Business Planning and Control System

Business Planning and Control System (BPCS) is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product.[1]

BPCS, the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks" or "Bee pecks" in Spanish-speaking countries.[2]

Overview

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BPCS was developed by Chicago-based System Software Associates (SSA), which later became SSA Global Technologies[1] (which was then acquired by Infor Global Solutions and rebranded as Infor LX), and is used to control the operations of manufacturing companies. BPCS includes MRP logic to manufacturing operations, provided there are high standards of data validity such as engineering specifications and inventory accuracy. It runs on several systems, with IBM I, being the most popular. It is written in AS/SET CASE tool, RPG, SQL and other languages supported on IBM I.[3]

Many of the BPCS modules are stand-alone,[1] in that companies can choose to implement only the financial applications, for example, and none of the manufacturing.

SSA began developing BPCS in the early 1980s; by the mid 1990s, the BPCS programs were used internationally. Inc. magazine ranked SSA as the 23rd fastest growing small public company in 1988,[3] and Business Week named it the 25th best small company.

BPCS Applications

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BPCS Applications are very dependent on BPCS software version release, because SSA enters into partnerships with different specialty suppliers of applications such as Data Mining, Bar Coding, etc.,[4] and suppliers that integrated with a particular version.

The BPCS Application suite includes:

Financial

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Planning

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Most planning functions can be used in either Distribution or Manufacturing.

Distribution

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Most planning functions are used in both Distribution and Manufacturing.

  • Inventory INV
  • Purchasing PUR
  • Customer Order Processing ORD
  • Billing BIL
  • Sales Analysis SAL
  • Promotions and Deals PRO
  • Performance Measurement PRF
    • such as supplier quality and on-time, company performance in supplying customers, internal quality control
  • Multiple Environments, Companies, Divisions, Facilities, Warehouses, Locations.

Manufacturing

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Most planning functions are used in both Distribution and Manufacturing.

Systems Applications

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  • ASAP Information Retrieval
  • Misc Reports & Retrievals
  • System Parameters or Business Rules
    • Transaction Effects
  • Documentation
  • Data Base X-Reference
  • Interest Area Menus
  • Sliding Y2K Window
  • Data Base upgrade

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Woodie, Alex. "SSA Delivers New ERP LX Platform for iSeries". IT Jungle. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Infor ERP BPCS/LX Document Management". YouTube. 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "System Software Associates, Inc. History". Funding Universe. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Cloud Based Payroll Software". info.microkeeper. Retrieved 2024-09-23.