Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

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Integration to EskerI have a customer that uses Esker for its decentralized purchasing where many people can create a requisition and the customer has put several approval rules within Esker.Esker's website says they have integrated with IFS before but I never heard of it before. Has anyone ever integrated with Esker and if so, what were the integration points ?Thanks for rapid responses!

Hi all, Is there anyone who can explain what the “Order Country” is in relation to Export Control?Is that the Country where the (purchasing) Site is connected to, or is this the Country where the goods are to be delivered to (Delivery location)? And the same relating to the Customer Country in Find and Connect Export License. Is this to be seen as the connected country of the Site purchasing an item, or is this where the goods are to be delivered?

Hi,We are on IFS Cloud 24.2.13.We have created a custom command to receive goods through the Register Arrivals process. The custom logic successfully runs Receive_Order_API.Packed_Arrival when the Purchase Orders are created from Requisitions or Project Demand.If I try the same PO line using the Standard “Receive” button, it works as expected, which I think rules out things like the Unit of Measure being the issue?However, when we create a PO via a migration job (used for mass‑loading POs), and then run the same custom code to call:Receive_Order_API.Packed_Arrival…we get the following error:The calculated inventory quantity is 0 (zero) as a result of the stated purchase quantity and the quantity calculation rounding for the inventory part. Please consider increasing the purchase quantity

The Register Arrivals pages in IFS Cloud can’t be sorted by clicking column headers in 23R1. The page didn’t sort in the previous version we were on. My IT Team submitted a case and were told it is never going to sort?  No plans to make it sort in the future. Searching is great, but when our folks have a packing slip and parts in their hand it’s often faster and easier to sort 100 lines and scroll to what you need. What’s the logic behind this page not sorting so I can understand how we’re supposed to use it?

Hello,  How is the best and most effective to enter a Leadtime for article? I have heard and read different things. And if you change the Leadtime do you need to change the orderpoint and something else like the lot size? Also do you change the purchase Leadtime or something else? I have as a task to write a instructions for future colleagues so all tips and trick are in for interest. Give me the best tips hehe :)Thanks 

I need to reject line 4 in the Purchase Requisition, but it has the status Authorized. However, in Authorization it is no longer listed as authorized.  When we try to reject it, the following message appears: “Update not allowed after Request for Quotation is Created”.In Request for Order Quotation, line 4 is marked as Cancelled. This requisition was created from a work order.  APPS10 - UPD15

HelloIn IFS 10, for most of table view or list, we can have advance search by 1st sequency of Part number and 2nd sequency of Qty or other field. How can this happen in IFS Cloud? please help to advice.ThanksSusan

We are trying to configure the ORDRSP inbound message for a Procurement EDI implementation in our IFS Apps9 Update 3 environment. While we’ve reviewed the help documentation and successfully posted a message into the Application Messages table, for a supplier configured to accept order responses, we can’t get the message to actually trigger an Incoming Purchase Order Confirmation.The Application message successfully finds the InboundDistributionTransactions:ConfirmPurchaseOrder BIZ API, and it gets transferred… but nothing happens. Additionally, we can’t seem to setup a routing rule to direct the message into a different queue or anything. It’s almost like the Application Message is just ignoring routing rules and instantly transferring.Some discussions with AI tools suggest that perhaps Inbound EDI is not configured in IFS9U3. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone implemented Inbound Order Responses in V9U3 using standard functionality?

Hi All, Current version on the cloud application 25.1.5. I am trying to return a serial part that I received through PO back to the supplier. Please find the steps that I follow.Receive the PO to Inventory location. Re open the PO for the return > Enter the inspection QTY on the receipt > Register inspection result. Add the return option as “Return for Credit” > Shipment created > Serial automatically reserved Create pick list > Pick > and trying to deliver the shipment Following error pops up Does this seems to be a bug. I am pretty sure this worked without any issues previously. ThanksChamath

Hello, how can I change the general terms of the purchase order? I cannot find the current general terms in the report. Where Can I find them? thank you for your help. KR

I’m having difficulty locating where historical forecast data resides in the Demand Forecast module within IFS Cloud. I know that Adjusted Forecast information is stored in the FORECAST_FLOW_DAY_PUB table, but is there a specific table that can be queried to retrieve historical demand data?

Once a PO is released and we want to add another PR using purchase order change order, even though PR is connected to a project, it’s giving error that line needs to be connected to projects and in POCo there is no project number, there is sub project etc. in iFS. What could be the issue. Original PO is connected to the same project as is in the PR that we using to o do POCO. 

Hi, Please recommend the most suitable IFS forecasting tools for projecting demand over the next six months, taking into account historical demand patterns. Thank you in advance. Br//Ajith

Hi,I hope that you are well.We are going to rename some of base flow descriptions and just wondering what steps we shall follow when doing it?Do we just need to take the server down make the amendments and then reboot.  is there any scheduled job that we would need to run following renaming the description?Thank you for your time. Kind regards,Samiru

I want to create Engineering part numbers with a drawing revision and then be able to use them as Purchase Parts on a PO where the Rev number will appear. Can someone walk me through this? I’ve created the part numbers, but I can’t get the Rev to appear in the Part Order Lines.

Hello, We just implemented IFS and we are using the Inspect in QA process. Some receipts are for large quantities and we would like to release partial quantities from the receipt. Currently we are registering the inspection results for partial qty then changing the total inspection qty to zero in order to allow Move into Stock. However this restricts us from inspecting further until the stock is moved. Is there a better solution?

Unfortunately we often have parts moved into quarantine to be checked/inspected that remain in that location for an extended period of time.  As we do not know what the outcome of the inspection will be, the availability control is set to not nettable so that the stock can’t be considering for planning.  Unfortunately it does mean that MRP will generate requisitions meaning we could order more parts to then find out items are then released from quarantine and become available.  I am interested to know if anyone else has the same issue and how they manage it to avoid having too much stock.  Is there a mechanism where parts can be temporarily excluded from MRP whilst they undergo evaluation?

Good morning, How can we add Value-Added Services (VAS) charges—such as freight and customs—to Purchase Orders in IFS10 without losing efficiency due to change orders that require approval, while ensuring compliance with IFRS requirements?IFRS requires that all acquisition-related costs, including VAS charges like freight and customs, be allocated to individual inventory items. At the same time, VAS charges related to non-inventory items should not be handled held in inventory, any related charges should not flow through inventory.What is the best practice in IFS10 to achieve this—especially for scenarios where actual VAS costs are unknown at PO creation—without customization and while maintaining proper landed cost allocation and accounting treatment?

Hello,My customer would like to either: send a PO by email using the RMB “Send Email” option to the contact email defined on the PO (standard behavior), or send the PO to a one-time email address that is not stored in the supplier master data. I tested printing the PO and manually entering an email address on the pop up appearing. This works from a technical standpoint; however, the email sent is the standard IFS email, without any of the customized text (e.g. “Dear [Supplier_NO], please find attached PO [PO_ID] …”).Could you please advise on how to achieve this requirement while keeping the customized email content?Best regards,Laura

Kindly why the option send dispatch advice is disabled in RMB shipment screen when the shipemnet status is closed. is there ay reason for that as after closing the shipment it should allow to sent by the option send dispatch advice. we are using IFS10 and UPD11Thank you.

HelloIn IFS Cloud, the max lines to be shown in one screen is 960, when the searching result are 2000 lines and one of field will be replaced by edit all function, how can I do this in one time instead of three times (1st time 960, 2nd time 960, 3rd time for the rest)? Please help to advice. ThanksSusan 

Hi there.I try to change status on a Purchase Order Change Order to “Update Purchase Order”.But I get a error message “Purchase method is mandatory”.Any ideas on how to goo thru with this change order?  Some backstory:I wanted to cancel a work task, but a purchase order was connected to it.I then created a new line (via Purchase order change order) on the same part on the purchase order, updated the purchase order, then delivered the new line.I then cancelled the delivery (via Receipt) on the purchase order line with the task I want to cancel.And here I made this new Purchase Order Change Order that gets the “Purchase method is mandatory”

Hello IFS Experts, hoping someone out there has an solutionWe use demand planning and we forecast many of our purchased finished goods items and majority of these are offshore with lead times of 6-8 weeks transit time.We register arrival once container is on ship in transit to designate ownership of goods.When we receive this into arrival into non--nettable location, it shows up for Master Scheduling as available on the date of we did the receipt into arrival location.  This is a flow in IFS and was fixed for Cloud Version update, but IFS will not update for APPS10. This is causing inaccurate MS proposals and we need the system to have accurate date of receipt for Master Scheduling to generate correct purchase requisitions.  Is there anyone else experiencing this  issue and have a good solution?

Hi everyone,I am having a problem with receiving project inventory.Here is the situation:There are 3 different projects that all need the same part at the same time. Because of this, PMRP creates: 3 purchase requisitions 3 purchase order lines 3 separate receipts for the same item When the parts are received, they first go to an arrival/inspection location.After inspection, the warehouse team needs to scan the items and move them to the final stock location (the default location). The customer wants to use scanners to reduce errors.The problem is that because there are 3 separate receipts, the warehouse team has to do the putaway process 3 times for the same item.I suggested using standard inventory: Move the items to the final stock location first Then transfer the inventory to the projects However, the customer wants to