Replies posted by MTPP

24 Replies

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MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

In Data Collection how do you get to settings to change themes?

Well this is interesting. It works in 2021.2.5 (currently our production) but did not work in 2023.2 (our pilot where we are testing 2023.2 with a planned go live upgrade later this month). Thank you for your help.

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M
29 days ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inspection Plan Format in 2023.1 Data Collection

Additional Note: As we continue testing 2023.2 and trying to use the new “less than” kinetic inspection plans, discovered another issue. Since Kinetic does not launch the inspection plan configurator, the pass/fail rules that we set in the on complete section of the inspection plan configurator no longer work. The majority of our inspection plans are built using checkboxes.

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M
1 month ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How to get a copy of this presentation? MRP Fundamentals + Kinetic 2023.2 New Features & Performance Improvements

The link took me here. Then select the Epicor ERP General tab and MRP is the first video in the row of videos at the bottom. 

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M
2 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How to get a copy of this presentation? MRP Fundamentals + Kinetic 2023.2 New Features & Performance Improvements

Thank you!

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M
2 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inspection Plan Format in 2023.1 Data Collection

Added to Epicor Ideas. Please vote for this if you use or plan to use Epicor Inspection Plans.https://epicor-manufacturing.ideas.aha.io/ideas/KIN-I-4591

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M
1 month ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inspection Plan Format in 2023.1 Data Collection

Resonse from EPicCare is that this is the way it is. It is "working as designed."  "The Kinetic Inspection Results just takes the Attributes on the Specification Plan and puts them into columns - we don't spin up a view of the Inspection Configurator. The problem is the Inspection type Configurator was never converted to Kinetic. The customer should enter an idea for this. It is being reviewed for the road map under ERP-47870 but should have a formal idea by a customer entered."We use inspection plans on every single job (approximately 2000 jobs completed per month).Shouldn't Ideas be for things that would make the system better? Not for things that Epicor has broken?Quite frustrated with this response.

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M
1 month ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inspection Plan Format in 2023.1 Data Collection

Are we the only ones who have seen this in 2023.1? 

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M
1 month ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inventory Nonconformance processed as STK-INS and then INS-ASM but there is no job for it

End result was that EpiCare provided a script to correct the transaction and then I ran the Refresh PartBin QOH from PartTran to correct the oh hand bin qtys.

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M
6 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Inventory Nonconformance processed as STK-INS and then INS-ASM but there is no job for it

Thank you. I have checked the Part Tracker, Lot Tracker, Part Transaction History, All jobs that require this material, and a few other places. I think the inspector must have checked the Job Assembly button although she says she doen’t think she did. Either way I need to find a way to get the parts back to inventory. And would really like to know where they went.

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M
6 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Data Collection: How do you track labor when system maintenance is happening?

Hello Sue, Yes, we are on premise. We are kinda new to Epicor and need to do some of the following things: Shrink the production database so that we can refresh our test and pilot databases, add disk space, install patches, regen and recycle, and possibly other stuff (I am asking for our IT manager). We have been advised that operators cannot transact during these activities which is not making operations managers very happy. I am reaching out to anyone I can think of to see what other people do, hoping to discover some best practices.

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fred
10 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Data Collection: How do you track labor when system maintenance is happening?

Thank you, Fred.  Appreciate the advice.

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fred
10 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How to define a shift for specific days?

Hi Glenn, Thank you. We do have the site calendar set up as you describe above and have been working on building resource group calendars.. Did you learn anything about how to use the calendar that can be linked in the employee record? At this point I think all of the calendars in Epicor are only linked to job scheduling and none of them interact with an employee shift or provide a way to better define an employee shift.  

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G
10 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How to define a shift for specific days?

anyone have experience with defining a shift to specific days? Another thought here: Is there a way to have an employee on different shifts on different days?

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G
10 months ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Error Not enough nonconformance serial numbers specified

This is the error given in Data Collection when the operator enters 0 qty in current and 1 qty in nonconformance. There is no additional detail for the error.Error Not enough nonconformance serial numbers specified

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M
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Error Not enough nonconformance serial numbers specified

Thank you, ggedney. This won’t help because the assembly does not need a new material issued. It just needs to be reworked for an unusual visual condition. No additional materials are needed.Do you have any insight to this error? Do you know what causes it or what it actually means?

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M
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Error Not enough nonconformance serial numbers specified

Hi Sue, Not sure what you mean? The part is not a finished product yet. The operator tried to write the nonconformance on the operation prior to the final operation. The part was still in WIP on the job. The serial number was assigned to the job on 13Oct2022. The attempt to write an NCR was on 24Oct2022. What would have occured to cause this error? Please note we are new to Epicor. so seeking to understand.

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M
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Can I use Dashboard filters to set a dashboard to show only dates greater than 24 months ago? If so, how?

yes,  want to force the dashbaord to only populate for a specific list of parts. I tried this using:JobHead_PartNum = 1010,1015,1018 with and without parentheses (1010,1015,1018)JobHead_PartNum = 1010, 1015, 1018 with and without parenthesesJobHead_PartNum = ‘1010’, ‘1015’, ‘1018’ with and without parenthesesTried adding multiple row with just one part onb each row. I just do not know the right sytax for the list. 

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L
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Can I use Dashboard filters to set a dashboard to show only dates greater than 24 months ago? If so, how?

I got this far and do not know how to create a list in the value column. PartNum = ????

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L
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Can I use Dashboard filters to set a dashboard to show only dates greater than 24 months ago? If so, how?

Lindsay, What you describe was what I was hoping to do. But I cannot figure out how to get the dashbaord filter to make a set list of parts. 

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L
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Can I use Dashboard filters to set a dashboard to show only dates greater than 24 months ago? If so, how?

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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L
1 year ago
daniel-white
daniel-whiteInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Loading Jobs via DMT (Old system to new system)

We recently went live and followed a process similar to the one that Jenn describes above. Our finance department now wants to measure aged WIP and We are struggling with how to get the LastLabor field to populate with the legacy last labor date.We have tried usingJob Labor Adjustmment to load the Last Labor field. The DMT runs without errors but nothing gets updated. Have tried this with the operation open and then completing the opeartion. Last Labor still shows up as our go live date.  Tried adding a new operation to the legacy job with the aged WIP date  and get the error that 2/2/22 is less that the earliest apply date of 9/1/22. We get this same error when trying to add a new labor detail record. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the last labor field to populate with the legacy date?

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mwilson
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How can employees start production for multiple jobs at one time?

Thank you, Jenn. We reviewed the batch operations and it won’t work because once source jobs are batched together, they cannot be separated. We only want to log on to multiple jobs at one operation. 

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J
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

How can employees start production for multiple jobs at one time?

yes, you are correct. I didn’t write the question very well. Looking for something a little less cumbersome than starting production for every job individually. Something where they can scan the job barcode (we are using a combination barcode for job, assembly, operation) for multiple jobs at one time - one screen entry for multiple jobs. Is there such a thing?

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J
1 year ago
M
MTPPInspiring
asked in Kinetic & Epicor ERP

Tracking scrap from job costs

We were able to locate the scrap to DMR costs easily. We are not able to locate the costs when scrapping without a DMR. In our foundry, operators can scrap without writing an NCR/DMR in all of the operations from wax injection through knocking out the molds after metal pour. At this point, once we have parts in metal they are considered traceable parts that would require an NCR/DMR in order to scrap. We are struggling with tracking the costs for parts that are scrapped without NCR/DMR in the earlier operations. The lead time for these parts is 8-12 weeks and we would not replace the parts on the jobs where scrap occurred. Instead any parts scrapped would be on new jobs. This also seems to be an issue in Epicor because it seems that the scrapped qty stays on the job and does not flag planners to make more - Can you confirm from your use of this system whether or not that is true? 

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nmueller
2 years ago
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