MRP and Consignment Inventory

> I haven't found a way yet to make that Chicago inventory visible to us (or
> MRP) but very much would like to as we'd like to do much more of this with
> other offshore vendors.
>
> Any ideas out there?

Epicor 9 has two new modules: Supplier Managed Inventory and Customer
Managed Inventory. In Bin Maintenance, you specify if a bin is standard,
customer material, or supplier material. You then can receive parts into
these bins to manage the inventory available. For supplier materials, you
enter a PO and then receive them into your inventory. I could not find
anything about visibility of supplier owned materials for MRP. I don't think
they appear until you enter a PO.

Mark W.
Hello,

Is any way to change something on packing slip when is shipped and invoiced?

Thank you.




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Not after invoicing, to my knowledge. Frankly, what would be the
purpose of modifying a pack if it's already shipped and invoiced? Do
you use your packing slip internally for something?

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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Bartosz Niemczewski
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:39 AM
To: Vantage Group
Subject: [Vantage] Packing Slip changes.

Hello,

Is any way to change something on packing slip when is shipped and
invoiced?

Thank you.




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Actually, at least in 6.1, if you haven't posted the invoice, you can delete it and then redo the packing slip. We've had to do this a few times when we found out our count was wrong. Once the invoice is posted - you cannot make any modifications.

Julie
Mercury Minnesota Inc.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bartosz Niemczewski
To: Vantage Group
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:39 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Packing Slip changes.


Hello,

Is any way to change something on packing slip when is shipped and invoiced?

Thank you.

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I am trying to find out how other companies are handling Consignments. I
have a scenario that requires MRP to look at the Consignment locations
inventory and the primary warehouse's inventory for parts. The kicker is
that parts cannot be moved from the Consignment location back to the primary
warehouse. Once they are moved to the Consignment location they cannot be
moved back to the primary warehouse. The Consignment locations are in
Mexico while the main warehouse is in San Diego.

The scenario is that there are raw materials that are used in different
sub-assemblies. Some of the sub-assemblies are made in house while others
are made in a Sub-Contract operation. The company sends the raw materials
to the Sub-Contractor and needs to manage the material as Consignment. They
over send what is needed on the job as to avoided breaking up boxes (working
with small parts such as resistors and capacitors). When MRP is run they
need MRP to look at what they have in the Consignment warehouse for the
material that is needed for the sub-contractor operations only. If the
material is used on other assemblies, not Sub-Contract operations, then MRP
only needs to look at what is in the Primary Warehouse.


I am also interested in how people are setting up Consignments. My initial
thought was to set up a Consignment Warehouse and then list each Supplier as
a Bin location within the warehouse.

If any further information is needed please contact me.

Thanks,



Aaron Continelli





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Aaron,
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I haven't found a way yet to make that Chicago inventory visible to us (or MRP) but very much would like to as we'd like to do much more of this with other offshore vendors.
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Rob Brown

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@...> wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@...>
Subject: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:31 AM






I am trying to find out how other companies are handling Consignments. I
have a scenario that requires MRP to look at the Consignment locations
inventory and the primary warehouse's inventory for parts. The kicker is
that parts cannot be moved from the Consignment location back to the primary
warehouse. Once they are moved to the Consignment location they cannot be
moved back to the primary warehouse. The Consignment locations are in
Mexico while the main warehouse is in San Diego.

The scenario is that there are raw materials that are used in different
sub-assemblies. Some of the sub-assemblies are made in house while others
are made in a Sub-Contract operation. The company sends the raw materials
to the Sub-Contractor and needs to manage the material as Consignment. They
over send what is needed on the job as to avoided breaking up boxes (working
with small parts such as resistors and capacitors). When MRP is run they
need MRP to look at what they have in the Consignment warehouse for the
material that is needed for the sub-contractor operations only. If the
material is used on other assemblies, not Sub-Contract operations, then MRP
only needs to look at what is in the Primary Warehouse.

I am also interested in how people are setting up Consignments. My initial
thought was to set up a Consignment Warehouse and then list each Supplier as
a Bin location within the warehouse.

If any further information is needed please contact me.

Thanks,

Aaron Continelli

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Rob;



How are you currently managing this?



Aaron Continelli





From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Brown
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:55 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory



Aaron,

We have a similar condition (Euro vendors with Chicago whse's to cut down on
delivery time to us).

I haven't found a way yet to make that Chicago inventory visible to us (or
MRP) but very much would like to as we'd like to do much more of this with
other offshore vendors.

Any ideas out there?

Rob Brown

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@...
<mailto:aaron%40cre8tivetechs.com> > wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@...
<mailto:aaron%40cre8tivetechs.com> >
Subject: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:31 AM

I am trying to find out how other companies are handling Consignments. I
have a scenario that requires MRP to look at the Consignment locations
inventory and the primary warehouse's inventory for parts. The kicker is
that parts cannot be moved from the Consignment location back to the primary
warehouse. Once they are moved to the Consignment location they cannot be
moved back to the primary warehouse. The Consignment locations are in
Mexico while the main warehouse is in San Diego.

The scenario is that there are raw materials that are used in different
sub-assemblies. Some of the sub-assemblies are made in house while others
are made in a Sub-Contract operation. The company sends the raw materials
to the Sub-Contractor and needs to manage the material as Consignment. They
over send what is needed on the job as to avoided breaking up boxes (working
with small parts such as resistors and capacitors). When MRP is run they
need MRP to look at what they have in the Consignment warehouse for the
material that is needed for the sub-contractor operations only. If the
material is used on other assemblies, not Sub-Contract operations, then MRP
only needs to look at what is in the Primary Warehouse.

I am also interested in how people are setting up Consignments. My initial
thought was to set up a Consignment Warehouse and then list each Supplier as
a Bin location within the warehouse.

If any further information is needed please contact me.

Thanks,

Aaron Continelli

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The vendor routinely faxes us physical inventory counts on our items in the US whse.

The approriate buyer then keeps the list handy. (Post-it note process!)

OK for now at this scale but it clearly isn't a successfully scalable process (and we want to scale up).

Rob

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@...> wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:57 PM






Rob;

How are you currently managing this?

Aaron Continelli

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf Of
Robert Brown
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:55 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory

Aaron,

We have a similar condition (Euro vendors with Chicago whse's to cut down on
delivery time to us).

I haven't found a way yet to make that Chicago inventory visible to us (or
MRP) but very much would like to as we'd like to do much more of this with
other offshore vendors.

Any ideas out there?

Rob Brown

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@cre8tivetechs .com
<mailto:aaron% 40cre8tivetechs. com> > wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@cre8tivetechs .com
<mailto:aaron% 40cre8tivetechs. com> >
Subject: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com>
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:31 AM

I am trying to find out how other companies are handling Consignments. I
have a scenario that requires MRP to look at the Consignment locations
inventory and the primary warehouse's inventory for parts. The kicker is
that parts cannot be moved from the Consignment location back to the primary
warehouse. Once they are moved to the Consignment location they cannot be
moved back to the primary warehouse. The Consignment locations are in
Mexico while the main warehouse is in San Diego.

The scenario is that there are raw materials that are used in different
sub-assemblies. Some of the sub-assemblies are made in house while others
are made in a Sub-Contract operation. The company sends the raw materials
to the Sub-Contractor and needs to manage the material as Consignment. They
over send what is needed on the job as to avoided breaking up boxes (working
with small parts such as resistors and capacitors). When MRP is run they
need MRP to look at what they have in the Consignment warehouse for the
material that is needed for the sub-contractor operations only. If the
material is used on other assemblies, not Sub-Contract operations, then MRP
only needs to look at what is in the Primary Warehouse.

I am also interested in how people are setting up Consignments. My initial
thought was to set up a Consignment Warehouse and then list each Supplier as
a Bin location within the warehouse.

If any further information is needed please contact me.

Thanks,

Aaron Continelli

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Actually, we have a process within our own walls that I'd like to move towards some kind of systemic aware process.

We have consolidated fastener purchases to a single (internationally known & world class - who runs SAP) vendor. We set up a cage near point of use to store the materials on a multi-bin system.

Once per week, the vendor sets a rep down who inventories the Cage and places orders to refill empty bins.

Right now we pay for material when it hits the dock (and goes in the Cage).

Our goal is to pay for it only when it LEAVES THE CAGE for actual use. (Very much a consigment type arrangment.)

Just thinking about it, we have dozens of vendors that we (and each vendor) would long term benefit if we could get such a process working effectively within Vantage... It would really squeeze out the traditional process inventory fat for both us and the vendors.

It doesn't matter if the consigment storage point is in our facility or not... The basic process and the system capabilities needed to support such a thing are the same.

Rob

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@...> wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:57 PM






Rob;

How are you currently managing this?

Aaron Continelli

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf Of
Robert Brown
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:55 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory

Aaron,

We have a similar condition (Euro vendors with Chicago whse's to cut down on
delivery time to us).

I haven't found a way yet to make that Chicago inventory visible to us (or
MRP) but very much would like to as we'd like to do much more of this with
other offshore vendors.

Any ideas out there?

Rob Brown

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Aaron Continelli <aaron@cre8tivetechs .com
<mailto:aaron% 40cre8tivetechs. com> > wrote:

From: Aaron Continelli <aaron@cre8tivetechs .com
<mailto:aaron% 40cre8tivetechs. com> >
Subject: [Vantage] MRP and Consignment Inventory
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com>
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:31 AM

I am trying to find out how other companies are handling Consignments. I
have a scenario that requires MRP to look at the Consignment locations
inventory and the primary warehouse's inventory for parts. The kicker is
that parts cannot be moved from the Consignment location back to the primary
warehouse. Once they are moved to the Consignment location they cannot be
moved back to the primary warehouse. The Consignment locations are in
Mexico while the main warehouse is in San Diego.

The scenario is that there are raw materials that are used in different
sub-assemblies. Some of the sub-assemblies are made in house while others
are made in a Sub-Contract operation. The company sends the raw materials
to the Sub-Contractor and needs to manage the material as Consignment. They
over send what is needed on the job as to avoided breaking up boxes (working
with small parts such as resistors and capacitors). When MRP is run they
need MRP to look at what they have in the Consignment warehouse for the
material that is needed for the sub-contractor operations only. If the
material is used on other assemblies, not Sub-Contract operations, then MRP
only needs to look at what is in the Primary Warehouse.

I am also interested in how people are setting up Consignments. My initial
thought was to set up a Consignment Warehouse and then list each Supplier as
a Bin location within the warehouse.

If any further information is needed please contact me.

Thanks,

Aaron Continelli

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