Thanks for the response Rick. A little different situation but I might
use something like that in part. Just a thought about putting them on
the BOM. I was thinking of something similar and issue to jobs
(obviously at no cost) and just let the tool's inventory balance go
negative, maybe by the job quantity. That would tell me how many parts
have been run since inventory was last 'adjusted'. Maybe then adjust
inventory back to zero when the tool gets re-sharpened.
Still trying to work it out in my head somehow. Thanks for the input.
Greg Clauser
Director of Operations
Principal Manufacturing Corporation
2800 South 19th Avenue
Broadview, IL 60155
Email: gclauser@...
Cell: 224.629.0348
Phone: 708.865.7500
________________________________
From: Chamberlin, Richard [mailto:rchamberlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:29 PM
To: Greg Clauser
Subject: Re:Tooling Availability / Status (Vantage-Yahoo Group).
I am behind on reading the Vantage-Yahoo emails. It appears that nobody
answered you on this, so I am answering you directly.
We are scheduled to go live with Vantage 8 or Epicor 9 on 4/1/09.
We have part number specific tooling. We are putting them on the BOM at
a quantity of one each. They will show on the pick list (so
manufacturing knows what tools they need), but we are not going to
backflush or issue them. Since they will have no cost, it will be a no
cost variance. We will move them around in inventory, as we physically
move them from storage to the work cell that needs them, and then back
to storage.
We will turn on MRP & Purchase suggestions for new tools so that we can
see when we need them, and then turn off suggestions when they arrive.
Rick Chamberlin
Manufacturing Engineer - Planner
Triumph Composite Systems
rchamberlin@... <mailto:rchamberlin@...>
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<mailto:gclauser@...?Subject=%20Re%3ATooling%20Availability%20%2F
%20Status> greg_clauser <http://profiles.yahoo.com/greg_clauser>
Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:16 am (PDT)
Anybody out there tracking tooling availability (think stamping or
molding die primarily) simlar to material availability?
Tools have a warehouse location so having an inventory balance of one
and a requirement (as a stocked material) of one on a BOM I guess
would be something simple that might work. I could probably backflush
it and then put it either back on the shelf (warehouse/bin) or send
it to a (non-nettable)'toolroom' warehouse for maintenance like
sharpening, etc.
A toolroom stock status report would show everything awaiting
maintenance of some kind and they could do a stock transfer to it's
home location when refurbished / repaired.
Where it gets tough for me to get my head around is seeing if I could
also keep track of how many parts the tool has made since its last
sharpening. We want to make sure we sharpen and/or examine tools
after a set number of hits. We use the 'max lot size' field to store
that value.
Complicating things also is the fact that many tools make more than
one part munber. Some with a simple change (remove a perf or change
material type) and some requiring extensive changing of die blocks,
etc..
Any ideas?
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use something like that in part. Just a thought about putting them on
the BOM. I was thinking of something similar and issue to jobs
(obviously at no cost) and just let the tool's inventory balance go
negative, maybe by the job quantity. That would tell me how many parts
have been run since inventory was last 'adjusted'. Maybe then adjust
inventory back to zero when the tool gets re-sharpened.
Still trying to work it out in my head somehow. Thanks for the input.
Greg Clauser
Director of Operations
Principal Manufacturing Corporation
2800 South 19th Avenue
Broadview, IL 60155
Email: gclauser@...
Cell: 224.629.0348
Phone: 708.865.7500
________________________________
From: Chamberlin, Richard [mailto:rchamberlin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:29 PM
To: Greg Clauser
Subject: Re:Tooling Availability / Status (Vantage-Yahoo Group).
I am behind on reading the Vantage-Yahoo emails. It appears that nobody
answered you on this, so I am answering you directly.
We are scheduled to go live with Vantage 8 or Epicor 9 on 4/1/09.
We have part number specific tooling. We are putting them on the BOM at
a quantity of one each. They will show on the pick list (so
manufacturing knows what tools they need), but we are not going to
backflush or issue them. Since they will have no cost, it will be a no
cost variance. We will move them around in inventory, as we physically
move them from storage to the work cell that needs them, and then back
to storage.
We will turn on MRP & Purchase suggestions for new tools so that we can
see when we need them, and then turn off suggestions when they arrive.
Rick Chamberlin
Manufacturing Engineer - Planner
Triumph Composite Systems
rchamberlin@... <mailto:rchamberlin@...>
11.
Tooling Availability / Status
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/message/69630;_ylc=X3oDMTJwNTcwbW
83BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIwMzY5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTAwNzE4MQRtc2dJZAM2OT
YzMARzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMjIzNjg5NjA4>
Posted by: "greg_clauser" gclauser@...
<mailto:gclauser@...?Subject=%20Re%3ATooling%20Availability%20%2F
%20Status> greg_clauser <http://profiles.yahoo.com/greg_clauser>
Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:16 am (PDT)
Anybody out there tracking tooling availability (think stamping or
molding die primarily) simlar to material availability?
Tools have a warehouse location so having an inventory balance of one
and a requirement (as a stocked material) of one on a BOM I guess
would be something simple that might work. I could probably backflush
it and then put it either back on the shelf (warehouse/bin) or send
it to a (non-nettable)'toolroom' warehouse for maintenance like
sharpening, etc.
A toolroom stock status report would show everything awaiting
maintenance of some kind and they could do a stock transfer to it's
home location when refurbished / repaired.
Where it gets tough for me to get my head around is seeing if I could
also keep track of how many parts the tool has made since its last
sharpening. We want to make sure we sharpen and/or examine tools
after a set number of hits. We use the 'max lot size' field to store
that value.
Complicating things also is the fact that many tools make more than
one part munber. Some with a simple change (remove a perf or change
material type) and some requiring extensive changing of die blocks,
etc..
Any ideas?
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