You are completely correct. We only built to MPS. We had a way to "rush" orders through the system, but that literally was only used to assure that we hit the target dates. We had a reasonable number of make-to-order parts, rarely getting customer orders in sufficient quantity to be worthwhile stocking - we had them identified to the customers at order entry time (80% of our orders came through COM_Net). For the most part, we found that John Q. Public was OK with having to wait a reasonable amount of time for MTO parts orders, as long as we hit the promised ship date.
One of the biggest challenges I had with the people was keeping lead times correct. There was a constant tendency to try to pad the lead times so they'd have some slack.
Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger
"Education is not training but rather the process
that equips you to entertain yourself, your friends, and an idea."
--- On Fri, 5/14/10, lwl <lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: lwl <lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MRP and MLI
To: "'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010, 9:05 AM
Dale, were/are FFT's customer orders buffered from MRP by MPS and only the
master schedule quantity driven into MRP?
If not, I'm completely confused.
Roy Luce
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-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Dale Gindlesperger
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:17 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MRP and MLI
Kevin,
Believe it or not - I spent all 25 of my MAPICS years keeping OE&I/COM
orders OUT of MRP - we very carefully did NOT want customer orders impacting
MRP generation - which is easy to accomplish. Sorry - can't help you on
this one.
Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger
"Education is not training but rather the process
that equips you to entertain yourself, your friends, and an idea."
--- On Thu, 5/13/10, Kevin Fox <kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kevin Fox <kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MRP and MLI
To: "'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 7:11 PM
Correct.
Unless an item is MLI, the Plan Customer Orders flag (0,1,2,3,4, 5) will not
cause the system to generate an MRP requirement. I have orders in the
system that are not MLI items. MRP does not see these items.
So, I'm informed (I still find it hard to believe I've not realized this
sometime in the past 30 years) that if you want MRP to plan for customer
orders entered into COM (as backlog), you must code the item MLI.
To pass the requirement to MRP without having to review at MLI, is to use
forecast code 0.
Kevin
mobile (909) 762-1384
-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of lwl
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:47 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MRP and MLI
Kevin:
Are you suggesting MAPCIS is not including the customer order demands in the
summary of all demands for an item?
By all demands I mean inventory policies (safety stock, lot sizing, etc.) as
well as all independent demands.
Roy Luce
Direct: 847-540-9635
800-913-PLUS (7587)
Cell: 847-910-0884
Email: rluce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin Fox
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:23 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: [MAPICS-L] MRP and MLI
All
Is it possible that in 30 years I've missed this one:
I would like MRP to plan customer orders. Is it a requirement that the item
be flagged as MLI?
I don't want to have to firm up MLI plan. I just want customer orders to
generate MRP requirements.
What should the settings be?
Kevin
mobile (909) 762-1384
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