Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hello,I am looking for recommendations and best practices regarding software version tracking in IFS for manufactured products.We have a customer who produces devices (radars) where software is an integral part of the delivered product. The challenge is that Engineering often knows that software will be required, but the exact version is not known when the BOM is created. The final software version may only be decided during manufacturing, testing, or shortly before delivery.I would be interested to hear how other customers handle this scenario and which approach has proven most practical for maintaining software traceability throughout the product lifecycle.Thank you in advance for any recommendations and examples from real implementations.Pavel K.

Hi All, We are testing MRP  before we jump to cloud 9. ( plan is to move from Apps 9 to Cloud)All looks good but we found some of the SO due dates in Apps9 and Cloud 9 varies,.Steps we took.mirror both base data  inv/shop orders /customer orders and master data in both environment  Apps9 and Colud. Run MRP with adding some new Customer orders (both identical in Apps 9 and Cloud) Check the MRP out put. 99% MRP out put same in both Apps 9and Cloud 1% Shop orders Due date  in App9 is much  than Cloud. ( some orders has 2 days some orders has 5 days etc)I am trying to look for a reason   why there is a difference ?check master data for all the affected SO  ( manufacturing lead time /Routing etc).. all same in both environment.No Luck So far , can anyone direct me to get the bottom of the issue int this case?

Dear Team,I am new to IFS cloud deplyong the solution on-premises. Kindly recommend third-party tools that I can deploy to help me with managing user licenses and that can also be used on other platforms. Also if there are tools i can use for helping in administration and they are not part of the default delivery.

I am trying to model a process called pre-staging in IFS Cloud where a manufactured part is tested together with several other parts, including both manufactured and purchased parts. The test itself does not consume the components, but I need to document which components were used for which test, including serial numbers.I also need to record the fact that this test takes time and money, so it would be important to document the test effort and related cost as well. Ideally, the solution should capture both the technical traceability and the business aspect of the test execution.Is there a standard IFS Cloud solution for this requirement? If yes, which standard process or standard object should I use to record test usage, serial number traceability, and test cost/time documentation without building a custom solution?

All,When a new inventory part is created the DOP Connection is set to Automatic DOP and we can not change this. Can anyone advise where this is set as we do not want DOP to be Automatic. I’ve looked in the Site settings but can not see where this is. Thanks for your help as always, Sarah 

Dear IFS experts,I have a question regarding manufacturing.How can we provide materials for a shop order that will be produced the next day (or on another future day)?Taking the following points into account:the sequence of the materials the location of the materialsIs that possible in IFS Cloud, and if so, how? Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone,I am currently testing Sales and Operations Planning in IFS Cloud and have successfully configured a basic Product Family and S&OP plan.So far I have:Created an MS Level 0 Product Family Created the Planning Structure linking MS Level 1 parts Created an S&OP plan Successfully copied forecast and supply data from MS Level 1 using Copy S&OP FamilyThe S&OP Grid is populated correctly and I can work with forecast and supply data.My next goal is to evaluate capacity using Sales and Operations Planning Load Analysis, but I am struggling to understand the required setup and prerequisites.When opening Sales and Operations Planning Load Analysis, the screen remains empty and I am not sure:What setup objects are required before Load Analysis can be used? Is a Resource Routing required on the Product Family or on the MS Level 1 parts? Does RRP need to be executed before data becomes available? How are Capacity Scenarios created and connected to S&OP? What is the

If a part has a receive case inspection code of C, with a qty to inspect of 5, and the part has a purchasing control plan, with different inspection codes and qty to inspect, what quantity to inspect amount will get pulled into the receipt as the quantity to inspect.

Hello everyone, I am experiencing an issue with the package part in Cloud (25R1) The component part -Qty per assembly is correctly defined on the package part (which is 1), and the UOM ==EA is also correct (all parts). This is not configurable part.However, when i add the package part to Business opportunity or sales quotation, sometimes all component quantities are recalculated to unexpected values, such as 0.5 or 0.8.Has anyone experienced the similar behavior? Are there any known causes, configuration settings? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. 

Hi, IFS Cloud 25R2The company purchases components from the supplier in boxes. The warehouse also delivers the components to the production floor in boxes. However, the components are issued to the shop order in pieces. Ideally, each box should contain 100 pcs only.Please note that these items are very small in size but have significant value. We currently have a few scenarios that need to be addressed: Issuing to the Shop Order Components should be issued to the shop order in pieces. Returning Unconsumed Components At times, a full box of 100 pcs is not consumed. In such cases, the remaining pieces need to be returned to the warehouse. For example, if 80 pcs are consumed, the remaining 20 pcs should be returned to the warehouse. Shop Orders Requiring Only a Small Quantity For certain shop orders, only a small quantity, such as 10 pcs, may be required. However, we currently need to bring one full box from the warehouse to the production floor and then handle the remaining quantity

Hi folks I am having some fun with MRO - we’ve got a maintenance order working, and work tasks created, but there is lots and lots of mention on IFS help about the handover then to an MRO disassembly shop order. It’s not possible to create an MRO disassembly shop order manually and the customer is responsible for breaking down, repairing and reassembling parts so it looks ideal. Does anyone have notes on how to actually do this, as I can’t find anything?

We have a setup with a finished parent part with by-product. The by-product is unknown, so as far as the usage per parent part it is kept at .01.To keep it simple, assume the product structure has two components and two operations.The main component is linked to the first operation, as far as the product structure. The second component linked to the second operation. What we have observed is when a finished part is scrapped, the “cost qty per assembly” is modified.  Basically, what ends up being calculated in that field equals scrapped quantity/lot size. If the lot size of the shop order is 4, and the scrap is 3, that field is updated to .75. Transactions from finished part scrap are then calculated accordingly. If the value would normally be 100, they are calculated at 75.This does not seem to be the case if the by-product is setup as a co-product. Nor does it seem to be the case if the components of the shop order are not linked to an operation.We are trying to understand why this is

HelloPlease could you help me?In Entity Configuration: JtTask, a custom attribute of type Persistent Field. It is a text field.I would like this field to be available on the form:Maintenance – Work Management – Preparation and Planning – Work Task, in the Additional Information – Action Information section.I found this section in the Page Designer, but my CF is not available.Action Information Field Set – Content.In which Entity do I need to create a custom attribute?Thank you

I’m trying to default Qty to Receive to 1, but nothing seems to work.  Any idea what I’m doing wrong? 

Hi. Does anyone know if there is a free demo system for IFS Cloud?

I know there have been questions asked about this setting on the work center and I understand this setting is for the use-case when you receive from an OP and this controls the “Auto Report Operations” switch on the “Receive Shop Order Manually” popup.However, my request is a little different. What we normally do is start, stop and approve. In this case, a clocking exists and the Report Time is turned OFF when Approve is done. This is not a problem.But when there is no clocking, the application turns Report Time to ON and the labor factor from the routing is used to report time. This can be a problem where the employee is booked onto an indirect job. Although the Report Time can be turned OFF when they Approve, this gets missed quite often and a labor report is created for the shop order with no employee.So, it doesn’t affect time card but it does affect shop order costs because the labor time for the business is accounted for by the indirect job. In this case, we do not want to report

Hi,we are experiencing an issue with multilevel cost calculation for purchased parts containing manufactured parts on lower levels, which appears to have started after upgrading to IFS Cloud 26R1.The structure is approximately:Purchased Part → Manufactured Part → Manufactured Part → Purchased PartThe Purchase Cost Template has both Use Manufacturing Costs and Use External Acquired Costs enabled.Before the 26R1 upgrade, the multilevel cost calculation worked correctly with this configuration. However, after the upgrade, running All Levels Part Cost Calculation into Cost Set 2 does not roll up the lower-level manufactured structure and its costs.We were able to reproduce the behavior on multiple parts.As a test, we disabled Use Manufacturing Costs while keeping Use External Acquired Costs enabled and recalculated the same part. Without any changes to the product structure or routing, the complete multilevel structure and costs were rolled up correctly.Example:Previous Cost Set 1 (calcula

We use Shop Floor Workbench with serial-tracked parts and are looking for end-to-end traceability of a serial throughout the manufacturing process.Our objective is to be able to select a serial number and view:All employees/users who worked on or reported against that serial The operations they performed The transaction date/timeIn addition, we would like to identify which operation a given serial is currently in at any point in time for a specific shop order.Is there any standard IFS functionality, report, lobby, or data source that provides this Serial → Operation → Employee traceability and current WIP operation visibility?If not, has anyone implemented a custom report or lobby that links:Serial Number Shop Order Operation Employee/User Transaction Date/Time Current WIP Operation StatusAny recommendations or best practices would be appreciated. Thanks!

We have noticed a possible change to the way that concurrent OPs functionality works in Cloud 25R1 compared to Apps 10. The change creates an inefficiency with the shop floor. It is apparently a change from Apps 10 but this might just be people remembering differently.When several OPs are selected on SFW and Start Production is clicked, a clocking is started for both OPs with one clocking seq ID.Then, in the same work center, another two OPs are selected and Start Production is clicked again. On the message that pops up regarding concurrent OPs, if you select run in parallel, Cloud stops this and the error message says “Overlapping clocking sequences are not allowed when more than one operation is connected to the sequence”. If you choose the replace option, the clocking is stopped and a new clocking seq started, this is not a problem. The error message is only when you want to run the two sequences in parallel.Has anyone else noticed this and how did you resolve it. Is it a bug or has

Hi,During an investigation, I came across a scenario where a Customer Order was created for a Phantom Part, and a Shop Order was also manually created for the same Phantom Part. Both orders were connected to a Project. After executing PMRP, I noticed that an MRP Action Proposal was generated with the message "Need Orders".What I find confusing is that the manually created Shop Order has a finish date earlier than the Customer Order need date, meaning it should be able to satisfy the demand. However, the MRP Action Proposal still indicates "Need Orders".Is this because the supply from the Phantom Part Shop Order itself is not considered by PMRP/MRP? I can see that supply has been generated for the component parts beneath the Phantom Part structure, which suggests that the Phantom Part is being exploded and planned at the component level.My question is: Why does the MRP Action Proposal display the message "Need Orders" even though there is a Shop Order for the Phantom Part that appears c

In our 24R2 SU20 environment, the ‘Time Authorization’ window no longer populates with the supervisor's direct report. In our 24R2 SU6 environments, it loads without issue. We have not made any changes to the organizational structure, and I can confirm the supervisor has direct reports listed int he organizational sturctureAny idea what could have caused this?

Hi all,We are using the standard IFS Outside Operation / Subcontracting process and have a question regarding the creation and management of purchase requisitions and purchase orders.When a shop order is released, IFS automatically creates the related purchase requisitions or purchase orders for the outsourced operation, depending on the selected supply type. In practice, we often face situations where:Previous operations are delayed and the planned quantity is not yet available for outsourcing. Only part of the quantity can be shipped to the supplier due to transportation capacity constraints/ delays in previous operations.  The standard approach is to split the shop order, which updates the purchase requisitions/orders and creates new requisitions/orders with a later delivery date.However, managing these splits requires significant effort because it is difficult to determine exactly:How much quantity has already been reported as Ship WIP to Supplier. How much quantity is still waitin

Hello,I know that CadLink will connect with IFS PDM (Engineering Parts and EBom, which are the the components of the assembly on the Part Navigator).  Does anyone know if CadLInk can also interface with the Inventory Part Revision and Product Structures?  Anyone have an exapmple?Patrick

Hello Everyone,I would like to know how IFS Alternate Structure Works?I have BOM set up like below for item 123Structure A        Structure BItem X        Item X1item Y        Item YItem Z        Item ZWe do keep of stock item X and X1 As well. Item X can be converted to X1 via doing some sub contract work.Our by default  Structure is A. since we have stock of certain parts on X1 I want to create Alternate structure B So that if when demand arise for Part 123.. if I have stock of  item X1 then  MRP should put Structure B but if there is no stock of item X1 then it should go by default Structure A.I am no sure what is the best way to set up this arrangement in IFS 9?or what is the other way to let MRP know to use  X1 instead of X until the stock last ?? Any idea would be welcomed! Thanks, 

While running PMRP for a shop order, the MRP Action Proposal is showing “No Demand Exists.” What could be the issue, even though there are no materials available in inventory stock?