Tom,
Use the shelf life control option. You will need to have batch/lot control
turned on for the item.
MRP is a better solution for this problem than ROP. However, only if you can
drive demand for the item. My experience as been that many of the chemicals
in a non-process manufacturing environment (i.e. Discreet) are hard to get
right with BOM's. If you can determine the statistical range of usage (i.e.
in a 30 day period we use 2.5 gallons plus or minus .5 gallons. Then you
can also apply safety stock to the item. Thus MRP, with a limited days of
supply, plus safety stock and shelf life expiration as the ultimate safety
check will get you what you want.
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom E Stieger
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:46 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
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
_______________________________________________
This is the MAPICS ERP System Discussion (MAPICS-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MAPICS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit:
http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/mapics-l
or email: MAPICS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at
http://archive.midrange.com/mapics-l.
midrange.com
