Once our users report quantity from MES (and the box labels are automatically printed) the finished product goes into the OUT bin associated with the machine producing it. There is a box in MES to requests a move but we cant check it because “A backflush is pending” always.
If we manually request a move, we have to tell the system FROM WHERE, TO WHERE. The problem is, the warehouse folks who do the pickup determine that. Is there a way to do a general request for move?
Being that I always like to make things more difficult, I considered writing code that on PART TRANS, it checks the relevant bins for QTY > some minimum amount to move, if so alert some how. Maybe I’ll send a text or email or just export a text file in folder.
I haven’t started the move to 10 yet, but I will do this there also. I add a MtlQueue when engineering adds material to a job and wants it brought to them.
My abl routine is attached, so you can see the process I use. Even if the warehouse and bin are required they are changeable when the move is processed. You could make a default bin and then a bpm to stop the move if the default bin is not changed to a valid one.
Thanks for the ideas. I didn’t realize you could change the locs when you “process”. I just assumed it would execute it as is.
I’ve still got a pain with the “Backflush Pending” on my MES report screen keeping my Request Move from working. It only does it if “Next Opr Seq” is 0 (which is invalid anyway). I am going to attempt to change that default seq in a customization to see if that solves the problem.
Well… I cant change the default Next Opr Seq because something else is changing it back after I do. Same thing occurs if I try to default the Req Move checkbox.
