sjohnson
29th October 2008, 21:29
Is there a way to block a purchased item from appearing on the planned orders session ( cprrp1100m000 ). Let's say engineering is doing a revision change on an item and you want to prevent purchasing from buying the item until the new revision is approved. I piloted the use of signals. This will prevent the item from being transferred into a PO, but by then, the purchaser has already gone through the quoting process with the vendor. She cannot tell from the planned orders session that item is currently blocked.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Renegade
30th October 2008, 12:18
1) Maybe remove Plan item data
2) Maybe future date the "first order date" in Item ordering data
3) Maybe change the horizons beyond scenario range in plan item data
4) Maybe disable Item supplier information (either expire it or make sourcing % = 0 for all suppliers); In this case, planned order will appear but with no suppliers; Dont know if this can help

Quick options I can think of;

sjohnson
30th October 2008, 20:58
Thanks for your suggestions.

MRP runs everynight so item(s) re-apprear each day on the planned orders session. I was hoping I could set a filter on the session somehow to remove the items or use the expiry date on the e-item revision.

The current method of control is a "Do not Buy" whiteboard in purchasing with a list of parts that the buyers must avoid. There's got to be a better way to handle this in LN.

All comments welcome.