Ken, was your question answered? If not, my first question would be if you did a full physical first within Epicor before you set up the codes?
Epicor wants this to aid in assigning the ABC codes you define. Then from there it should work the way you were thinking.
M. Manasa Reddy
ERP Specialist
T:1.832.303.7411 M:1.773.401.4126
2925 Briarpark, Suite 950, Houston, Texas, USA 77042
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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Williams
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:18 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Cycle Count Help
Ever since we've moved to E9, I've not been able to get Cycle Counts to work the way I expect them to. I'm hoping someone can review my expectations & process and find where my issue is.
Expectations:
* Setup ABC codes to identify parts that cost & move the most to count more often than those that cost and move the least
* Setup a schedule to do a cycle count every 2 weeks, where the system automatically identifies, based on ABC code frequency, the parts that need to be counted. Schedule would be done for a yearly basis.
* Counts are performed, tags entered, reconciliation completed
Process:
* Create calendar with one working day every other week
* Calculate ABC codes for the plant (the warehouse is set to "use plant")
o With current parameters we have approximately 10 A's, 50 B'c, 100 c's, 200 d's and 600 or so e's
o A is 15 days, B is 30, C 60, D 90, E 120
o Make sure "update ABC codes is enabled"
* Initialize last cycle count date
* Create cycle count period (I've tried an annual calendar, as well as one period)
* Create cycle count schedule maintenance using above cycle count period & calendar
* Run cycle count part selection update
It's at this point that I would expect to see 26 cycles (which I do in fact see), as well as our ~1000 parts spread across these, with the A's showing up in nearly every cycle. Instead, I get about 150 parts spread across all of the cycles with no repeats (as if it's ignoring the frequency to count). I've tried changing the cycle count period and the calendar - regardless of how I set it I get less than 200 parts and there are never repeats.
It's very frustrating, I hope someone has a simple fix. It very well could be I'm misunderstanding some underlying principle, so education would be helpful if that's the issue.
Thanks in advance for your insight,
Ken
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Epicor wants this to aid in assigning the ABC codes you define. Then from there it should work the way you were thinking.
M. Manasa Reddy
ERP Specialist
T:1.832.303.7411 M:1.773.401.4126
2925 Briarpark, Suite 950, Houston, Texas, USA 77042
[Description: McCoy]www.mccoyglobal.com<http://www.mccoyglobal.com>
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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Williams
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:18 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Cycle Count Help
Ever since we've moved to E9, I've not been able to get Cycle Counts to work the way I expect them to. I'm hoping someone can review my expectations & process and find where my issue is.
Expectations:
* Setup ABC codes to identify parts that cost & move the most to count more often than those that cost and move the least
* Setup a schedule to do a cycle count every 2 weeks, where the system automatically identifies, based on ABC code frequency, the parts that need to be counted. Schedule would be done for a yearly basis.
* Counts are performed, tags entered, reconciliation completed
Process:
* Create calendar with one working day every other week
* Calculate ABC codes for the plant (the warehouse is set to "use plant")
o With current parameters we have approximately 10 A's, 50 B'c, 100 c's, 200 d's and 600 or so e's
o A is 15 days, B is 30, C 60, D 90, E 120
o Make sure "update ABC codes is enabled"
* Initialize last cycle count date
* Create cycle count period (I've tried an annual calendar, as well as one period)
* Create cycle count schedule maintenance using above cycle count period & calendar
* Run cycle count part selection update
It's at this point that I would expect to see 26 cycles (which I do in fact see), as well as our ~1000 parts spread across these, with the A's showing up in nearly every cycle. Instead, I get about 150 parts spread across all of the cycles with no repeats (as if it's ignoring the frequency to count). I've tried changing the cycle count period and the calendar - regardless of how I set it I get less than 200 parts and there are never repeats.
It's very frustrating, I hope someone has a simple fix. It very well could be I'm misunderstanding some underlying principle, so education would be helpful if that's the issue.
Thanks in advance for your insight,
Ken
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