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Long time.. we have written a internal supply chain management app (more roubust than ISL/MISL) which addresses the currency issue with an environment. We store currency at the warehouse level. Prereqs are EPDM and IFM, IM and PUR and COM.Thanks Douglas M. Emerineemerinedoug@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> From: dee.sondergard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:24:34 -0600> Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] new company - separate environments> > As Doug said - lots of issues. Over the years we've dealt with them in a > number of ways. > The thing you need to be concerned about is primarily the cost currency. > When you install a MAPICS environment it ask you for the primary > environment currency - read COST. No currency conversion goes on - IFM or > not - of costs. So, for example, if you transfer inventory from one > warehouse to another (US to France) XA assumes that the cost is in the > primary environment currency. > Another issue is the language of the data. If you share items the item > descriptions may need to be in the local language. Even with EPDM and > item revisions there are still a few things that are not enabled and go > back to use the released site (item master). All other data language > needs to be considered. > You will notice that most of the files that contain cost have a user field > for currency ID. We got MAPICS to add that for our customer way back > about 10 years ago. We had 32 sites all around the world that were > sharing one environment. The only reason we had a different environment > was if we needed a different AS/400 because of poor telecommunications > infrastructure in the country. > The Shared Environment solution is a good one. We used the predecessor to > that with Terry Borgert at Progressive Systems help. > If you'd like to discuss this further you can contact me at the number > below - or via email. > > Dee A. Sondergard> Information Systems International, Inc.> A Global ERP Consulting Firm> 815-398-1670 ext 21> > ISI consultants ensure consistently top quality implementation services at > all levels of your organization.> > > > > > From:> mapics-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To:> mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date:> 02/13/2009 09:01 AM> Subject:> MAPICS-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 18> > > > Send MAPICS-L mailing list submissions to> mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit>
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