How to handle material from Asia that is in transit for 30+ days

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You cannot recieve into inspection if you plan to count the material
or finished goods in your On-Hand Qty's. This also creates another
issue in that once you receive to inspection those qty's are not
visible to MRP. This will create new suggestions for purchasing to
meet demands for material and finished goods.

We have had no success using any of the Inspection or QA processes
that we purchased from Vantage as of yet. Epicor has offered no
relief for this issue yet either.


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "bigmax300" <bigmax300@...> wrote:
>
> We don't have the licensing for receiving to inspection, which is
one
> suggestion I heard a while ago... I will put some more though into
> receiving to a job with a long term operation...Thanks for the
help.
>
> Max Foster
> Decimet Sales, Inc.
> Rogers, MN
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Parfrey" <garyp@> wrote:
> >
> > You could, add the receipts to a container (803) and instead of
receipt
> > entrying them, enter an unreceived invoice on the payables. It
would
> > not show as stock, and not effect logistics.
> >
> >
> >
> > When physically received, book in the container and match the
receipts
> > to the unreceived invoice through the invoice match screen, it
will
> > clear down the accruals
> >
> > Gary Parfrey
> >
> > Dot Net IT Limited, Reg No 4412519
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf
> > Of bigmax300
> > Sent: 02 May 2008 14:52
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Vantage] How to handle material from Asia that is in
transit
> > for 30+ days.
> >
> >
> >
> > Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a
warehouse
> > we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships,
so
> > the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is
basically:
> > does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty
from the
> > on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it
separates the
> > warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit
material
> > didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a
month
> > or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
> > something like this, but that is just for transferring between
plants.
> > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Make you in transit WH non-nettable. You should investigate how the transaction appears in the G/L as it may expense the items.

Regards,

Andrew Best
Purchasing
Kice Industries, Inc.
Sent from a cell phone

-----Original Message-----
From: "bigmax300" <bigmax300@...>
To: "vantage@yahoogroups.com" <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 5/2/08 8:52 AM
Subject: [Vantage] How to handle material from Asia that is in transit for 30+ days.

Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
4
> Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
> we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
> the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
> does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
> on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
> warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
> didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
> or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
> something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.

Do you have the multi-plant module? You could buy with the one plant and then
place and inter-plant order while it's on-the-water. I believe the transit
time is for inter-plant transfers as well.

Someone had a clever idea at the last SE Michigan Vantage Users Group Meeting
but I don't recall what it was at the moment. Maybe someone else who was there
will remember. (Receive to inspection maybe?)

> Make you in transit WH non-nettable. You should investigate how the
> transaction appears in the G/L as it may expense the items.

The accounting is correct but wouldn't MRP want to order more since these
parts have fallen off the end of the earth?

Mark W.
5
Just off the top of my head, how about receiving the part to a
make-to-stock job with a 30+ day operation? You would see the pending
inventory receipt through time phase.



Steve Ashton
Database Specialist
Decoustics Limited
65 Disco Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M9W 1M2
T (647) 259-4260
F (416) 679-8838

sashton@... <mailto:sashton@...>
Steve.Ashton@... <mailto:Steve.Ashton2@...>


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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Wonsil
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:44 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] How to handle material from Asia that is in
transit for 30+ days.



> Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
> we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
> the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
> does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
> on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
> warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
> didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
> or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
> something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.

Do you have the multi-plant module? You could buy with the one plant and
then
place and inter-plant order while it's on-the-water. I believe the
transit
time is for inter-plant transfers as well.

Someone had a clever idea at the last SE Michigan Vantage Users Group
Meeting
but I don't recall what it was at the moment. Maybe someone else who was
there
will remember. (Receive to inspection maybe?)

> Make you in transit WH non-nettable. You should investigate how the
> transaction appears in the G/L as it may expense the items.

The accounting is correct but wouldn't MRP want to order more since
these
parts have fallen off the end of the earth?

Mark W.





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> Just off the top of my head, how about receiving the part to a
> make-to-stock job with a 30+ day operation? You would see the pending
> inventory receipt through time phase.

That was it!!!

Once the parts were shipped, you would issue them to a job with some estimated
arrival date. You may get some reschedule messages or a new order action
depending how you set your time fence for the part.

Thanks Steve.

Mark W.
7
You could, add the receipts to a container (803) and instead of receipt
entrying them, enter an unreceived invoice on the payables. It would
not show as stock, and not effect logistics.



When physically received, book in the container and match the receipts
to the unreceived invoice through the invoice match screen, it will
clear down the accruals

Gary Parfrey

Dot Net IT Limited, Reg No 4412519

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of bigmax300
Sent: 02 May 2008 14:52
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] How to handle material from Asia that is in transit
for 30+ days.



Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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We don't have the licensing for receiving to inspection, which is one
suggestion I heard a while ago... I will put some more though into
receiving to a job with a long term operation...Thanks for the help.

Max Foster
Decimet Sales, Inc.
Rogers, MN


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Parfrey" <garyp@...> wrote:
>
> You could, add the receipts to a container (803) and instead of receipt
> entrying them, enter an unreceived invoice on the payables. It would
> not show as stock, and not effect logistics.
>
>
>
> When physically received, book in the container and match the receipts
> to the unreceived invoice through the invoice match screen, it will
> clear down the accruals
>
> Gary Parfrey
>
> Dot Net IT Limited, Reg No 4412519
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of bigmax300
> Sent: 02 May 2008 14:52
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] How to handle material from Asia that is in transit
> for 30+ days.
>
>
>
> Currently, when a PO ships from China, we receive it into a warehouse
> we named "in transit." The material is ours as soon as it ships, so
> the accounting is correct by doing this. My question is basically:
> does anyone have a better way to separate the in transit qty from the
> on hand qty? When viewing part tracker warehouses tab it separates the
> warehouses and qtys but it would be nice if the in transit material
> didnt show as on hand, since it really wont be available for a month
> or so. The in transit tab would be my first logical guess for
> something like this, but that is just for transferring between plants.
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>