Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

In IFS Cloud, we have serialized subcomponents set to Manual Issue so that the manufacturing team can issue the components as they are installed on the assembly. The challenge is that sometimes the team under-issues the required quantity, since Manual Issue allows the shop order to progress without fully issuing the required qty.Is there a standard setting or configuration in IFS Cloud that would prevent under-issuing, so that the team must issue the full required quantity before closing (or finishing) the shop order — while still keeping Manual Issue as the issue method?

We want to receive labels with serial numbers, but we do not want to register these serial numbers during purchase order receipt or keep them in inventory.The label is only used when a second serial number is required for the end product (as a customer-selectable CTO option).If this label is included in the product structure/shop order materials, the system should force serial number registration when the part is backflushed / issued into the tracked structure. With the current part-level serial tracking settings, I cannot find the right solution.Has anyone solved this requirement?

Hello,We are thinking about some changes inside our daily routines with the refill of our production areas.We are working with 25kg bags(between 500 and 1000kg /pallet) and have not so much space inside our production area to handle 10 pallets there.Now we have build up each item into single handling units and would like to create a automatically process if the qty inside the prod area is lower than 50kg , please refill with a transport task from stock warehouse.Is here somewhere how can help to fix this process, to make the handling easier for all employer inside production and internal logistics? 

 We are utilizing Shop Floor Workbench, and will be issuing material point of use. Is there a way to hide material in specific Location Groups / Location Types from the Manual Issue page based on the person who is issuing material / if they accessed the manual issue page from Shop Floor workbench / something else to hide the available material lines in locations we dont want people issuing from?

Hi,Does anybody know if the way IFS handles Estimate Item  > Required Date for components of BOM’s has changed from Apps10 to Cloud?In Apps 10, when I add an Item Type of PRODUCT (Part with BOM) and enter a Required Date, the subcomponent dates are planned. When I perform the same process in Cloud (24R2), my entered Required Date is populated into all sub-components. They are not planned like Apps10. I cannot find any reference to this functionality changing. Does anybody know if and when it was changed? 

Hi, There is a WO for the Object connected to the Work Center Resource. However, the Maintenance Import job is not creating a Resource Break.  Cloud version Data setup Site enabled for APBScheduling Horizon is 8hrs to 365 days. (Work Task days are within this horizon) Object Connected to the WC Resource WO/and Work Task are both for the same above Object Task Site is the same  Duration, Planned Start/Finish dates are specified Operational Status of the task object is “Obstructive” Task status is “Released” (tried with “Started” as well)  Executed the Job Already tried executing for the entire site as well  No Resource Break created for this WC Resource Any idea what am I missing here ?

 Hello,I am in production at my client's site. He upgraded yesterday to version 25R1, and I am getting this error message when receiving an OF. Have you ever seen this message before?  ORA-01400: impossible d'insérer NULL dans (\"IFSAPP\".\"SO_COST_DISTRIBUTION_TMP\".\"COST_BUCKET_PUBLIC_TYPE\")"}]

Hi,Could somebody help me to set up the Cost Source for Posting type M42?I checked the transaction results on the accounting tab of Labor History and found that the journalized row posting type M42 was status 99 due to  not contain the cost source ID. The error description says 'There is no Cord part B value for Posting type 42 Control type C90, Company TS' The following are the set values: Is there something missing in the setup to properly use the cost source?Any information you could give me about the use of cost sources would be great help! Thanks,Sammmy  

Community, Does anyone know IFS Auto Reservation will consider the part revision?we are on APP10. Thank you.

We are looking at our options deploying the standard Shop Floor Workbench interface in IFS Cloud vs the app version with the command buttons.  I attached an image of the shop floor workbench app.We are going to launch in IFS Cloud 24R1, is there a way to add buttons to this interface?  I’m looking to add shop order analysis capabilities and routing operation work guideline printing capability.

If a repair shop order is created from component repair order is there any way in IFS to attach the shop order material to project inventory supply type? After that we want PMRP job to create demand for those materials. IFS does not seem to have anyway to convert consumed materials to Project Inventory.

My issue is that DOP/Configured parts manufactured costs that have setup time on routings are bouncing around based on quantity lot size.  When the cost changes for a new order of the same configuration, the shop order standard cost is updating with a new standard based on the effective date.  The result of having a standard cost associated with a quantity of 2 being applied to a different order for 672 creates a significant variance for margin calculations.  We use DOP orders for our configured parts, so our planning method is “A”.  Even though they are configured, we manufacture like parts and therefore we want to smooth out setup costs by a fixed std lot size.  I processed an item for a quantity of 1 but have the std. lot size set to 62.  When the DOP and pegged shop orders calculate cost, it is based off of a unit of 1 and not by the 62.  Is there a way to have a different denominator for setup on DOP parts for calculating costs and related standards?

Hello Community,We have a scenario where a Shop Order with a lot size of 100 pcs is scheduled using APB.For Operation 10, all 100 pcs are planned to be completed in 21 hours.Considering an 8-hour workday, the operation 10 would take roughly 3 days to complete.My question is: Where in IFS Cloud can we see the per-day planned quantity for such operations?I am looking for a way to monitor the breakdown (e.g., daily planned output) instead of only seeing the total planned hours or duration for the operation.Any guidance, best practices, or navigation tips would be highly appreciated. ​@Björn Hultgren ​@matt.watters would appreciate your input.

Good day,Is there an option in IFS Cloud to inherit the reserve/issue method in product structures from the inventory part value? Is there an mass update function available for this?

We have used the RMA process to have parts returned from the customer for a long time but would like to consider using CRO because it would allow us to bring the part in as customer owned. When using an RMA there is an RMA document created that can be sent to the customer and is also what is used by receiving to know what to receive that part back in against. I am pretty new to the CRO process, but I do not see what is used to communicate with the customer similar to how an RMA document is used? Am I missing something?

We have encountered that the "Close Operation" option in "Shop Floor Workbench" is only working when performed by User Id: IFSAPP USER However, when same action is attempted using a different user ID, with same permission grants the action is blocked by the system (Error message states user has not been granted with required permissions 

Hi All,     One of our group businesses has been grappling with APB for a few years, unable to produce a realistic, reliable schedule, at least not without significant manual rework. The ability of APB to function in our environment has been called into question, i.e. can it ever be made to work? And I have been tasked with finding a customer, in a similar industry / use case, willing to talk to us, to try and answer that question. A brief outline of our business:-A provider of engineering services; predominantly offering a make-to-print service for high-complexity, low-volume part production requiring CNC machining and grinding processes to produce. This results in a Job Shop environment configured to deal with a high-variety of products mainly seeing strangers, with few repeaters or runners. Stats:- 7.5 operations per routing (mean), 995 open shop orders, 517 unique parts across those orders, and a median lot size of 2 off. The business has recently moved to IFS Cloud after running A

Dear Friends,Hi,That would be great to help us with attachment file.This issue interrupt our business process and it is an urgent case. Best Regards,Adina 

Hello,I am encountering the following error while launching the IFS standard functionality Change Rev Alt via a scheduled task that allows to update the Routing and/or Structure from a chosen DOP order in the DOP structure. I tried to add the resource in the Work Center and relaunch the batch, but I am still encountering the same issue.T tried to launch the function online from the DOP Order, but the structure is too complex and after 10 minutes I encounter an error.Do you have any idea? Thank you!

Hi All, A customer following the Concurrent Engineering process reported an issue when part numbers are changed due to new design updates while the Shop Order is in Started status. The original part is serialized, and during manual receiving, when the source of the receive, part is switched to a substitute, the system shows the error: “Substituting for a Serialized Part not allowed.”This was reproduced in both APP10 Regional Test LKP and IFS Cloud 25R1 Test CMB environments. Upon reviewing the product documentation (Receive Substitute Part page), it is clearly mentioned under the prerequisites that: “The original part should not be a serialized part.”Business Impact:In Aerospace assembly manufacturing, shop orders often remain open for several weeks, and design changes occur frequently. Therefore, the ability to use substitute functionality for both serialized and non-serialized parts is critical for business operations. Currently, the substitute functionality works as expected for non

Hi All, We are experiencing an issue where we cannot cancel the shop order, which is linked to a customer order. Customer order is in invoiced/closed status. I tried to unpeg the customer order from the shop order, and I’m getting the following error.I tried to replicate the scenario in the test environment, and it was unsuccessful since I can cancel the shop order even after invoicing the customer order line.I found the following article in the community,Greatly appreciate it if you can help me find a solution for this.Thank you. Kind Regards,-Kavinda Jayaratne  

Is there a way to attach multiple parts to a change request at once.  In Apps8 we could copy and paste objects.  Also, is there a way to copy multiple parts to a document at once or multiple documents to a change request..

Hi I was wondering if there was some documentation or suggestions for dealing with First Article Inspection for manufacturing on IFS. I was hoping for something that would help for implementating.Thanks  

I have a configuration formula that takes input from Characteristics to derive a number.  However some of the characteristics are removed based on sales rules, then then causes those to have a value of NULL - this then makes the formula error. Here is the example of what we face when the formula runs: I’ve glanced through the Function, but I didn’t see a IsNULL and I can’t find a definition for the Function list. 

Hello, I have noticed that with a defined discrete UoM on a part, you are still able to report and receive into inventory a fraction of a part. I do not understand how this would be possible. Would setting it to a discrete UoM not force you to report whole numbers?Calc Qty Rounding is also set at 0 on the Inventory Part record. Any guidance on understanding how this issue is occurring would be appreciated. Thank you!