My client has been using Vantage for several years now, and they are
currently on version 6.1
When I first started working with this company a few years ago, they
had deleted (inactivated) the inspection Warehouses. This was
because usage of the system was extremely poor at the time;
frequently materials would be taken from the QC area without having
been moved in the Vantage system. This meant that the Inspection
Warehouses were full of phantom inventory. In the process of cleaning
up the Warehouse databases, they made the call to just stop using the
Inspection Warehouses completely.
Vantage handles this pretty well- materials recieved directly to
inspection are put into a non-nettable, "quarantine" status until
released through the inspection processing module (even through they
are received to a specific Warehouse (or WIP) upon arrival).
I've been advocating that we put the Inspection Warehouses back
online, now that all of the inventory has been cleaned up and written
off. The only downside I see is retraining the guys on the dock and
the QC guys, so that they know where to receive materials to.
But the cost accountant here asked me why would bother, and I didn't
have a good answer.
Vantage seems to work pretty well without Inspection Warehouses, so
what is the value in using them? Yes, you can run stock status
reports, but there is already a report that tells you what is in
inspection pending.
What is the value added in setting up Inspection Warehouses?
-MZ
currently on version 6.1
When I first started working with this company a few years ago, they
had deleted (inactivated) the inspection Warehouses. This was
because usage of the system was extremely poor at the time;
frequently materials would be taken from the QC area without having
been moved in the Vantage system. This meant that the Inspection
Warehouses were full of phantom inventory. In the process of cleaning
up the Warehouse databases, they made the call to just stop using the
Inspection Warehouses completely.
Vantage handles this pretty well- materials recieved directly to
inspection are put into a non-nettable, "quarantine" status until
released through the inspection processing module (even through they
are received to a specific Warehouse (or WIP) upon arrival).
I've been advocating that we put the Inspection Warehouses back
online, now that all of the inventory has been cleaned up and written
off. The only downside I see is retraining the guys on the dock and
the QC guys, so that they know where to receive materials to.
But the cost accountant here asked me why would bother, and I didn't
have a good answer.
Vantage seems to work pretty well without Inspection Warehouses, so
what is the value in using them? Yes, you can run stock status
reports, but there is already a report that tells you what is in
inspection pending.
What is the value added in setting up Inspection Warehouses?
-MZ