Accumulated Lead Time

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-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.
9.05.700B2

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Rick,
>
>
>
> What patch level are you on? Progress or Sql?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:46 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes I have, but if you don't understand how it comes to the result it can be
> confusing. You will see that this is only valuable for longer lead times.
> For instance, the difference between manufacturing a Car Seat vs
> manufacturing a Car. The Car Seat probably has a cumulative time of <1 day,
> a car from start to finish probably has several days.
> Basically when it runs the calculation it is running a mini MRP and it seems
> to be following the same planning rules that would apply to MRP, such as Min
> Lot Size. This can be confusing if you don't realize that is what it is
> doing. For instance the Lead Time to Manufacture one Car Seat would be less
> than a day, so the MFG Lead Time would be 0. But to manufacture 5000 car
> seats could be 4 days, so the MFG Lead Time would come out to 4. In that
> example the Min lot size for the car seat was set to 5000.
> The other complaint I have heard is that the time is expressed in whole
> days, so anything less than a day gives 0, which depending on what you want
> to use the data for may not be valid.
> If this option doesn't seem like it will work for you, and you would put
> together a BAQ to do the calculation, you could use the manual values to
> store your results for easy access for Dashboards and reports so you
> wouldn't have to have a BAQ recalculate the values for each Dashboard
> Refresh or Report generation.
>
> Speaking of BAQ's, those have really come a long way from 8.03, so explore
> that and look at the Summary Table and Calculated Field options that are
> available now... I would imagine writing a BAQ for what you are after, could
> be fairly easy.
>
> -Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry should have said Have you verified the data that MFG lead Time
> > Calculation produces?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> > Steve_E
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> > I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is
> that
> > the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
> > that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
> > subassemblies.
> >
> > How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> > Behalf Of
> > that_guyy
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> >
> > Steve,
> > Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
> > and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
> > On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
> > description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
> > that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring
> into
> > a dashboard.
> > When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for
> it
> > to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
> > initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe
> once
> > a year.
> >
> > Rick Bird
> > IT Software Administrator
> > Rowmark, LLC.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> > > running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> > > process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> > > run.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > that_guyy
> > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve,
> > > What version of Epicor are you on?
> > > In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application
> and
> > > stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
> > Lead
> > > Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> > > Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> > > You need the Engineering module.
> > >
> > > -Rick Bird
> > > IT Software Administrator
> > > Rowmark, LLC.
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > > "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
> > accumulated
> > > > lead time for a BOM?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an accumulated
lead time for a BOM?



Steve



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Steve,
What version of Epicor are you on?
In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg Lead Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
You need the Engineering module.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an accumulated
> lead time for a BOM?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
4
Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
run.



Thanks



Steve



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
that_guyy
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time





Steve,
What version of Epicor are you on?
In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and
stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg Lead
Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
You need the Engineering module.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an accumulated
> lead time for a BOM?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Steve,

I did something with Excel so our Excel-addicted and Epicor-averse production and purchasing staffs (I didn't really say that out loud did I?) can see things in a more comfortable format. Basically it organizes all material demand (regardless of job) by due date minus lead time, then adjusts for inventory levels.

My next trick would be to adjust again for open POs... maybe someday when I have another minute.

Email me offline (ernie.lowell@...) and I can give you more information about how it works.

Ernie Lowell
Diba Industries

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an accumulated
> lead time for a BOM?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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Steve,
Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring into a dashboard.
When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for it to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe once a year.

Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> run.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve,
> What version of Epicor are you on?
> In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and
> stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg Lead
> Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> You need the Engineering module.
>
> -Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an accumulated
> > lead time for a BOM?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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Rick,



I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is that
the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
subassemblies.



How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?



Thanks



Steve



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
that_guyy
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time





Steve,
Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring into
a dashboard.
When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for it
to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe once
a year.

Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> run.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve,
> What version of Epicor are you on?
> In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and
> stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
Lead
> Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> You need the Engineering module.
>
> -Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
accumulated
> > lead time for a BOM?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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Sorry should have said Have you verified the data that MFG lead Time
Calculation produces?



Steve



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Steve_E
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time





Rick,

I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is that
the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
subassemblies.

How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?

Thanks

Steve

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
that_guyy
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time

Steve,
Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring into
a dashboard.
When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for it
to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe once
a year.

Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> run.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve,
> What version of Epicor are you on?
> In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and
> stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
Lead
> Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> You need the Engineering module.
>
> -Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
accumulated
> > lead time for a BOM?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





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Yes I have, but if you don't understand how it comes to the result it can be confusing. You will see that this is only valuable for longer lead times. For instance, the difference between manufacturing a Car Seat vs manufacturing a Car. The Car Seat probably has a cumulative time of <1 day, a car from start to finish probably has several days.
Basically when it runs the calculation it is running a mini MRP and it seems to be following the same planning rules that would apply to MRP, such as Min Lot Size. This can be confusing if you don't realize that is what it is doing. For instance the Lead Time to Manufacture one Car Seat would be less than a day, so the MFG Lead Time would be 0. But to manufacture 5000 car seats could be 4 days, so the MFG Lead Time would come out to 4. In that example the Min lot size for the car seat was set to 5000.
The other complaint I have heard is that the time is expressed in whole days, so anything less than a day gives 0, which depending on what you want to use the data for may not be valid.
If this option doesn't seem like it will work for you, and you would put together a BAQ to do the calculation, you could use the manual values to store your results for easy access for Dashboards and reports so you wouldn't have to have a BAQ recalculate the values for each Dashboard Refresh or Report generation.

Speaking of BAQ's, those have really come a long way from 8.03, so explore that and look at the Summary Table and Calculated Field options that are available now... I would imagine writing a BAQ for what you are after, could be fairly easy.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry should have said Have you verified the data that MFG lead Time
> Calculation produces?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve_E
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick,
>
> I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is that
> the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
> that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
> subassemblies.
>
> How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
> Steve,
> Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
> and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
> On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
> description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
> that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring into
> a dashboard.
> When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for it
> to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
> initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe once
> a year.
>
> Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> > running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> > process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> > run.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> > that_guyy
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve,
> > What version of Epicor are you on?
> > In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application and
> > stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
> Lead
> > Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> > Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> > You need the Engineering module.
> >
> > -Rick Bird
> > IT Software Administrator
> > Rowmark, LLC.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
> accumulated
> > > lead time for a BOM?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I have submitted this to support because I have bills that have time on
level 3 of 12 hrs. The system is populating one day on everything from that
part up with the Manufacturing Lead Time Cumulative Time and This Level Time
have both the same values of 1 and the top level both at 14. From what I
can tell is that one should be this level and the other should be the total
and this is not happening.



Am I understanding the MRP reference guide to say there should be check
boxes so you can set to include Kit Time, Lead Time, Rough cut, Receive Time
and Transfer lead Time? If these boxes are missing from the process control
this would explain why my values are not correct.



Thanks



Steve



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
that_guyy
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:46 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time





Yes I have, but if you don't understand how it comes to the result it can be
confusing. You will see that this is only valuable for longer lead times.
For instance, the difference between manufacturing a Car Seat vs
manufacturing a Car. The Car Seat probably has a cumulative time of <1 day,
a car from start to finish probably has several days.
Basically when it runs the calculation it is running a mini MRP and it seems
to be following the same planning rules that would apply to MRP, such as Min
Lot Size. This can be confusing if you don't realize that is what it is
doing. For instance the Lead Time to Manufacture one Car Seat would be less
than a day, so the MFG Lead Time would be 0. But to manufacture 5000 car
seats could be 4 days, so the MFG Lead Time would come out to 4. In that
example the Min lot size for the car seat was set to 5000.
The other complaint I have heard is that the time is expressed in whole
days, so anything less than a day gives 0, which depending on what you want
to use the data for may not be valid.
If this option doesn't seem like it will work for you, and you would put
together a BAQ to do the calculation, you could use the manual values to
store your results for easy access for Dashboards and reports so you
wouldn't have to have a BAQ recalculate the values for each Dashboard
Refresh or Report generation.

Speaking of BAQ's, those have really come a long way from 8.03, so explore
that and look at the Summary Table and Calculated Field options that are
available now... I would imagine writing a BAQ for what you are after, could
be fairly easy.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry should have said Have you verified the data that MFG lead Time
> Calculation produces?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
> Steve_E
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick,
>
> I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is
that
> the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
> that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
> subassemblies.
>
> How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
> Steve,
> Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
> and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
> On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
> description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
> that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring
into
> a dashboard.
> When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for
it
> to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
> initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe
once
> a year.
>
> Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> > running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> > process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> > run.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> > that_guyy
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve,
> > What version of Epicor are you on?
> > In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application
and
> > stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
> Lead
> > Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> > Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> > You need the Engineering module.
> >
> > -Rick Bird
> > IT Software Administrator
> > Rowmark, LLC.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
> accumulated
> > > lead time for a BOM?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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11
Rick,



What patch level are you on? Progress or Sql?



Steve



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
that_guyy
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:46 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time





Yes I have, but if you don't understand how it comes to the result it can be
confusing. You will see that this is only valuable for longer lead times.
For instance, the difference between manufacturing a Car Seat vs
manufacturing a Car. The Car Seat probably has a cumulative time of <1 day,
a car from start to finish probably has several days.
Basically when it runs the calculation it is running a mini MRP and it seems
to be following the same planning rules that would apply to MRP, such as Min
Lot Size. This can be confusing if you don't realize that is what it is
doing. For instance the Lead Time to Manufacture one Car Seat would be less
than a day, so the MFG Lead Time would be 0. But to manufacture 5000 car
seats could be 4 days, so the MFG Lead Time would come out to 4. In that
example the Min lot size for the car seat was set to 5000.
The other complaint I have heard is that the time is expressed in whole
days, so anything less than a day gives 0, which depending on what you want
to use the data for may not be valid.
If this option doesn't seem like it will work for you, and you would put
together a BAQ to do the calculation, you could use the manual values to
store your results for easy access for Dashboards and reports so you
wouldn't have to have a BAQ recalculate the values for each Dashboard
Refresh or Report generation.

Speaking of BAQ's, those have really come a long way from 8.03, so explore
that and look at the Summary Table and Calculated Field options that are
available now... I would imagine writing a BAQ for what you are after, could
be fairly easy.

-Rick Bird
IT Software Administrator
Rowmark, LLC.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Steve_E" <vantage@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry should have said Have you verified the data that MFG lead Time
> Calculation produces?
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
> Steve_E
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick,
>
> I am testing this on version 700C and one of the first thing I found is
that
> the information in the MRP Technical reference Guide list multiple filters
> that can be applied but when you go to the process you only has Include
> subassemblies.
>
> How you verified the data the MFG lead Time Calculation produces ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> that_guyy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:23 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
>
> Steve,
> Moving to 9.05.700 from 8.03 has a lot of changes, pay attention to UOM's
> and make sure you get them setup right the first time.
> On page 103 of the 9.05.700 MRP Technical Reference Guide is a full
> description of the MFG Lead Time Calculation and how it's used. Outside of
> that, I find it to be a very handy piece of data to reference or bring
into
> a dashboard.
> When you run the calculation you can pick which Part Class/Part/Plant for
it
> to calculate for. It's not something you would run all the time, just once
> initially, and then after that whenever a Method would change or maybe
once
> a year.
>
> Rick Bird
> IT Software Administrator
> Rowmark, LLC.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry we are on version 8.03.408a. We just got test version of 9.05.700
> > running over the weekend and I did find the mfg lead time calculation
> > process. Just doing review to see if this impacts any other process when
> > run.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> > that_guyy
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:18 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Accumulated Lead Time
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve,
> > What version of Epicor are you on?
> > In either 9.04 or 9.05 this functionality was added to the application
and
> > stored in a field on the PartPlant table. It is done by running the Mfg
> Lead
> > Time Calculation, here is the Main Menu Path: Production
> > Management>Engineering>General Operations>Mfg Lead Time Calculation
> > You need the Engineering module.
> >
> > -Rick Bird
> > IT Software Administrator
> > Rowmark, LLC.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Steve_E" <vantage@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone put together a BAQ or Crystal report to give you an
> accumulated
> > > lead time for a BOM?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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