RE: Changing MO Routing Status Codes -- MAPICS-L

Status 10 MO's are MO's that contain no activity BUT are assigned a cost at
time of order release.  Changing the operation code to "C" on the order will
facilitate proper routing but, I do not believe, would have any impact on
the anticipated cost of the order.

Status 40 MO's are MO's that have had some (material and/or labor) activity.
Once an MO has activity posted against it, you can't change the anticipated
cost of the order.  Changing an operation time basis code to "C" AFTER
activity has been posted will never change the anticipated cost, thus MAPICS
will ignore it. 

Status 45 MO's are MO's that have had material "completed".  This means that
some one has ensured that all material issues, scrap and receipts to stock
(including returns to stock) have been recorded correctly.  Again, changing
a time basis code on an order at this stage will not change the anticipated
cost AND since the order is "completed" changing the time basis code at this
point will have no effective impact on operations.

Thus changing a time basis code with DFU has no impact.

If an order is status 40 and the desire is to facilitate ease of operations
(purchasing, shop floor, accounts payable, etc.)the best course of action
would be to add a new operation to the order with the correct time basis
code immediately following the incorrect operation.  Change the status of
the incorrect operation to inactive or "completed" if some labor has been
reported against it.

If this is a constant problem in your environment, it would be advisable to
review routings for manufactured items prior to MO release.  Also, change
your engineering procedures to ensure the correct code.

Kevin Fox
kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: aldg3@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:aldg3@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:45 PM
To: Mapics ML
Cc: Gershen, Al
Subject: Changing MO Routing Status Codes

Environment: Mapics DB (Mod 4) with PCC, PDM, etc.

Hi group:

I wrote a query looking at all current MO's in PC&C that had Routing
Operations that were Outside Operations and that lacked the Time Base Code
set at "C" (that is, the code was set at "blank").

The query produced a report listing MO's that were at Status 10, 40 and 45.
The routing statuses were either 10 or 30 (all of the stat 45 MO's had their
routing status set at 30).

I was able to put the C code into all routings that were at status 10 using
Mapics PC&C File Maintenance MO Operations Detail but that program would not
allow me to put the code into the stat 45 Mo's whose routings that were at
status 30.

I even changed their MO status from 45 to 40 and I was still unable to add
the routing C code.

What is the logic at play here?

Is there another way to accomplish this using Mapics DB?

If I were to change the Time Base Code to C using DBU, would Mapics accept
the code and put Outside Processing charges where they belong?

I look forward to your comments.

Regards,
Al Gershen
Cost Accounting Tech
ECS Composites
Was: aldg3@xxxxxxxxxxx
Now: aldg3@xxxxxxxxx


Regards,
Al Gershen
Cost Accountant Lead
ECS Composites
Grants Pass, OR, USA
aldg3@xxxxxxxxxxx