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RE: Latest R6 PCM

Hello.

Yes, I worked with a customer to apply the latest R6 PCM over the
weekend.  Unfortunately, the PCM created a variety of issues ranging
from MRP problems to IFM no longer requiring purchase order matching.
They have been working with global to obtain and apply the various
fixes.  Nothing 'catastrophic' to date...however, it sounds like they
have experienced some unneeded work.

Chuck Mick
CSD LLC.
4667 Freedom Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan  48108
(p) 734.677.8878


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:Interesting Email this morning (LDEGNON@xxxxxxxxx)
   2. Re:Interesting Email this morning (Bob.Voltz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
   3. Re:Interesting Email this morning (DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx)
   4. Backflushing & FIFO Inventory (Bonnie_Lokenvitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
   5. Paperless Refresh (Peter Vidal)
   6. RE: Backflushing & FIFO Inventory (Ritsema, Doug B)
   7. Re: Paperless (Data Refresh Issues) (Hans Koens)
   8. Dale Gindlesperger at Fleetwood Folding Trailers is not at
      work! (DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx)


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message: 1
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:29:46 -0800
from: LDEGNON@xxxxxxxxx
subject: Re:Interesting Email this morning

Hello out there...

I also am wondering if any brave souls are at version 7.  Also, Does
anyone else have 
performance issues with Browser????  I have found that if I don't do an
IPL weekly, I 
constantly get calls from users stating "I'm staring at an hourglass,
what's wrong with MAPICS"

Typical P.C. is Pentium 4, 1.8GHZ, 512 MB ram. Just to login and pull up
screen in  Browser takes 58 seconds!!!

MAPICS Support tells me I'm crazy when I mention the issue with IPL,
but if I don't, performance is unbearable.

Any Ideas?

Will Version 7 really help this condition, or make it worse?


Lloyd H. Degnon
I. S. Manager
Ampro Computers Inc.
5215 Hellyer Ave
San Jose, CA 95138
408.360.4365
Ldegnon@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.ampro.com


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Subject:    Interesting Email this morning
Author: Konrad Underkofler <kdunderk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:       2/20/03 9:45 AM

Received the email about the "new" MAPICS this morning. Also announced
in the local papers were 250 layoffs from the combined company.
Hopefully we will find out soon if there will be any development or
support staff left.

By all means read the Forrester report too. I could use some of the
drugs they were on while writing the report. I have not been that
incoherent since a long fun nite in college so many years ago. I think I
had fun :) Of course others might feel I am incoherent all the time...
Microsoft should buy MAPICS...hmmm now there's the ticket!

Anyone try the latest R6 CD yet? Given the 1000 plus "fixes" on it I
would love to know if any caused serious problems.

And the eternal question. R7 anyone?

Regards

Konrad
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message: 2
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:49:57 -0500
from: Bob.Voltz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Re:Interesting Email this morning






AFAIK the long interval for Browser initialization is a known "feature."

We IPL every week anyway, so I don't know about that aspect.

Bob Voltz
Biomet


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message: 3
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:55:37 -0500
from: DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Re:Interesting Email this morning


My Browser performance was too slow until I allocated enough resources
on my AS/400.  On my old machine (a 9406-720 with 470-70 CPW), I changed
my storage pool for QSERVER to have a bunch of my memory (bought another
1/2GB and allocated it all to that pool).  That improved the situation
considerably.  I then upgraded to a 9406-270 with 1050-50 CPW
(Greenstreak promotion), and Browser performance now is generally
equivalent to green screen response.

Incidentally, I do an IPL each week after system backups.  It's not
supposed to be necessary, but it only takes 10 minutes or so and I'm old
school enough to figure "better safe than sorry".

Dale @ Fleetwood



 

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Hello out there...

I also am wondering if any brave souls are at version 7.  Also, Does
anyone else have performance issues with Browser????  I have found that
if I don't do an IPL weekly, I constantly get calls from users stating
"I'm staring at an hourglass, what's wrong with MAPICS"

Typical P.C. is Pentium 4, 1.8GHZ, 512 MB ram. Just to login and pull up
screen in  Browser takes 58 seconds!!!

MAPICS Support tells me I'm crazy when I mention the issue with IPL,
but if I don't, performance is unbearable.

Any Ideas?

Will Version 7 really help this condition, or make it worse?


Lloyd H. Degnon
I. S. Manager
Ampro Computers Inc.
5215 Hellyer Ave
San Jose, CA 95138
408.360.4365
Ldegnon@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.ampro.com


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Subject:    Interesting Email this morning
Author: Konrad Underkofler <kdunderk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:       2/20/03 9:45 AM

Received the email about the "new" MAPICS this morning. Also announced
in the local papers were 250 layoffs from the combined company.
Hopefully we will find out soon if there will be any development or
support staff left.

By all means read the Forrester report too. I could use some of the
drugs they were on while writing the report. I have not been that
incoherent since a long fun nite in college so many years ago. I think I
had fun :) Of course others might feel I am incoherent all the time...
Microsoft should buy MAPICS...hmmm now there's the ticket!

Anyone try the latest R6 CD yet? Given the 1000 plus "fixes" on it I
would love to know if any caused serious problems.

And the eternal question. R7 anyone?

Regards

Konrad
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message: 4
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:05:57 -0600
from: Bonnie_Lokenvitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Backflushing & FIFO Inventory



Does any one else experience this problem with backflushing?    And how
do
you fix it?

We use FIFO inventory, allow negatives,  don't use default locations,
don't use WIP inventory locations, and don't use 1st available location.

The backflushing logic falls through and takes first available (by
location). Then we have to adjust.

We can live with the negatives but in the right pot (or silo).

Why, if you say FIFO, doesn't FIFO rule?

Thanks,
Bonnie Lokenvitz
Engineered Polymers Corp.



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message: 5
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:22:55 -0500
from: "Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx>
subject: Paperless Refresh

----- Forwarded by Peter Vidal/AeroPower PPK/Pall/US on 02/20/2003 03:26
PM
-----
 

                    Rick_Reith@xx

                    e-erp.com            To:     Peter Vidal/AeroPower
PPK/Pall/US@xxxx     
                                         cc:

                    02/20/2003           Subject:     Paper-Less
Question                   
                    02:55 PM

 

 







Hi Peter,

I saw your message out on the bulletin board -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hi all!

We have an issue here.  Paperless does a full refresh of the data every
2 hours. This allows all the information from the AS400 to be uploaded
to Paperless so locations , etc. match in the system. Most of the
mismatches occur because we do not do receiving transaction on Paperless
only on the AS400.  These transactions performed on the AS400 will not
be transferred to Paperless until the refresh. As a result the location
files get out of synch.

We are not doing receiving in Paperless because we have certain
customizations in the front end that will not be permitted in Paperless.
Is there somebody that has this same scenario and how you are handling
it?  Any recommendations from the group?

Thanks in advance,
Peter Vidal
Pall Aeropower Corp.
SR Programmer Analyst
WWW.Pall.com / 727-539-8448, x2414

"A good player makes himself look good;
a great player makes the team look good."
Author unknown
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Here are a couple of solutions:
There is a specific function in MDCC which allows you to refresh PO's by
range. Two options:
   The customer can train their receiving personnel to refresh PO's by
range
   periodically or as they receive them.
   If the customer had the necessary skills they could create their own
program
   to call the PO refresh by range program passing the necessary 'TO'
and 'FROM'
   PO numbers and schedule this program to run automatically in batch.

I hope this helps and feel free to post the answer to your question on
the bulletin board.

Best Regards,

Rick Reith
Application Development Manager
ISE Inc./Paper-Less LLC.
tel: 262.567.9240
fax: 262.567.6588






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message: 6
date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:51:15 -0500
from: "Ritsema, Doug B" <Doug.Ritsema@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Backflushing & FIFO Inventory

We have a similar problem in that it back flushes by batch lot instead
of FIFO.  Have not found a fix yet.

Doug Ritsema
Holland American Wafer Co



-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie_Lokenvitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Bonnie_Lokenvitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:06 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Backflushing & FIFO Inventory




Does any one else experience this problem with backflushing?    And how
do
you fix it?

We use FIFO inventory, allow negatives,  don't use default locations,
don't use WIP inventory locations, and don't use 1st available location.

The backflushing logic falls through and takes first available (by
location). Then we have to adjust.

We can live with the negatives but in the right pot (or silo).

Why, if you say FIFO, doesn't FIFO rule?

Thanks,
Bonnie Lokenvitz
Engineered Polymers Corp.


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message: 7
date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:32:02 +0100
from: "Hans Koens" <hkoens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Paperless (Data Refresh Issues)

Why don't you do a refresh from only those items you need to do (only
employees or m-orders etc). A full refresh can take some time. We only
do a full refresh once a day during off hours. Is there anybody who has
a good manual of paperless. (Like tailering questions, how to install a
new enviroment or delete one etc.etc.) How do other people handle all
the updates which are coming out frequently. (Like PB (PC's on the shop
floor for example) updates or AS400 MOD's)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx>
To: <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:45 PM
Subject: Paperless (Data Refresh Issues)


> Hi all!
>
> We have an issue here.  Paperless does a full refresh of the data 
> every 2
hours.
> This allows all the information from the AS400 to be uploaded to 
> Paperless
so
> locations , etc. match in the system. Most of the mismatches occur 
> because
we do
> not do receiving transaction on Paperless only on the AS400.  These
transactions
> performed on the AS400 will not be transferred to Paperless until the
refresh.
> As a result the location files get out of synch.
>
> We are not doing receiving in Paperless because we have certain
customizations
> in the front end that will not be permitted in Paperless.  Is there
somebody
> that has this same scenario and how you are handling it?  Any
recommendations
> from the group?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Vidal
> Pall Aeropower Corp.
> SR Programmer Analyst
> WWW.Pall.com / 727-539-8448, x2414
>
> "A good player makes himself look good;
> a great player makes the team look good."
> Author unknown
>
>
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message: 8
date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:37:18 -0500
from: DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Dale Gindlesperger at Fleetwood Folding Trailers is not at
        work!

I will be out of the office starting  02/21/2003 and will not return
until 02/22/2003.

I'm taking today off - be back Monday!


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