Case Study
QMI-PR is a wholly owned subsidiary of a large company. It prepares its own financial statements and provides the holding company with GL results for consolidation. The company’s manufacturing operations are based in San German, Puerto Rico. All the activities for this class occur at a site called 10-100 in the training database.
Sales and purchases occur between the U.S. and various countries and are recorded in U.S. dollars. Customers generate sales orders. Customers can be distributors or retailers.
The database for this class has been initialized with data for the QMI-PR company.
Product Description
QMI-PR assembles products from purchased and manufactured components.
As both a discrete and a process manufacturer, QMI-PR uses both work orders and repetitive functions to control its manufacturing.
Focusing Activity
Individually, or in small groups, examine QMI-PR against the business issues discussed in this chapter. Consider the following:
1 The business expectations given this type of company
2 Additional information necessary to successfully implement sales orders for this company
3 Additional consider these issues relative to your own companies needs and expectations
Do not look ahead in this training guide or at the QAD software. The purpose of this exercise is to help you (and your group) focus on what is important to this company about Sales Orders. (Hint: There are no right or wrong answers.)
Your instructor may ask you to list your requirements on an easel or white board to make it easier to share your findings with the whole class.
If you have a chance to brainstorm your requirements (15 - 20 minutes), your instructor perhaps asks each group to quickly review the findings and compile a master list for your class.
