RE: Forecasting question

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize for sometimes being a bit blunt.  You may find it helpful to 
check the BPCS_L archives for links to BPCS documentation and BPCS education.

If you are new to BPCS it is extremely dangerous to be adding custom 
programs to BPCS.  Give careful thought to testing ... how will you know if 
something has got messed up, and how will you be able to fix it?

For example, you write a program to update fields X Y Z in file ABC when 
the conditions are I J K, and you check the output and in fact it did do 
that, but how do you know that it did not update X Y Z and/or some OTHER 
fields in some OTHER conditions that you did not intend to be updated?

> I apologize for not being a genius like other members of this group but
> I'm new to BPCS and I became the only member of my department, so I am
> in a bit of a struggle here.
>
> I will try to follow more standards on future posts to the group.
>
> Thank you,
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bpcs-l-bounces+dwilkins=suz.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+dwilkins=suz.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al
> Mac
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:35 PM
> To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
> Subject: RE: [BPCS-L] Forecasting question
>
> People who do not read the documentation have a tendency to come up with
>
> terminology that is contrary to ERP standards.  Also at many companies
> people insist on using their own terminology for stuff.  It is important
>
> when posting to discussion groups to be able to translate from the
> unique
> language of your company to use standards technology of the package you
> asking the questions about.
>
> MRP100 feeds forecasting info into MRP just like minimum balance safety
> stock also influences what is needed.   You can also have dynamic safety
>
> stock that is sensitive to seasonal variations in customer demand.
>
> We use a system that I think is more trouble than what comes with BPCS.
> We have customer orders with a PO# of FORECAST, then we have people
> asking
> me to include or exclude those orders from some BPCS functions, and I
> tell
> them that BPCS is not designed for modifications that are not totally
> thought through.  If we want to do MRP reports that list only the
> activity
> of a particular customer, then we ought to use planner codes, but when
> we
> are looking at MRP on some item, we looking at it for the whole item,
> not
> able to separate reasons for MRP doing this or that, except pegging to
> parent orders, for that we need an add-on package such as RPM.
>
> >MRP600 is MRP not forecasting.  MRP500 is MPS.  The forecasting program
> >is a FOR program.
> >
> >Daniel J. Sweeney
> >Senior Technical Consultant
> >PHOENIX Business Consulting, Inc.
> >Matching What's New With What Already Works!
> >P. O. Box 237, Greensburg, PA 15601
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> >Cell:  860-490-6712    E-Fax: 832-550-5144
> >dsweeney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >www.phoenixbcinc.com
> >
> >
> >SSA GLOBAL Recognized Services Provider
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: bpcs-l-bounces+dsweeney=phoenixbcinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+dsweeney=phoenixbcinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> >Of Daniel Wilkins
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:58 AM
> >To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [BPCS-L] Forecasting question
> >
> >BPCS Version 6.1.01
> >
> >
> >
> >In the MRP600C, how can I tell that the forecasting is running and not
> >the MRP?
> >
> >
> >
> >I need to add a custom program to call but only during the forecasting
> >run and not the MRP run.
> >
> >
> >
> >Daniel
>
>
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