H Systems in the old days before the reorgs in MAPICS,
that has a package called Product Configurator - sort of an step
in-between Features and Options and KBC in COM that lets you configure a
part and release an MO for it.  The package has all the logic required to
build I/M Order Release batches.  We modified that for our kanban system
to take out the data entry part and just have it generate orders for the
required parts.  Sounds like that may be really close to what you are
looking for.

You can reach Mainstay at 1-717-292-9939, or send an e-mail for more
information to MAINSTAY@paonline.com and Pete Sultatos (it's his company)
will get back to you.  Or if you want, you can contact me directly via
e-mail and I could send you a source listing of how we generate the
orders.

Dale Gindlesperger
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.





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We have a need to automatically generate MO's and I'm wondering if anyone
has done this.

This is what we want to do.    When an order is entered through COM order
entry a custom program would execute from a user exit.   This program
would
check to see if the item ordered is in stock and unallocated (already
built
and on the shelf).    If so, we would want an MO to be automatically
created
and released so the component items are properly relieved from inventory
via
the MO and the paperwork is produced.     We just want to eliminate the
extra labor involved in entering the MO and releasing it when we know the
item is already available for shipment.

Bud Roble
broble@CharlesRobleConsulting.com
(805)794-3027
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