Manufacturers rely on measurement devices for production and inspection. Some of those devices may be calibrated within a Quality Management System (QMS) and therefore need to be logged to maintain tooling records. MISys has a Tooling register that works well to maintain the Calibration requirements and includes reports that notify of upcoming maintenance due dates for calibration.
Knowing which items are required for future production is the foundation of good materials management. Similarly, knowing which items are not required allows for setting those items as inactive and potentially purging them. Doing so provides value because it directs organizational efforts on the needed items and away from what is not needed. A couple related examples are that of stockroom space can potentially be freed up and balance sheets will become more accurate.
Why are there multiple fields in MISys to enter Order Lead and what does ‘Order Lead’ refer to?
Let’s start with the basics; ‘Order Lead’ in MISys is refers to the time that is needed for purchased items to arrive to the shipping location after placing the Purchase Order (PO) with the supplier. These are calendar days (7 days/week).
As per MISys, “a Recursive BOM is a bill of material that includes itself as a component”.
Over time, the master files in MISys increase in size and can slow down the system. It’s surprising to find out that many times, master files that were created for a purpose were never used. This creates unnecessary data pollution and can easily be rectified.
MISys allows users to set a specific unit of measure for each supplier of an item that might be different than the Stock Unit of Measure (UoM) of that item. This is referred to as the Purchase Unit of Measure (PUoM).
