I can see the point if you use this item in large quantities and often, but
what if you have an item (like Loctite as an example) that you purchase by
the bottle, but only use small amounts at a time? We list it in the bill of
materials as a cue to the purchaser that it needs to be checked, check it
out to the job then back to stock off the job when finished. There really
is no way to estimate how much of the bottle was used on that job, so we
just use the bill of material as a flag to check the bottle in stock when
the jobs that use it come up.
Diane Rowberry
Westwood Precision
We are having a philosophical discussion here on the use of Liquid
Nitrogen.
It's used for removing flash from rubber parts, (freeze the parts solid
bang
them against each other till the bad parts break off). The impact to the
UNIT cost is tiny. There are several opinions,
1. Don't include in the bill of materials, cover as overhead or
subcomponent of burden. (How do you relieve Inventory, or do you? Do you
just let it build up in inventory and never relieive it?)
2. Include it in the bill of materials but "fudge" the Parent/Quantity so
the cost component is even smaller. (How do you relieve Inventory, or do
you? Do you just let it build up in inventory and never relieve it?)
3. Put it in as correctly as possible and let the system handle it.
Shirley Graver
Systems Administrator
Rubber Associates Inc.
Cleveland/Akron, OH
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what if you have an item (like Loctite as an example) that you purchase by
the bottle, but only use small amounts at a time? We list it in the bill of
materials as a cue to the purchaser that it needs to be checked, check it
out to the job then back to stock off the job when finished. There really
is no way to estimate how much of the bottle was used on that job, so we
just use the bill of material as a flag to check the bottle in stock when
the jobs that use it come up.
Diane Rowberry
Westwood Precision
We are having a philosophical discussion here on the use of Liquid
Nitrogen.
It's used for removing flash from rubber parts, (freeze the parts solid
bang
them against each other till the bad parts break off). The impact to the
UNIT cost is tiny. There are several opinions,
1. Don't include in the bill of materials, cover as overhead or
subcomponent of burden. (How do you relieve Inventory, or do you? Do you
just let it build up in inventory and never relieive it?)
2. Include it in the bill of materials but "fudge" the Parent/Quantity so
the cost component is even smaller. (How do you relieve Inventory, or do
you? Do you just let it build up in inventory and never relieve it?)
3. Put it in as correctly as possible and let the system handle it.
Shirley Graver
Systems Administrator
Rubber Associates Inc.
Cleveland/Akron, OH
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