Multiple Sites
Definition
Multiple sites are different physical locations that conduct your business procedures. Multiple sites can perform separate business functions, or perform the same business function serving different regions.
Why Consider?
• Plan, control, and account for inventory by site
• Allocate inventory by site
• Print Pick/Packing List documents by site
Functionality in QAD Enterprise Applications
• Item Planning
• Sales and Forecasting
• Inventory Allocations and Shipping
• Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)
• Cost sets, alternate routings, and alternate product structures by Site
Setup Implications
• Site, item-site, and entity security
• Item-site planning parameters
• Number Range Management by site
• Costing by site
• Can affect tax setup
Discussed in Training Guide: Initial QAD Enterprise Applications Setup
Focusing Activity
Individually, or in small groups, examine your company, or a company your instructor suggests, against the business issues discussed in this chapter. Consider the following:
1 The business expectations given this type of company, and
2 Additional information you perhaps need to elicit to successfully implement Allocations and Shipping for this company.
Do not look ahead in this training guide or at the QAD Enterprise Applications software. The purpose of this exercise is to help you (and your group) focus on what is important to this company about Allocations and Shipping. (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.
After you have had a chance to brainstorm your requirements (15 - 20 minutes), your instructor may ask each group to quickly review its findings and compile a master list for your class.
