Multiple Location Inventory Design

Scott Walker ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
Fri Mar 26 08:28:52 PDT 2010


Thanks to everyone who offered their thoughts on my Multiple Location
Inventory Design question.

I must say, you can't beat the input you get from folks who have evolved
their systems for years to deal with this issue.

Walter's point about not reinventing the wheel is always a part of the
calculation I make whenever a customer asks me for a modification.  How much
effort (time & money) is it worth to invest in an older product.  If the
effort is small/medium it almost always makes sense.  They get a good ROI
even if they only use it for a couple of more years.  If the effort is going
to be very large then you really have to make sure it makes sense.  I think
you present it to the customer, give them their options (including going
through the incredibly expensive & time consuming option of searching for
and implementing alternative solutions) and then you let them decide what is
the best course of action for them.

What scares me about this modification is not what is needed in the
Inventory module per se, but how the changes there affect Order Entry,
Shipping, Purchasing,  Receiving, various reports, etc.  I think the
customer who is asking for this modification has not really thought through
all the implications of this.

Thanks again for all the great input.

Regards,

Scott

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[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+scottwalker=ramsystemscorp.com at lists.celestial.
com] On Behalf Of Walter Vaughan
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:55 AM
To: filePro
Subject: OT: Re: Multiple Location Inventory Design

John Esak wrote:

>I re-read this note and I know you're going to read it as heavy handed, but
>when will it ever be time for people to just deal with the questions as
they
>are put and not include in the answer or have the whole answer be the
>suggestion to use a different tool than filePro. That is simply not what
>it's all about here, and you, 
>Walter, certainly know that.
>  
>
Yes, I agree with you.

I started as well typing a response that had the whole-tree structure
and then I realized that the right long term solution
for the client may not be the one that benefits the filepro developer.
That's all.

I guess in all cases that's a default point, except in this
case with the required changes to sales orders, gl accounts, and the like
that probably will be step 2 or 3, I thought it might be helpful to stand up
and make sure the boat is actually headed in the right direction.

Scolding duly noted.

Your friend in filePro,
Walter
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