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Posted on by LaciM 9

Hi everyone,

I'm turning to you as I struggle with the multiple sourcing for my component.

Context :

Company has an inbound area (COP_ENTRY) + an external warehouse (VERDAN) and a production line (COP_M2)

Components may go directly on the production lines from COP_ENTRY to COP_M2, or may be stored at VERDAN then used later on COP_M2.

It looks like that

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The main flow is functional, meaning that our SKUs are setup in a proper way and the MRP is running properly.

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Firm prod order.

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But, where I need your assistance is to create the alternative flow, i.e. COP_ENTRY to COP_M2, bypassing VERDAN.

I tried to create a new SKU with this but of course it gives me an error, as there is already a sourcing.

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I guess it has to do with the Variant field, but I'm kinda lost here and would need your help.

Wishing you a nice day and looking forward to hearing from you 

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  • Jun Wang Profile Picture
    Jun Wang 8,220 Moderator on at

    I assume you don't have variant set up for the locations. user can set multiple variants for sku for the same location. for example

    item A, blue location, variant 1

    item A, blue location, variant 2

    I don't know your processes, but if you want to set up variants which will add more layer of complexity to the mrp planning.

    if you want to move item from cop entry location to the production location, you could transfer the components manually if it inventory.

    the planning lines are for references anyway.

  • LaciM Profile Picture
    LaciM 9 on at

    Hello,

    Thanks a lot for your answer.

    I do not really get this part "if you want to set up variants which will add more layer of complexity to the mrp planning."

    Let's take this example :

    I have a requirement of 100 PCS on COP_M2, with 80 PCS on VERDAN + 20 PCS on COP_ENTRY (based on my flowchart above).

    I just ask the system to create the transfer from both location to the production lines as the lead time will be shorter from COP_ENTRY to COP_M2 than the full transfer flow. If there was nothing on COP_ENTRY, I would get it, but here it's just a priority settings which seems to be lacking in BC and needs to be done manually (through the requisition worksheet ?).

    Wishing you a nice day.

  • Jun Wang Profile Picture
    Jun Wang 8,220 Moderator on at

    first, requisition worksheet is the same as planning worksheet. the former is for user who don't have license to advanced production module.

    if you want the cop entry location to be the preferred location to transfer the parts, you could set up the sku to transfer from this location to the production location. 

    I don't believe you will be able to also specify verdan as a transfer from location to the production location at the same time as on the flow chart.

    My suggestion will be

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    the replenishment/planning takes a lot of trial and error to make it work. And it is also important to make it simple. My suggestion is to modify the existing processes if possible rather than touching the planning engine.

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