Vantage 6.1 - Restocking parts

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Judy,

We have encountered similar situations in our business. We have not
found an easy way within Vantage to do what you are asking. We have
come up with workarounds.

In one situation, we have a computer board which is built up
basically the same but then might get 1 or 2 different parts
depending on its application. We created one BOM for the stuffed
board (up to the point it is the same for every application) and we
build and stock those. Then we have separate BOM's for each
application bringing in that built board and the one or two parts
that are different for that application. (also involves different
operations for programming the chips) These are usually brought
in at the job level, not stocked.

We have definately had to get creative in the building of our BOMS
and often the logic follows how it will work in Vantage, not
necessarily how we would manually create. Although we
have 'baseline' systems, just about every job we have involves
customization.

Hope this helps...

Lois



--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Havlik" <judy.havlik@...> wrote:
>
> For the purpose of this question I'm going to keep things as simple
> as possible and use a "pen" as my example. (The actual part we're
> working with is much more complex and will involve multiple
changes).
>
> We have always received an order for a "pen", linked the job to
make
> the "pen" and then shipped the "pen". No problem...everything
works
> great.
>
> Now, we're offering custom "pens". What we would do is keep
> inventory on pens with blue caps. But, the customer can order any
> cap color they want. So, when an order comes in for a pen with red
> cap, we'll create a job with a Customize operation and link it to
the
> sales order.
>
> It will pull in the blue capped pen from inventory and will have
the
> red cap listed as the raw material as well with instructions to
swap
> one cap for the other.
>
> Basically, once we rebuild the "pen", what would be the easiest
> method to ensure the blue cap gets returned to inventory in Vantage
> without doing manual transactions?
>
> We've never done anything like this before so it's like starting
out
> all over again. I'm in the process of reading some of the Help
> information to see if I can get any ideas but thought perhaps
someone
> on the onelist would have a solution sooner than I can find one.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Judy Havlik
> Plitek, L.L.C.
> judy.havlik@...
>
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For the purpose of this question I'm going to keep things as simple
as possible and use a "pen" as my example. (The actual part we're
working with is much more complex and will involve multiple changes).

We have always received an order for a "pen", linked the job to make
the "pen" and then shipped the "pen". No problem...everything works
great.

Now, we're offering custom "pens". What we would do is keep
inventory on pens with blue caps. But, the customer can order any
cap color they want. So, when an order comes in for a pen with red
cap, we'll create a job with a Customize operation and link it to the
sales order.

It will pull in the blue capped pen from inventory and will have the
red cap listed as the raw material as well with instructions to swap
one cap for the other.

Basically, once we rebuild the "pen", what would be the easiest
method to ensure the blue cap gets returned to inventory in Vantage
without doing manual transactions?

We've never done anything like this before so it's like starting out
all over again. I'm in the process of reading some of the Help
information to see if I can get any ideas but thought perhaps someone
on the onelist would have a solution sooner than I can find one.

Thanks in advance,
Judy Havlik
Plitek, L.L.C.
judy.havlik@...