Re: Warehouse/Facility Control

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We consider allocations to be a nuisance, because when inventory is 
transferred in BPCS this reflects something that really happened in 
reality, so if it goes negative, then some other prior transaction is 
missing, or there is an error causing improper reporting ... such as an 
engineering change that did not get into BOM, so the inventory BPCS is 
consuming is different from what is being consumed in reality.  Negatives 
are a clue that something is wrong with your data that needs correction ... 
do not just zero the negatives ... find the cause and fix the cause.

If you have facilities with different cost structures, and people 
transferring inventory between them, you no longer have different cost 
structures, you now have screwed up costs, so you should be asking
(a) why not use DRP?
(b) do the people transferring items between facilities know how to clean 
up the costs & should they be the people to do that?

> PO's have Facility on the Line in HPO.    FMA ( Shop Order Material ) has
> a Warehouse Allocation from.
> Most of our negative on hand comes from people transferring inventory and
> overriding the fact it is already allocated.    Or Forced allocations to a
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> Roger Henady
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> We have lots items in inventory that shows negetive in the system. What
> controls what warehouse is attached to a PO when it is created? What
> controls what facility/warehouse and Item is Back Flushed from? I have an
> idea but this negative inventory issue has been driving me crazy and I
> want to make sure with that I am on the right track getting the inventory
> straighten out.
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> Thanks in advance