Re: Can Outside Processing be tracked in Mapics?

Hi Bob Tenney:

Thanks for replying to my query.

When we send an Inventory Item out for outside processing,
it comes back modified for its original form, etc.  A new
Item Number is assigned to the modified Inventory Item (or
component) to distinguish it from the original Inventory
Item that lacks the outside processing.

Therefore, this is all captured in a specially numbered
and lettered Manufacturing Order (MO).  The original
Inventory Item is part of the Bill of Materials and the
Outside Processing is one of the Labor Routing steps.  The
completed Inventory Item for the MO has the new Item
Number that we assigned.

We do use a blank P.O's., in Purchasing, to track costs
for Outside Processing where we use a particular vendors
many times during a given month.  If the Outside
Processing is done by a non-recurring vendor, we cover
that transaction with a regular P.O.

Again, I'm trying to see if there's a way that Mapics can
track Inventory Items that are out at Outside Processing.
With out system right now, we can only get this
information for querying data related to the MO's we set
up for these Inventory Items.

I'm thinking that by setting up a dedicated Warehouse for
Outside Processing only, this may open the doors for
tracking under Mapics.

I look forward to your followup comments and those from
other Mapics ML members.

Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
aldg1@charter.net


On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 19:21:36 -0400
 "Bob Tenney" <bobtenney@earthlink.net> wrote:

Al, you might want to consider using the Purchasing
application to track
items sent to vendors for Outside Operations. Purchase
orders are designed
to manage dealings with vendors and are better suited to
this task than
manufacturing orders. Also, you probably need a PO to pay
the vendor's
invoice in any case and you can have AP generate
transactions for the actual
cost and send them to PC&C.

Bob Tenney
bob@tenneypubs.com
Bob Tenney Solutions, LLC
MAPICS - FRx - Crystal Reports