Re: Light manufacturing moduels....

[Charley Tiggs <..hidden..>]

Jeff,

I'm interested in helping out.  My skill with Perl is still south of 
competent but I have two clients who would benefit from this project so 
I'm more than interested in the project.

Charley

Jeff Gerritsen wrote:
> I've been watching both email groups SL for years and LSMB since its 
> inception.  One item that keeps surfacing from time to time is the need for 
> some type of MRP module that can interface with either SL or LSMB.
>
> I have over 11 years combined experience with manufacturing packages written 
> on the IBM AS/400.  That is I've enhanced the RPG code of both Pansophic and 
> Marcams Prism packages.
>
> After meeting Chris last Monday night, I'm considering designing and writing 
> an MRP module in Perl to interface with LSMB and (if it fits) SL.  This 
> project will be Open Source and placed on Freshmeat and Sourceforge.  
>
> Currently I'm considering the following areas:
> - Bill of Materials (BOM)
> - Routers
> - Production scheduling.
> 	Inputs from:
> 	- Customer orders
> 	- Internal make orders (for inventory building)
> 	- Etc
> 	Outputs:
> 	- PO's
> 	- Production schedules
> 	- Inventory updates
> 	- GL
> 	- Etc.
>
> This is just some initial ramblings and thoughts. 
>
> Would anyone out there be interested in sharing ideas and possibly helping 
> out?
>
> Jeff Gerritsen