Good Day Aimee:
We run Process-MRP and then Process-Multi--Level-Pegging Monday
through Friday Night at 10:00 PM ( finishes at 4:30 AM - MRP and Pegging
take about 3 hours each). We generate about 25-50 PO suggestions, and
10-30 JOB's everyday.
In the olden days, running MRP during the day could cause file
corruption since users would be on the system. That is probably no
longer true, but running during the day from a "Business-Process" point
of view could cause confusion since non-finalized transaction ( keypunch
errors) can cause errant planned JOBs or PO's and 'interpretation' can
be harder. Finally, running on a schedule allows everyone to know when
they need to finalize things before MRP re-plans them and changes
control numbers, dates, etc.
I suppose Production-Control 'owns' MRP, but in realty, a
non-standard run is not done until all are consulted. The original
schedule shifted around a little because of input from all. Runnig MRP
does not slow our system down becasue we oversized the hardware, and
users are limited to what they can do until it is finished so they are
on the system less.
Sun is on 9.05.605 since 10/2/11 - SQL-Unidata
Live on 9.05.601B since 11/29/10
Sun was previously on M2K (Manage-2000) 7.0 SP 5 (Informix)
len.hartka@...
Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
Sun Automation Group
66 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Md. 21152
410-329-3560 ext. 120
410-329-3564 FAX
443-255-7192 Work Cell
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Of aimee.grebe
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:38 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Group poll on MRP
Good morning all!
We run Vantage 8.03 and are just implementing MRP for one of our plants.
I am curious to see what with what frequency other companies run MRP.
Weekly? Daily? If you use MRP, is the ability to run MRP under the
"ownership" of Supply Chain or IT? For instance, do you allow your users
to run MRP during the business day at their leisure or is this a
function relegated to IT? If the users are allowed to run MRP during
business hours, have you had to make specical concessions or
configuration changes to compensate for the drain on resources or a
potential drop in performance for other users?
Thank you in advance for any insite you guys can offer!
Aimee Grebe
Manager of Enterprise Systems
TIMCO Aerosystems
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