MRP: Pegging
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 12:12:34 -0700
From: "Miller, Ann" Ann.Miller@glenayre.com
Subject: MRP: Pegging
10.7SC PROD 16.1
Am trying to turn pegging on for the MPS from the Names/Options screen, am
getting message that this Field is protected against update.
What do I need to change so that I can turn this function on?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:35:07 -0500
From: "Louise Kewish" kewishls@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: Pegging
Ann,
This only works for memory based planning. Make sure you have this enabled
and have entered 'yes' to it in the felxfield, when defining the plan name.
Lousie Kewish
Senior Principal - Manufacturing /Distribution Apps
TSC
Dallas, TX
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:40:53 -0700
From: "Miller, Ann" Ann.Miller@glenayre.com
Subject: RE: Pegging
Thanks Louise, I was able to solve the problem and it is working perfectly
now.
Ann Miller
Business Systems Analyst
e-mail to pager: 754356@vanpage.glenvan.glenayre.com
Phone: 604-293-4356
Pager: 604-642-7249
MRP - promised date vs need by date
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:46:37 +0300
From: Eliezer eliezerg@rafael.co.il
Currently the promised date is the date as seen by the planner in the
MRP and the need by date is the requested date coming from
MRP/INV/manual. Any knowledge regarding the expected arrival date should
change the promised date in order to enable full visibility to the
planner. Such a change however might mix up the suppliers scorecards
(suppliers delivery performance) and the matching between the P/O rev
at the buyer & supplier premises because changes in the promised dates
do not always mean changes in the contractual dates.
Does somebody have a nice solution for this contradiction? Could the
need by date at the P/O be used?
(it seems to me that the original promised date is not a solution
because you might have more than one change and sometimes the new
promised date = the new contractual date).
Eliezer Grunzweig/Rafael
MRP: Net Change, Replan
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:52:15 +1200
From: Nicolas Woollaston NWoollaston@swichtec.co.nz
Subject: MRP: Net Change, Replan
We are currently trying to perform "What-If" analysis using the Memory
Based MRP and the Batch Net Change functionality. We would like to
simulate the effect of changes to Product Demand etc on the production
plan and MRP Exceptions. Is anybody using this functionality presently?
Our environment is DB ver 7.3.4, Apps ver 10.7 on NT and the client ver is
16.1 SC.
Some Questions we need to find answers to are...
1. How do you create or change demand via the MRP workbench
suppy/demand form?
2. Can high level (Product) demand be modified and if so, will the low
level (Component) demand reflect the changes?
3. Has anyone found good detailed documentation/examples of how to use
the Net Change functionality?
Any help would be appreciated,
Sean
MRP: Incorrect Revision when transfer from workbench to Req
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:21:48 -0500
From: "Josh Nolte" josh.nolte@asd.bfg.com
Subject: MRP: Incorrect Revision when transfer from workbench to Req
We have an issue that has been an enhancement since ver 10.4, and I was
hoping that others had developed viable solutions.
When implementing planned orders from the workbench for subcontract or OSP
items, the problem occurs regarding what item revision is transferred to
the req pool, and subsequently to the PO when Autocreate is done. We are
finding that Oracle pulls the most current revision of an item, even if
that item's revision has not yet been implemented. This is remedied for
other purchased items by the profile option "MRP:Purchasing By Revision
= Yes", but this does not affect OSP or subcontract items. [Reducing ECO
cycle time is not an option, due to engineering community]
Any system solutions/SQL scripts out there?
Thanks in advance.
Josh Nolte
BF Goodrich Aerospace
14300 Judicial Road
Burnsville, MN 55306
612-892-4350
"joshnol@gw.rmtaero.bfg.com"
"josh.nolte@asd.bfg.com"
MRP: Snapshot Monitor / Delete Worker
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:11:45 +1200
From: Mark Healey MHealey@swichtec.co.nz
Subject: MRP: SNAPSHOT MONITOR / SNAPSHOT DELETE WORKER URGENT!!!!!
We have had a problem in our production system with MRP;
What is happen when we run our In-Mem MRP the Snapshot Monitor is completing
errored, the Snapshot Delete Worker will continue running and never finish.
When I investigated the profile settings for MRP I discovered the our MRP:
PLANNER WORKERS / MRP: PLANNING MANAGER MAX WORKER and MRP:SNAPSHOT WORKERS
where all set to 0.
What I have done is increased these three values to 2 and this has had the
following affect. When we launch the MRP In-Mem process the Snapshot
Monitor will execute when appropriate and will still complete errored, after
looking at the request logs it appears to be timing out. However, now
another Snapshot Monitor will fire up and the Snapshot delete worker will
complete normal. This continues to happen until the final Snapshot Monitor
completes normal and the last Snapshot Delete Worker completes normal also.
I need to know, is it possible that the Snapshot Monitor is error
due to a time out on table locks
Is it feasible to assume that when the Snapshot Monitor errors and
another Snapshot Monitor fires up that the process is infact continuing on
as Normal.
Will the fact the Snapshot Monitor is erring cause the integrity of
the data to be in jeopardy.
This matter is urgent as it is in our production system and although our MRP
Workbench indicates that the process has completed normal, I need to be
assured that the way the processes are performing is completely acceptable.
When looking at the MRP_SNAPSHOT_TASKS table the started and completed
columns have all completed normal indicating to me that the processes have
run fine.
Could you please advise me on this issue.
Also our MRP: BATCH SIZE is set to 750, is this acceptable.
Mark (Austin) Healey
database 7.3.2.3.14
applications 10.7 on NT
client SmartClient 16.1 GUI
Roll paper ordering by paper design
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 13:13:29 -0500
From: "Robert Lindberg" lindber@wilsonart.com
Subject: MRP - Roll paper ordering by paper design and using MRP to
My company purchases large rolls of paper for use in manufacturing
laminate for countertops. The paper comes in a variety of colors and
patterns. Paper is ordered by the pound regardless of the width. We
often order the same pattern in different widths. Cost savings are
acheived through ordering the large amounts of the same pattern. This can
be split between the different widths. We would like to be able to use
MRP to forecast usage based on usage and inventory of all sizes of a
certain pattern.
Has anyone out there come across an issue similar to this? At this point
our other option is to write our own MRP module for these items.
Thank you all for taking the time to look at this.
Robert Lindberg
Sr. Systems Analyst
Wilsonart International
254-207-2831
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:37:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ravi Krishnamurthy ravi_krishna@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: MRP - Roll paper ordering by paper design and using MRP to
Bob,
From the way you have described it, I figure that the bought out paper
of a particular pattern (regardless of the width) would be the primary
raw material and hence the component on the last level of the indented
BOM. In that case, couldn't it be just that, the primary raw
material? You can then forecast the usage at this level.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Ravi K.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:06:34 -0500
From: "Robert Lindberg" lindber@wilsonart.com
Subject: Re: MRP - Roll paper ordering by paper design and using MRP to
Kinda sorta. We stock the paper in inventory according to the width. So,
if we have 3 different widths we have 3 unique parts. The lowest level
of the BOM does contain the appropriate part number. When we forecast
need for a particular width we would like to be able to look at similar
parts (same pattern, different width) and evaluate their forecast versus
on hand amounts to come up with an economical order amount. Roll paper is
ordered by the pound so ordering different widths of the same pattern
constitute just one part in the eyes of the vendor. Thanks for the quick
response. I am fairly new to oracle applications and need a lot of help.
Rob
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:01:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ravi Krishnamurthy ravi_krishna@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: MRP - Roll paper ordering by paper design and using MRP to
Bob,
You can group all items of the same pattern under a category and then
draw a demand vs replensihment report (available in MRP/MPS) by
sorting as per category.
Hope this helps
Ravi K.
MRP Plans
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:17:05 -0700
From: Pico Ritch-P28386 Ritch.Pico@motorola.com
Subject: MRP Plans (MOT)
Can MRP plans run in separate organizations concurrently? If not,
can they be assigned to different concurrent managers? We are currently
running on 10.7SC.
Thanks,
Ritch Pico!
Oracle Phase II Implementation
Motorola CE, CGISS, SSG
Space Systems and Services Division (SSSD)
8220 E. Roosevelt, M/D R3238
Scottsdale, AZ 85257