Editing Business Planning and Control System

'''Business Planning and Control System''' (BPCS) is an [[Enterprise resource planning|Enterprise Resource Planning]] (ERP) [[software]] product.<ref name=ITJungle>{{cite web|last1=Woodie|first1=Alex|title=SSA Delivers New ERP LX Platform for iSeries|url=http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs051005-story01.html|publisher=IT Jungle|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref>

''BPCS'', the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks" or "Bee pecks" in Spanish-speaking countries.<ref name=BeePicks>{{cite web|title=Infor ERP BPCS/LX Document Management|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rQIg7VRbI| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310122701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rQIg7VRbI| archive-date=2016-03-10 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube|accessdate=10 June 2015|date=2011}}</ref>

== Overview ==
BPCS was developed by Chicago-based System Software Associates (SSA), which later became [[SSA Global Technologies]]<ref name=ITJungle /> (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 [[Material requirements planning|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|IBM I]], being the most popular.  It is written in AS/SET [[CASE tool]], [[RPG programming language|RPG]], [[SQL]] and other languages supported on IBM I.<ref name=FundingUniverse/>

Many of the BPCS modules are stand-alone,<ref name=ITJungle /> 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)|Inc. magazine]]'' ranked SSA as the 23rd fastest growing small public company in 1988,<ref name=FundingUniverse>{{cite web|title=System Software Associates, Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/system-software-associates-inc-history/|publisher=Funding Universe|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Business Week]]'' named it the 25th best small company.

== BPCS Applications ==
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]], [[barcode|Bar Coding]], etc.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cloud Based Payroll Software |url=https://info.microkeeper.com.au/products/payroll-software |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=info.microkeeper |language=en}}</ref> and suppliers that integrated with a particular version.

The BPCS Application suite includes:

=== Financial ===
* [[Costing]] CST
* [[Accounts Payable]] ACP
* [[Accounts Receivable]] ACR
* [[invoice|Billing]] BIL
* [[General Ledger]] GLD
* Cash Management CSH
* Multiple [[Currency|Currencies]]  MLT
* Currency Translation CTR
* Financial Assistant FIN
* Fixed Assets FXA
* [[Payroll]] PAY
* Business Modeling
* [[Data Mining]]

=== Planning ===
Most [[planning]] functions can be used in either Distribution or Manufacturing.
* [[Forecasting]] FOR
* Master Scheduling MPS
* [[Material requirements planning|Material Requirements Planning]] MRP
* [[Capacity planning|Capacity Planning]] CAP
* Distribution Resource Planning (inter facility) DRP
* Planner's Assistant PLN
* [[Simulations]]
* [[Just in time (business)|Just In Time]] JIT

=== Distribution ===
Most planning functions are used in both [[Distribution (business)|Distribution]] and Manufacturing.
* [[Inventory]] INV
* [[Purchasing]] PUR
* Customer Order Processing ORD
* [[invoice|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 ===
Most planning functions are used in both Distribution and [[Manufacturing]].
* Manufacturing Data Management BOM
** Also Routings as SFC sub-set
* [[Inventory]] INV
* Shop Floor Control SFC
* Master Scheduling MPS
* [[Material requirements planning|Material Requirements Planning]] MRP
* [[Capacity planning]] CAP
* Laboratory Management LMS
* [[Just In Time (business)|Just In Time]] JIT
* [[Quality (business)|Quality]] Control QMS
* Repetitive Manufacturing
* CIMPath (barcoding and [[data collection]]) CIM
* Advanced Process (chemical) Industries API
* Performance Measurement (factory production) PRF

=== Systems Applications ===
* ASAP Information Retrieval
* Misc Reports & Retrievals
* System Parameters or Business Rules
** Transaction Effects
* Documentation
* Data Base X-Reference
* Interest Area Menus
* Sliding [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K]] Window
* Data Base upgrade

== See also ==
* [[Business System Planning]]

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