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Deviation/Waiver Approval Form

  • 2 December 2022
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We would like to implement a new form(see attached) in manufacturing and I was wondering if IFS had any modules already built in that accommodates:

 

  1. Deviation: Approval to build product different than officially released, unit the BOM/prints are updated and released.
  2. Waiver: Approval to ship a specified number of units that have a mismatch on a Print/Spec/BOM.
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Best answer by ShawnBerk 2 December 2022, 15:27

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It isn’t a separate module, but rather a separate field against the inventory part in stock record.  It is called W/D/R, or Waiver/Deviation/Rejection number.  It is a user assigned separate identity that makes the individual inventory part unique from that point forward so that it must be transacted as both the part number and the W/D/R number.

 

It is part of the process model under Handle Availability Control for Part in the help

https://docs.ifs.com/ifsclouddocs/22r2/ProcessModels/Process_Model/handleavailabilitycontrolforpart.htm

 

Since you already have the approval form, you would just need to provide some sort of coding or identifier for the part that relates to the approval form.

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@ShawnBerk Thank you for your input.

regarding the form, shall we use document management to have it flow in IFS system or you have other great ideas?

Thank you.

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Document Management is one possibility with the document Revision or similar number added as the W/D/R number.

Our version is designed with the MRB Case as the origination point for documenting the Waiver - we don’t use a separate form.  Then we use the MRB Case ID as the W/D/R number. 

In either case, the number being assigned becomes unique to the situation and essentially auto-generated by IFS, thus removing the need for user interaction or a separate log.

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@ShawnBerk You metioned”the number being assigned” is for each approval step in MRB, correct? then if in document management case, the number is revision number, correct?

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No, not the approval steps, just the MRB Case ID itself is used.  The case would be a 1-to-1 relationship with the item that requires the waiver.

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@ShawnBerk Thank you.

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