Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

We have setup IFS Cloud to use Punchout Catalog for Procurement with the OCI protocol. When receiving the data from the webshop as OCI, the attributes mentioned in the documentation is being handled.IFS Punchout - DocumentationThere are some additional parameters that are also being sent in, and we would like to handle some of these additional parameters. It seems that the only way to handle these would be to do a modification for Self_Serv_Shop_Cart_Util_API.Receive_Punchout_Response()?Is there a way to catch this data without doing a modification? Is the incoming OCI data stored somewhere in IFS?Hoping someone who has more experience with using Punchout Catalog might have some insight on what options we have to handle the additional parameters that are coming in.

How do I find out where some errant forecast is coming from? On my MS Set 1 the forecast 0 is totaling zero, but the forecast 1 is totaling 992 pieces. I revied the other MS sets for the part and none of them have forecast. 

Hello everyone,I have a question regarding approval notifications in IFS.Context:When newly created or planned purchase orders are released for approval, only the relevant approvers should receive a notification (bell icon) if the purchase order value is within the defined approval range (Minimum–Maximum) of the approval rule.We have already maintained the Minimum and Maximum values in the approval rule (see screenshot).However, it seems that notifications are still being triggered regardless of whether the order value is inside or outside this range.Requirement:Notifications should only be sent to the assigned approvers when the purchase order amount falls within the defined Minimum and Maximum range of the approval rule.Questions: Is it possible in IFS to trigger approval notifications only when the PO value is within the defined amount range? Is additional configuration required (workflow, event action, or routing setup)? Or is this standard behavior and cannot be restricted by

We are considering implementing multiple part numbers for our rebuilt parts; a part number for NEW, CORE and REBUILT. We hope that this will eliminate some of the issues we have using Condition Codes.Most of our REBUILT parts are not handled in house. The CORE is sent to a supplier that rebuilds it. The process that we are using is a normal Purchase Order with Supplied Material (CORE). Is this the best process?Second, what do you recommend the PART TYPE to be for the CORE part? Disassembly component, By-product? It seems it warrants its own PART TYPE.Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Our buyers want to get the POs to always have a delivery that is on a work day (Monday-Friday). I thought updating the distribution calendar to reflect that would solve the problem, but doesn’t seem to work. It does work for the inspection lead times. We only use the Supplier Manufacturing Lead Time on the Supplier for Purchase Part screen as a lump sum number to get it to our dock. After trudging through the lead time documentation, it sounds like the only way would be to set the suppliers up with the same weekday calendar. Would that work? We would need to update the Supplier Manufacturing Lead Time to work with the new calendar. I saw one solution on here that included updating the API code and that’s a non-starter in my book.Any other ideas?Thanks,Lane

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!

Hello,I have the following requirement for a customer, and need some help! If a Non-Inv Purchase Part is entered in the PR line, the Part Description field should cleared out or left empty so that the user can enter a new description and then be able to save the line. There’s a condition to consider, if Inventory Part = true, nothing should happen, the line must save as normal. If Inventory Part = false, the Part Description should be cleared out as previously mentioned. I created the following BPA workflow. I added a API Read task to read the Description, followed by a Script task to set the Description field as null, finally an API task to update the field. However, it’s not working. When deployed, I added a PR line, entered a Non-Inv PP and it shows an error saying the Description can’t be null, but the Description field isn’t cleared out. It shows the original value. Has anyone managed to clear or leave a mandatory field empty? 

We have setup PO authorisations based on project roles. The setup is working correctly until we connect a sub project to the project role assignment. We are interested in narrowing down our PO authorisations down to sub project - activity levels, however it does not work when we connect a sub project id to the role assignment. The auth step is fetched to the auth line, however, does not show the potential authoriser when there is a sub project id is connected. Are we missing anything in the setup?

Hi All,Does anyone know why this error pops up when saving the up the spend analysis settings?Is there a setting that I need to disable or fill any data to save the spend analysis. Thanks,Chamath

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?

Hello,I have a question regarding the Availability Check function and what it does and does not include.I am currently working in version 9 and currently using the CO Plannable field in Inventory Part Availability Planning to confirm what is included in the check.From what I can determine, requisitions and MRP planned supply/demand do not factor. This is understandable as they are not firm-enough to be considered. Shop Orders in a planned state will count as plannable supply, but the components of the shop order do not count as plannable demand. Planned purchase orders count as supply.Is there a way in to have planned shop order components and/or MRP Planned supply/demand to also be calculated in the availability check? If not, what methods do you suggest in order to have IFS provide consistent reliable dates for customer orders?Thanks in advance,Andrew

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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.Has anyone seen this behaviour?What causes the system to calculate an inventory quantity of 0? Does this point to a missing UoM conversion, rounding rule, or inventory UoM mismatch on the PO created vi

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

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?