Re: Changing Purchasing UM

[Kevin Harper <kharper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

One common sense (but not necessarily obvious) suggestion -- be absolutely
sure that Purchasing has communicated this upcoming change clearly with your
vendor(s).  "LB" and "LF" are a mere ink smudge apart.  And as for the nice
folks who have been entering or picking orders all day, they often work from
familiarity instead of reading your PO letter-for-letter.

Same for your own Receiving department, make sure they're aware of the
change.  Yes the UOM is carried along with the PO line, but be sure they're
informed of the change so they know to count the receipt quantity in the new
units.  Just in case they decide not to read their screen or the packing
slip on that particular day.

Otherwise, I advise nominal testing just to cover all the bases.  Purchasing
UOM changes in BPCS are fairly well accounted for and easily implemented.

All the best,
Kevin Harper



On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Bill <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We're on 4.05CD.  We have a couple of items that are currently purchased
> in LB and stocked in LF.  We'd like to change the purchasing to be LF.
>
> What are the ramifications in changing this with open po's and po's
> received but not vouchered?
>
> I imagine chaos would ensue and so we are trying to plan a neat cutover
> involving closing out open po lines and data changeovers in a particular
> sequence and pilot that.  Are we correct to be concerned or does the
> system handle it smoothly and we're being too cautious?
>
> Bill
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