Re: Flow type milestones

[lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Terry:

One approach to your dilemma MAY lie with OTTO, a third party package from 
Systems Plus which incorporates  a very flexible flow manufacturing option.

Using OTTO's Flow Manufacturing features it may be possible to support the flow 
approach you are looking for with OTTO interacting with MAPICS as if you were 
processing standard MOs.

OTTO "bolts" to MAPICS so there is no need to support a separate set of 
engineering data - parts masters, BOMs and routings all come from MAPICS.  
Production completion is entered into OTTO which then creates native MAPICS 
transactions to post the quantities to the database.  Because OTTO creates 
native MAPICS transactions no new transactions are introduced into the mix.

You can visit www.ottorpm.com to learn more or contact me off list.


Roy Luce
Systems Plus - Midwest
847-540-9635
lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Moffitt <tmoffitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Oct 6, 2004 2:28 PM
To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Flow type milestones

We are looking for a solution to a problem.  What we would like to happen, is 
almost accomplished with a flow type milestone, however we have found it to 
have some issues. We have several facilities that run two types of work, 
sometimes they are scheduled to run single operation batch type parts usually 
with one operator per facility, and sometime they are running different 
operations on the same part in a one-piece flow with a single operator running 
all. Our issue is with the flow type work, we want to track actual labor time, 
machine time, not back flush either, and only have the operator log to the last 
operation to reduce the number of transactions. Also while scheduling the 
Facilities we would like to overlap them in the schedule so they show being 
used in the same time bucket. Typically the run quantities on the flow type 
MO's vary quite a bit so we found the use of queue time or move time to offset 
the facility run hours not an option. So if anyone has a creative solution were 
all ears.
 
 
Thank-you in advance.
 
Terry


                        
        


Terry Moffitt

Mfg. Engineer

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