Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We are working on cleaning up our costing process and one thing we have noticed is that when a shop order is created with a standard cost, and then the standard cost is changed (due to routing changes/corrections, year end cost rolls, etc.) the standard cost on the shop order can’t be updated. Then when the shop order is ran and there are actual costs, we are seeing large variances between the original standard cost and the actuals with the new standard cost. I tried the “Calculate Order Cost” button in the Shop Order Costs screen, and that seems to update the estimated cost, but not the planned standard cost. Has anyone run into this and found a way around it?   

We have recently upgraded to Cloud version 25R1 - previously we used version 22R2… my planning colleagues say that if they manually amend the materials requirements on the shop order (to remove or replace or add a component for example), then if they subsequently change the lot size, the material components requirement revert to the effective revision structure and so undoes the previous component changes, reinstating the components before the earlier change but relative to the new lot size.  Effectively, there is a re-explosion of the effective structure based on the new lot sizeHowever, I am not convinced that this did not also prevail in the older version 22R2 - Co-pilot cannot find any reference to a change in this regard.  I cannot prove that it existed in our old version.Anyone know if this feature did exist in 22R2 and/or if it is indeed standard functionality?

When I try to re-open a closed shop order, I am receiving this error message: The orders existing reserved parent tracked structures are complete or none of the tracked components needed are reserved.Does anyone know what this means or how to fix it?Received in IFS Cloud 24R2

So I am trying to setup the system to auto calculate a Wanted Delivery Date for Saturday deliveries. I was trying to do it through a Delivery Route but I am not sure if that the right way to do it. I tried to create a new calendar that includes Saturdays as a working day and attach it (External Transport Calendar) to a Saturday delivery service Ship Via code, but I still can’t get the Wanted Delivery Date to auto calculated if I pick a Saturday Delivery Ship Via.Other than manually changing the date on the customer order, does anyone know of way to setup IFS to auto calculate a Saturday Wanted Delivery Date based on the Ship Via and Delivery Route you indicated.   

Hi all,we are currently facing a situation in IFS Cloud where operations (especially in assembly) are defined with labor time only (labor run time), without any machine time.We observe that in such cases, the system sets start time equal to end time, meaning no actual duration is considered for scheduling → Which is standardFrom our understanding, scheduling in IFS is based on the work center/resource occupation, which is driven by machine time.This raises the question:Is it mandatory to maintain machine time (machine factor) for proper scheduling, even if the operation is purely labor-based (e.g., manual assembly)?And in addition, in the context of MSO.Will missing machine time prevent MSO from correctly scheduling and considering capacity, since no resource load is generated?We did a few testing without machine run factor no scheduling

Hi all, On the Shop Floor Workbench, parts are received for which an SSCC code must be created. The Create SSCC option is available in the Approve Operation screen, but it is currently turned off by default. I would like to know how this can be set to default as enabled.Kind regards, Willem

Hi Together,In Case we have tardy shop orders (need date in the past).Is there a way for those shop orders to be automatically scheduled forward from the earliest possible start date?What is the standard behavior here?Kind regards 

We are migrating one of our sites from Bravad to IFS and the following query has come up from the team working in Sales. We are migrating to IFS10 UPD26.  When a customer asks us to come back to them with a price of a new product structure, we can in our current system easily copy a similar structure, do any necessary changes to it and get a quick overview of below details. We can copy an equivalent hose (i.e., we find a component or hose type that is part of a structure we can quickly copy).In the structure registration, we get a quick overview of:• TG1• TG2• Setup cost• Physical balance (no consideration of reserved balance)• Latest date for cost priceWe are now moving to IFS and need a way to get all this information out quickly. This is something that we are doing up to 10 times a day and would prefer not to create new parts and build new structures everytime we need to do this. Is this something that

Hi, We’re trying to set up a material overhead with a fixed cost per part in the structure - the idea is that each issue shall generate a posting with that cost, and that there should be a fixed cost per part rolled up to the next level. E g if the overhead is 100, and there are two parts in the structure of the manufactured part, the cost would be 200. Our overhead generates correctly when the material is issued on the shop order. But we cannot get it to show in the Part Cost. The documentation seems to indicate that it should be possible, but we have tried several combinations with no success so far. Is this possible, and how should the overhead be set up in such a case? Tested in 25.2.3/ Kenneth

Hello,We are manufacturing continuously a mesh.To produce this I am using a wire (part set up with kg), from which I am cutting it into pieces and further welding those pieces together to obtain a final product.Current BOM:Wire [kg] → assigned to cutting operation   At this level we are providing at the custom field number of pieces that shall be cutted from the wire Current Routing:Cutting WeldingWe would like to display on the Shop Order Work Instruction Report an assignment of the materials to the operation so the operators know how many pieces of the wire go into the welding operation. So ideally:Cutting - display of wire  Welding - display of wire (but no consumption and no costs, as the same wire was already processed in the operation above).As currently wire is assigned to the cutting operation, I am not able to reassign

Hi, I’m trying to add a technical drawing to a released part. Im in Master part > Part and trying to add a previously created technical drawing. When i try to save i get the following error “Not allowed to change an obsolete part revision”. im unable to determine why this is occurring. The part is no obsolete and is marked as released. There is a previous revision that IS obsolete.   

I have watch a couple of videos and read some articles of how IFS ECO-foot print can be used to perform analysis on the presence of substances in a product bill of materials, but i have not come across reporting on this. Can anyone share an example of a report for REACH / RoHS etc? 

Hi all,I came across a statement in the documentation for the Catch Unit feature which says that enabling “Negative On-Hand Allowed” on the inventory part is mandatory.However, in my testing:I enabled Catch Unit on the part Did not enable “Negative On-Hand Allowed” Completed the full Order-to-Cash flow (Customer order→ Shop Order  → CO delivery → invoicing)I did not receive any validation or error, and the process worked fine.Is the “Negative On-Hand Allowed” setting truly mandatory? Or is it only required for specific scenarios (e.g., shortages, partial picking, or certain transactions)? Has anyone experienced a situation where not enabling it causes issues?Would appreciate any clarification or real-use examples.Thanks in advance!

We have a part which is usually purchased, but occasionally has to be manufactured. How do we set the Cost Template so it picks up both manufacturing and purchase order info. 

Hi, I want to hide the Corrective and Preventive Actions section only for some users. I could not find any permission set that can be used to hide this.  

Hi,window “Standard Operation”, Register “Standard Operation Work Guidelines” field “Guideline Text”.In this field it is not possible to open the Detail text as for example in the “Routing Operation Work Guidelines”.Example:If I need to do a change it is really hard to find the correct postion or if I need a paragraph it is not possible to create it. For example on window “Routing Operation Work Guidelines” it is much easier to do that.Is there a setup for that to have the same solution as in window “Routing Operat

Process to create Customer Sales Invoice for materials issued on Work Order.  The materials that have been issued on Work task are “Invoiceable”.  Followed the steps below:Generate Invoice preview Did ‘Approve-Online’ of Invoice Preview Customer Order was created and released Customer Sales Invoice was created Invoice was Cancelled Invoice before printing  Customer Order now shows status of Delivered Work Task Sales line status = Transferred Problem is my Customer Sales Invoice is now cancelled and the status of the Customer Order is Delivered.  How to I generate another invoice for the Work Task Sales lines?Any help would be greatly appreciated.ThanksShelley  

Hi Everyone, We have been told via BSI audit that we need to capture manufacturing tooling used (serialised and that it’s calibrated) per part used. We have tested configuratons in IFS and reporting tooling- but we’ve hit a couple of snags.Firstly- we can report an operation fully without reporting a tool used even though it assigned to an operation. Does anyone know of a way to make this mandatory? Secondly- It will allow us to use non-calibrated tools. It does give us a warning but we’d like for it stop the operator reporting using it. Is that possible? Any advice/ideas will be greatly appreciated! ThanksAlex

Hello.We got reported an issue on splitting a shop order operation, the error message is :Field [ENG_CHG_LEVEL] in Shop order may not be modifiedWe are not trying to change the revision, we don’t know what to do to fix the issue.Do you have any idea? It’s a manufacturing type shop orderThanks.IFS APPS 10 UPD 5

We have started testing MSO and many questions are coming up. One of the questions is whether MSO supports the scheduling of parallel operations. From the initial results, it seems that it does not. Is there a parameter that needs to be set somewhere to enable this? The testing was done in the 25R1 environment. 

We have come across a difference in how RoHS-related information is presented between IFS Cloud versions 24R2 and 25R2.In 24R2, RoHS information was available under the RoHS Directive section. However, in 25R2, this information appears to have been moved under Compliance Information, and there seem to be structural or functional changes.We are observing the following: Some RoHS-related data available in 24R2 is not directly visible or matching in 25R2 For Example: Data that was in the RoHS Directive in 24R2: 2011/65/EU+2015 - 2011/65/EU + 2015/863/EU amending Annex II was previously available but cannot be located in the same way It is unclear whether this data needs to be reconfigured, activated, or accessed differently in 25R2

Hello all, When a Shop Floor Employee logs in, the user is automatically identified and logged in as that employee. Is there an option to log in as the employee’s default team instead of the individual employee in the Shop Floor Workbench?  Kind regards, Willem 

We have a scenario where employees will work on two operations which are on the same Shop Order, at the same time.  We would like the time split either in half or split based on operations run time Units/Hr of each operation.It does not matter if they Select both Operations, then Start Prod and when completed, Select both Operations, then Stop Production/Approve, it still reports the same amount of time on both Operations, doubling the time.  Example:  Employee works 2 hours to do both operations, simultaneously.  The results are each operations shows 2 hours of labor time for both operations, but it should be 1 hour labor time for each.Is there somehow that we can set up the Operation, Work Center, etc to make this happen?We are on 24R1TYIA,Joy  

Hi community. In IFS Cloud you can use shop order process types for manufactoring inventory parts for create the shop order, release the shop order and reserve the material from the shop order automatically.Now I wanna create the shop order report and print it automatically. There is no standard function in IFS Cloud 25R2. Right? I think I could use a custom event with an action with workflow. I have never worked with workflows in IFS Cloud. I have tried to design it with 2 IFS API tasks. But I have no idea, how to set the parameters. Maybe there is an easier way. I hope someone can help me ^^ 

In Cloud there is this new Co-Product functionality allowing you to receive different PART_NO from a shop order.Let say we have a Shop Order for a Left PART_NO and we have setup the Right PART_NO as a Co-Product.When generating the handling units (HU), only HU of the parent part are generated.Could  the HU for the Left PART_NO (parent part) and Right PART_NO (Co-Product) be generated at the same time?We are printing the Shop Order HU labels in advance and we need both of them to be printed at the same time.Thanks,David