Hal Kaplan wrote:
> => Subject: Inventory suggestions
> =>
> => I am tasked with taking an inventory system that is
> => currently being done in Lotus and porting the functionality
> => over to a VFP app. Are there any Inventory Gurus out there
> => that could offer any advise on what is the best way to
> => implement this? ( it is an inventory of raw materials)
> =>
> => Pointing me in the direction of any reading material would
> => be helpful also.
> =>
>
> If you really mean "porting," then it would seem that all the requirements
> and restrictions and other operating considerations are going to remain as
> is. Perhaps I am playing with semantics but in my mind you don't have much
> flexibility or opportunity for significant improvement.
>
> OTOH, if "porting" means something else to you (i.e. rewriting the app) then
> there are probably business reasons that have influenced the decision. Is
> the app too slow, too limited, lacking in capacity, etc.? So tell us what
> the problems are.
>
In that case I will say my task is to re-write the functionality
with the flexibility to make changes as needed.
The reason it is being re-written is because it is in Lotus and very
very labor intensive.
> Inventory, in its simplest form, is keeping track of what you have and how
> much you have on hand. Then you move into other things like replenishment
> levels, vendors, prices, etc. Where do you fit on this pyramid of
> functionality? At the top where you are doing only one thing, or at the
> bottom where you are doing everything imaginable?
>
The first step I need to accomplish is the cost of inventory for the
period (monthly). I have already done the calculations for material
used (calculated), sales, labor cost and
material received.
> A big problem with inventory is nomenclature. If you do not have a
> well-formed taxonomy and a method for insuring adherence to it, you will
> eventually have somebody holding 30 gizmos and someone else holding 50
> widgets when in reality the company holds 80 whatsits.
>
> OK ... now back to you Eugene. Tell us some more.
>
> B+
> HALinNY
>
>
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