If we have a SO that has buy to order selected on it - and we issue a PO, linked to that SO - why does the inventory received for that SO not get excluded from available inventory? In TimePhase, the SO shows direct - but all inventory shows as available with nothing allocated to the direct SO. But, the direct SO in timephase has no effect on the balance of inventory - ie…not reduced by the SO qty. This is very misleading.
Is this a bug? Inventory purchased for a Buy to Order SO is showing available, but the SO has no effect on inventory in timephase.
I 100% agree with you, I wish Epicor would treat these like a make direct job. Just to clarify, the inventory does not show available from a capable to promise perspective. If the PO is received the transaction would be subtracted from the available quantity.
However from a user’s perspective, when referencing time phase or part tracker, the inventory does appear to be “available”. We have just had to train users how to read these types of parts. We have also had issues doing a physical inventory or cycle counts because these parts print on tags, in the “ship” bin. The shipping department may not have them and 0 the tag out and then you can’t actually enter a 0 on these tags. So it’s kind of a wild goose chase to figure out, oh these were on a buy to order PO…
So to answer your question I don’t know if it’s a bug or intended as design, but it would be nice if it was structured more like a make direct job.
MRP will suggest fine, meaning if there’s another demand it will create another suggestion. But understand not utilizing it if time phase is your main lookup screen. Good luck!
I think Epicors logic would be that something that was bought specifically for an order would be received and turned around and shipped almost immediately, so it “doesn’t matter”. It absolutely does, but they test and live in an environment without real life implications, so that stuff doesn’t always get sussed out in development.
