It was added at MAPICS II Release 3 on the S/36 when LLM and IMFP were
released.
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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gindlesperger, Dale
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:29 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Reorder point based on last order date
Dave, thanks!!! When (and how) did shelf life control get added? Or is
that one of those things that I should have known about and somehow
missed?
Cork
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From: Dave Turbide <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:53:06
To:"mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Reorder point based on last order date
If you were using a controlled warehouse with shelf life control on the
item, the system would make any remaining quantity unavailable at the
expiration of the designated life. There's a lot of overhead to doing
this, though, in maintaining the locations, batch ID and date, etc.
Short of that, I think you could do a better job in MRP than order
point.
Safety stock in MRP is placed in the plan one lead time in the future -
to avoid expediting just to have something on the shelf. What this does,
in effect, is "use up" the safety quantity one lead time ahead (in the
future) from the "current date". Every time you move the current date
forward (most companies do this once a week), the "use up" date moves,
too, so this is not exactly what you want. It will, however, recommend
replenishment tied to that future "usage" which is really an assumption
that the stuff will no longer be available beyond actual planned usage.
In addition, MRP gives you more flexibility in lot sizing (not tied to
simple order quantity as in order point) and gives visibility to future
requirements and future planned orders (not just waiting for it to
appear on the list when it's time to order based on usage - MRP looks
ahead to planned usage as well, order point does not).
Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
(603) 964-6903 (office)
dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.daveturbide.com
date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:22 -0700
from: "Tom E Stieger" <TEStieger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [MAPICS-L] Reorder point based on last order date
List-
We have some product that has a shelf life of 90 days. We order it 5
gallons at a time. Currently we have our reorder point set at 1 gallon
and are using IM-> Reorder Recomendations not MRP for reordering.
We want to make sure to reorder it before the product expires or when
our on-hand stock gets below 1 gallon.
Any thoughts or suggestions on how to do this would be helpful. If MRP
is helpful for this please suggest that too. Also, we are currently
using an uncontrolled warehouse for this item.
Thanks.
-Tom Stieger
California Fine Wire
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