Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

I am testing the Kanban process in IFS Cloud.  Question on settings and triggers.I have a part that I have setup on Kanban to reorder once below 2.I had 2 on hand and available.  I reserved one part to a maintenance work order so now I have 1 available for use.However, it did not trigger the Kanban circuit.  Is there a setting I am missing or is this standard?The hope was the Kanban circuit would look at quantity available for use when calculating so when I reserved the 1 on the work order, it would trigger a requisition for replacement. 

I’m planning to change the PO creation for the items which configured as recurring. What could be the suitable option…? Note: Not using MRP.

Hello.Can someone explain to me how time-phased safety margin works?My idea with the tools is to be able to specify a safety stock that is above or below the calculated value.When I try to specify a value and date and update the IPR, the value I specified disappears and no change to the safety margin is made.IFS 10IPR

Hello,With PO dates in IFS, the system prioritizes older POs first and newer ones later. When we cut a new PO to replace an MRB'd part, IFS assigns the new PO a target date at the end of the sequence and pulls in the older POs instead.Is there a setting that can disable this behavior? It creates a lot of noise, especially during allocations or when managing MRBs.We’re currently using IFS Apps 10. I have reviewed available settings everywhere I can think of (Site, Purchase Part, PO, Basic Data, etc.).

I have been spinning my wheels trying to figure out how to update this parameter in the demand planner and I can’t for the life of me figure it out. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I can’t modify it in the demand planner values. The biggest issue we have is that for some reason, even though we have this set to only look back 2 years, it’s looking back until 2018 and I believe it’s because of this parameter.

Hi guys IFS 24.1.9 So one of my users raised a PO and received the goods. Instead of undoing the inspection result to cancel the PO, he did a supplier shipment and actually delivered it. Now he needs to cancel the PO. Since the shipment status is delivered, there's no way to undo the Supplier Shipment. I was thinking of making an RMA [registering supplier as a customer and the purchase part as a sales part, etc] and then getting the parts on the inventory location, but that also seems not possible. Has anyone done something similar in IFS to undo a delivered Supplier Shipment and thereby cancel the PO? Please let me know. Thanks,Asela

Hi,I face this issue as you can find in the screen capture beneath while attempting to post a manual voucher.Is there an issue connected to consents ? Instructions to check in the event that it's the situation ?Best respectsThank you.  

Hello all, I am hoping to have some elements clarified as it related to lead time calculation and MRP for IFS Purchased Parts. On the inventory part record, the Purchasing Lead Time is calculated using the Calculate Purchase Leadtime, which takes several elements into consideration (supplier manufacturing lead time, external transport lead time, internal transport lead time, and internal inspection lead time). If this is not run, the field is blank, or a value can be entered. This seems to indicate the MRP uses the value in here for POR planning? Would this then mean that the Supplier Manufacturing Lead Time on the SFPP is not used for MRP? If the Purchasing Lead Time is left at 0 or no value is entered, would MRP default to using the SFPP leadtime?In this example, the PLT is set to 0 and SFPP record is set to 15 days. When MRP runs, would it default to 15 days even if there was a transport leadtime of 2 days? 

We use certain material to start up a production run, for example, on a mold setup we use a purging compound to clean out the molding machine for a resin change.  What is the best method for capturing the material at the start of a production run where the run size can vary from 10-20 pcs to 1000-5000 pcs yet the usage is material constant?  The intent is for the material to be picked up thru MRP and get ordered as needed rather than manually tracked and ordered.

Hi Team, I have a Customer that is replenishing Remote Warehouses with Shipment Orders. IPAP is showing an offsetting Supply and Demand, as shown below.  Ideally, we would like to run MRP and then see a Shop Order/Purchase Order created, but MRP is not creating any supply.  How do you make a Remote WH create Demand on the Site that MRP can see??Notice below, the Shipment Order Demand of “15”, The Available and On Hand Qty is “0”, ideally this would create a Shop Req.  

Hello,I have a problem where my former coworker's name is automatically entered in the Coordinator field when I'm creating procurement orders, and I have to manually change it every time.I've seen multiple references to the "Sites per User" window as a place to fix this, but I can't find that in our IFS environment (IFS app 10).How can I set it up so that my own user is automatically entered as the coordinator when I perform procurement?Thank you in advance!  

Is a setting available that can include planned Purchase Requisitions as expected supply when calculating the ATP in in a customer Order Line? The MRP runs once a week and Purchase requisitions are not all followed up the first day. This results in customer order lines moved to a later date (when the availability check is set on the inventory part) as the purchase requisition dates are not considered.  

Hello all, We have been impacted by the US tariffs, as some of our supply chain is outside the US. I’ve been able to apply % to our Purchased Parts by using the Purchase Charge Type. This has worked well, however I am looking for an easy way to see the impact on the cost of these charges to the part. It appears the the cost of the material does not change when brought into stock with the charges applied. Is there a way in IFS (IFS Apps 10 UPD 22) to view the impact of charges like this to a part? If we’re buying something with a 25% tariff, our cost may be $100 + $25 per unit. However in IFS Cost, it will show as $100. I have looked through the help and on the forums, but have not found a way to view this impact. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hi all In IFS Cloud, edit all feature in multiple line selection help in various screens like bulk supplier update in PR lines, bulk quantity update in start rentals etc [shown like below]  However, I couldn't help wondering that's its not available when we want to update same location for bulk purchase receipts. Why do you think its missing? Do you think its an enhancement / idea for future versions? Thanks,Asela

How do we handle Milestone based payment in Sub Contracts?

Community,We are on APP10 UPD9. We are trying to undo a customer order partial delivery which is created from supplier material. system prompt below error message. How we could handle this scenario. if we cannot undo delivery, the only we could do is to do RMA. Thank you. 

Hello dear Experts,Could someone please explain the purpose and function of the "Currency" and "Purch UoM" fields on the Requisition to Request - Parameters Assistance Page?When we select multiple purchase requisition lines and convert them to a Request for Order Quotation, each line may have a different currency and unit of measure (UoM). Therefore, we are likely to receive supplier quotations in different currencies for different order quotation lines, which makes the currency specified at the header level seem irrelevant to me.Additionally, the UoM field set on the Parameters Assistance Page does not appear to be passed to the Request for Order Quotation page, as I do not see any UoM at the header level.Could you clarify why these fields exist and how they are intended to function in this process?Note: We use IFS Cloud 23R2  

We have dead parts in the system that is still generating register forecast lines in MS level 1Would anybody be able to help with the settings.  

Hi All,In IFS, we have the standard functionality to email purchase orders (POs) directly to suppliers.However, I am considering a scenario where the supplier’s contact person may be on leave and has an “Out of Office” automatic reply set up in Outlook. Is there a way to handle such automatic replies or bounce-back messages from the IFS mail server side?Anything that we can do from IFS side?Thanks,Chamath

Is it possible to tie an expense sheet credit card transaction to a purchase order/po receipt?

There is a need from the customer for IFS' B2B portal. However, there are the requirements for the following:- How can suppliers confirm an order with differences? Currently i set up the B2B portal but there is only an option to confirm without any differences (happy flow):- Are these differences automatically reflected in the purchase order or can an approval process be set up for the buyer?

Hello,I'm encountering an issue where a user is unable to convert a purchase requisition (PR) line into a purchase order. The system returns the following error:Error:"You are not allowed to modify an Authorized requisition line that affects the previous authorization."The user confirms that no modifications have been made to the PR line.Has anyone come across this issue before? If so, how was it resolved? Any guidance or leads on addressing this error would be greatly appreciated.We are currently using IFS10 Thanks in advance! 

It is mentioned in the IFS product documentation that it’s possible to confirm a purchase order with changes by the supplier via the B2B portal.  However, I do not see the option to do so in the B2B portal. It only has the “Confirm” option and this will confirm without any changes. Version: IFS Cloud 24.2.0 Am I missing something here or is this actually a bug?

I have tried setting up the inventory part and the inventory part planning data with different settings.I can only get two types of orders and status:Purchase Order        Released StatusPurchase Req           Planned StatusIs there any other options?  We would like it to go to a Purchase Order in planned status for review before releasing.