Re: High volume order processing thru Mapics Rel. 5

Hi Ed,

We don't sell to W@@-Mart and are release 4 but we process about 50-100
EDI orders a day.    The EDI software handles this easily.   Where your
company is going to have extra work is in the shipping department.
Those truck load shipments to a distribution center are much easier than
many small shipments going all over the place.   Plus I'm sure each
shipment needs an ASN and probably a PO ACK.   Those hopefully are
automatically sent by your system.

P.S.  I like my lever action 45-70 Marlin!

Greg     

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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Chabot
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:17 AM
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Subject: [MAPICS-L] High volume order processing thru Mapics Rel. 5

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone out there is doing high volume pick/pack/ship
using release 5.  We have recently been told by a customer (W@@-Mart)
that
we will need to ship directly to stores instead of to distribution
centers!
Obviously, the volume of orders and associated transactions will
increase
tremendously - probably from one order per month to several hundred per
day!
On the bright side, we have a 72 hour window from order receipt to
product
shipment before the order is cancelled.  I'm sure we're not the only
manufacturer going through this and I hope to hear those success
stories.
Thanks in advance!  Also, how is anyone in this situation handling the
EDI
portion of the transactions?  Any help or direction is greatly
appreciated.

Ed Chabot
The Marlin Firearms Company
100 Kenna Drive
North Haven, CT 06473
Phone: (203)985-3254
Fax:   (203)234-7991
echabot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marlinfirearms.com