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We have found System21's reporting to be fairly basic and consequently have started using CORVU to perform most of the reporting we need especially in the costing area. Patrick Mullen Systems Development Manager Mrs Crockets -----Original Message----- From: Tim Randall [mailto:TRandall@centura.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2003 11:55 PM To: jbausers-l@midrange.com Subject: [SYS21] Costing on System 21 Apologies for this long email !! Our finance team here are carrying out a project to review their Costing processes / use of System 21. They would like to get some feedback on the following questions - particularly from UK-based users. Rather than answering all these directly, please could you contact me if you think you could help with this and we can discuss these points in more detail off-line. many thanks in anticipation Tim Randall Snr Business Analyst Centura Foods Ltd Middlewich Cheshire UK +44 (0)1606 830434 Questions for Other JBA Users Stock reconciliation's How often do you reconcile inventory to General Ledger - What issues arise ? Do you use JBA reports to investigate differences or do you use other methods ? Which reports do you use or what methods do you use and how effective are they ? Does stock being valued at zero ( i.e transfers to a stockroom at nil value) cause any issues ? If it does cause issues how are they resolved ? Stock Valuations Do you value your stock on JBA including Direct Labour and Overheads ? If not how do you add in the non material costs ? Controls Are shop floor disciplines good or do issues arise which effect accuracy of costs and stock values ? How do you overcome any issues arising ? Who controls setting up of new stockrooms ? Does this cause any issues and how are they resolved ? Do you have items that can be both either bought in or manufactured in house ? If so does this cause any specific issues ? How are the issues overcome ? Who controls the M/P flag on the item master ? Costing Methods Which costing method(s) do you use ? If standard how often do you revalue standards ? Does this cause any issues with stock valuation ? How do you analyse/report price variances ? If you use average costing does the way system sometimes calculates the average cost cause you any issues ? How do you resolve these issues ? Have you always used the same costing method ? If not why did you change ? Invoice Posting Do you have any problems caused by the three way match of invoices for materials other than those caused by keying errors ? How do you resolve the problems arising ? Budgets / Forecasts Do you Budget / Forecast using JBA ? If so how do you prepare Budgets / Forecasts ? If not how do you Budget / Forecast ? Do you have access to other versions of Bills of Materials other than one in current use ? If so how do you make use of them ? Stock Reporting Do you use JBA reports or have you developed another method of reporting stock information ( Quantity and Value) ? How do you track stock movements during a period ? A.F.I How fully do you use AFI ? Do you use manufacturing AFI ? How often do you run AFI extracts ? Does use of AFI cause any issues and how do you resolve them ? Staffing How is your costing section organised ? Are responsibilities allocated across sites or by GL Balance Sheet accounts ? ======================================================= This email, its content and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. 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