For those site administrators who have been with us for a
while you will no doubt remember holding one or more conversations regarding
the Conflict logic rules. Likely not fondly…and I am sorry about any headache
after effects.
We have dramatically simplified this situation based on user
feedback.
The Default Attribute screen has a set of drop downs where
you set “gray out days” for before and after a Project’s Open & Close
dates. The days you add are to allow for transportation and on-site setup or
dismantle. The system allows you to make this dates fields of varying duration
as move-in and set up are frequently longer than tear down and move out.
Beyond these dates the system was original designed to allow
for an arbitrary Days to Return to Warehouse date range controlled by us. This
added value and the accompanying complicated math it generated has been a pain for many poor SA over the past several years. No more.
While the queries that control the system’s election to
determine if an Asset is in Conflict is still the same we have changed the number
of Conflict levels from four to just three.
An Asset is either:
1. Not in Conflict and you can use Add to Cart 2. In Conflict as a result of a DEAD overlap of any one day of the Project Open –Close days if you attempt to use Add to Cart you will be taken to Conflict Resolution but the Assets with a dead overlap will not display
3. In Conflict as a result of an overlap of the Days before or Days After setting you have established for the Asset type if you attempt to use Add to Cart you will be taken to Conflict Resolution but the Assets will appear in red if they are NOT a dead overlap and you can make a selection.
The net result is that you have more direct control over what will constitute a Conflict and the system is less restrictive in selection, it does assume you will use this new, more liberal authority wisely and make intelligent choices.
We are suggesting you take advantage of this new logic and reset your Days Before and Days After setting drop downs, based on the Days to Return to Warehouse being reset to zero, effectively removing it from the math of Conflict determination.
To help you in this change we have added a display of your site’s Days to Return to Warehouse current setting immediately under the Days before and Days after drop downs for an Asset.
This new feature will allow you to easily determine how to adjust your
drop down settings.
Many sites have already moved to zero, if you have not, you
will need to request that change from us.
Here is what we recommend for making this change.
- Review your Asset Type settings for Days before and Days After
- Make note of your current Days to Return to Warehouse setting ( It will be the same for all Asset Types)
- Discuss with your warehousing teams what if anything you might like to adjust.
- Contact us to schedule a cut over.
- At a scheduled time adjust all of your Asset type Days Before and Days After settings
- By agreement we will, at the same time, change your Days to Return to Warehouse to < 0 > at the same time.The change will take effect immediately but will not impact any Scheduling of Assets already made. However since you will likely adjust your Days Before and Days after settings to simply reflect your current values, accounting for the resetting of the Days to Return to Warehouse being zero there really is no impact.
The real value is of course, the logic is easier to
understand, your teams have more control of how they manage Conflict decisions
and in the future you can make changes without having to reach out to us.
NOTE: We are recommending you make this change to simplify and obtain full control.
NOTE: We are recommending you make this change to simplify and obtain full control.
