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Rakesh.KhareNew Participant
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Part allocation and reserve vs buy or make direct or other easier option

We have all heard the phrase ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’. And this happens every so often where a part waiting in warehouse to go to big assembly get issued to somewhere else or shipped on the sales order. This issue is amplified with shortages and lead-time changes due to pandemic.We tried doing Buy-direct and make-direct and that seems to lock the Job to the Purchase order and we cannot issue from stock if you have on-hand. On the other hand, we tried doing Part allocation and reserve and that comes with its own issues. Managing Allocation and Reserve can quickly become a full-time job since un-allocating is not easy. If you un-allocate, the fulfilment sequence may needs to be corrected, which means deleting all allocation for that part and reallocating. If you have several hundred parts to manage, that can be a real hassle. And this needs to be done every now and then.I am thinking there’s got to be a better way. If you have some suggestions, I’d love to hear.Thanks,Rakesh

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