Re: Available to Promise and special order items
Dale Gindlesperger <dale_gindlesperger-/[email protected]>
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Hi Roger! At my last XA job (Fleetwood Folding Trailers - no longer in existence), we used American Viking Enterprises Indented Item Availability Analysis (I2A2) as a "poor man's MRP" for those items - it worked quite well for limited items. ( http://avef.net/avem91.htm ). It goes through the indented BOM and checks for item availability of all components and tells you what is short and what you need to order (and it looks at allocations). Then we just looked at the longest lead time of unavailable parts and added the lead time of the actual end item to get the projected ship date. We also used it at the end of model years to determine what we could build to consume "left over" parts. As I said, it worked VERY well for us, for just a couple "special order" items. That approach wouldn't be practical for a large number of end items, however. Another product that I have looked at (but not used) is a product called "OTTO", available from Systems Plus, Inc. (www.systemsplus.com) It does a whole lot more than I2A2 (way more than I want to type here). Interestingly enough, I happen to know that there is an on-line demo of the product scheduled for tomorrow (talk about serendipity!), although for some reason the demo isn't listed on their webinar page. But, I went to the registration site and here's that link. ( http://events.meetingbridge.com/Register/?06123191691 ). Note: I haven't used OTTO, but I have looked at it - my company wouldn't spend the money for OTTO, even though we liked it. From the demos I have seen, it's quite a slick solution! If we could have afforded it, I'm sure we would have purchased it. Dale (Cork) Gindlesperger, CPIM (And no, I am not affiliated with either company I mentioned above!) ________________________________ From: "Roger.Blocher-grhncVj/[email protected]" <Roger.Blocher-grhncVj/[email protected]> To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion <mapics-l-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 2:37:02 PM Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Available to Promise and special order items We are trying to formulate a plan to help customer service (and ultimately customers) with planning for the availability of special order items. "Special order" in the sense I am using it refers to items that * have no on-hand inventory and * no forecast or supply plan until an actual customer order is received (no P.O., no M.O., no forecast, no firm planned orders and no planned orders The standard MAPICS available-to-promise function depends on: * on-hand quantities * on-order quantities (either from purchase orders or production orders) * firm planned orders (from MRP), or * planned orders (from MRP). We would need to take the standard lead-time, apply that to a current calendar and then determine a date this product would be available (assuming a re-supply order is placed 'today') . Are some of you handling "special order" items today in a way to easily project a 'legitimate' promise date during order entry? Thanks ................................................................................................ Roger Blocher MIS Manager TECH International P.O. Box 486 Johnstown, Ohio 43031-0486 P: 740-966-8009 F: 740-966-8090 http://www.tech-international.com This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, copy or alter this email. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Tech International. WARNING: the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Tech International has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email and accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by this email or its attachments. _______________________________________________ This is the MAPICS ERP System Discussion (MAPICS-L) mailing list To post a message email: MAPICS-L-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/mapics-l or email: MAPICS-L-request-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/mapics-l. _______________________________________________ This is the MAPICS ERP System Discussion (MAPICS-L) mailing list To post a message email: MAPICS-L-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/mapics-l or email: MAPICS-L-request-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/mapics-l.