Re: MTHACTE

["Gindlesperger, Dale" <DGindle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We used MTHACTX, MTHACTY, and MTHACTZ regularly, and cross-referenced it against history to verify accuracy, and it always tied out.  We never tried bookings - didn't fit our model, although I looked into it (the project was cancelled).

And all of our orders came in through either COM_Net, CSM, or off-line load, and the MTHACT files were always accurate.

Dale "Cork" Gindlesperger, CPIM
Senior Business Analyst
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Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MTHACTE

   Tom,

   You are dead on w/ regards to bookings not reflected accurately in
   MTHACT..  I've found for shipping and invoicing it is pertty accurate. But
   never found this useful for bookings. The complexity of this is the fact a
   booking could be a change to an existing order, price, quantity, or
   cancellation.  Just too many variables not reflected in here.  You can
   look at the CSM Open order files as far as create dates, at line item and
   the order level but this does not reflect changes as well.  Also, if an
   order is entered and shipped the same day it could be "lost" so you  need
   to look at the respective shipping order files to identify these to
   include in your metrics (so not in one nice place).

   In theory one could use the MNHDTL if maintenance history if turned on to
   see changes to existing orders and reflect this in your booking numbers on
   top of looking at create dates on order/line items. But obviously messy.

   I'd love to hear any other ideas people have here. It has always been an
   issue. No good way to tap into this w/o some complex rules and
   programming.

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     From: Tom E Stieger <TEStieger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     Sent by: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     Date: 09/01/2009 09:59AM
     Subject: [MAPICS-L] MTHACTE

     In a follow up to a posting a few weeks ago, I was wondering who out
     there is using the MTHACT files to track sales activity.

     We are attempting to use MTHACTE to track are sales booking activity on
     the date of the transaction and keep finding errors in the data.

     There seems to be a lot of bugs lately with the updating of these files
     through CSM maintenance activities that don't show up when you are doing
     the same activity through COM.

     What are other people doing to make sure the data is accurate?

     Thanks for you input.

     -Tom Stieger
     Engineer
     California Fine Wire

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