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Kevin MillerInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Demand not showing in Planners Workbench

If the demand is coming from a sales order, verify the release is firm.  In version 9, unfirm releases would show up in planning workbench.  In Kinetic only firm releases show up, even though there is a search filter for all and firm only.  If you convert existing data from an older version the records in the PartSug table will be there, but new order line/releases have to be firmed to show up.

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1 year ago
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doug.harveyKnown Participant
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

parts schedule 1 day early

DougA few things to check:Production calendar.  Do you have parts with a Req date on a weekend or holiday on the calendar?  I’ve never paid close attention to it, but scheduling should move the due date to a work day. Does “mostly finite” mean you are running finite scheduling with the finite capacity unchecked on specific resources?  In that case check the resource to see if you have unchecked the finite capacity field. Check the Part/Plants/Planning information.  There are scheduling variables for Production Prep, Kit Time, and Receive Time.  We set the Receive Time to 1 so our production is finished the day before shipping.  I hope one of these is your answer.  We are in the same situation with small make to order jobs moving all around.  It’s a challenge and I’m far from the expert. Thanks,Matt Stuppy

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2 years ago
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nicky.hopkinsKnown Participant
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Sales code for a service

There are two ways we do this.Setup a drop ship part and a supplier that is internal to our company.  We typically use a price of $1 = 1 ea, so when we sell the consulting for $100 we would enter 100 ea.  We can invoice against the PO if we want to generate AR along the way.  When the drop ship PO is created it, it is routed to the person in charge of the service.  Our supplier price list has a cost of $0/ea so no AP is created.  This is simple, but cost tracking against the revenue is a challenge.  You might be able to enter costs into the AP invoice, but then you have an AP challenge.  Make a manufactured part, with a method using a single operation.  Setting up the part class and product group and having a dedicated planner helps separate it from our regular manufacturing.  The job is created and routed to whomever is providing the service.  Time can be periodically logged to the job until it is complete and closed.  This is more complex because of the resource group, employee setup

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9 months ago
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